Hi there,
We're returning to the UK for the first time since becoming parents. I have only my decades old experience of the UK education system and my partner is not from the UK and thus she has no experience of UK schools.
Our daughter will be 3 in July. I used to live in central London but I don't think that returning to a flat is a good move and I don't have £1m+ for a decent house in the middle of London. So we're looking at the London commuter belt.
We'll have to rent for a year or so before buying so we are literally free to live anywhere (within the bounds of reasonable cost).
Is it as easy as finding an area you like, picking the best school and then just renting or buying a house near that school ?
I see league tables such as www.guardian.co.uk/education/table/2009/dec/01/primary-school-league-tables-surrey but where do I find out how wide an individual school's catchment area is ?
What I'm trying to avoid is picking a decent house if we cannot get our daughter into the chosen school when we are in the possibly fortunate position of being able to take a house as near as required to the chosen school.
Without a support network we are finding this all very confusing and we would dearly appreciate your help. Thanks.
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3point14 · 09/04/2010 00:13
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