Positioning Yourself to Take Advantage of the Housing Market

Harry_Powell

carolt wrote: »

The decision is not only my 9 year old's, though obviously her views are very important, given that she's the one who's going to be going to the school!

She's currently at the top of her class for everything, rather bored, and the gifted and talented programmes aren't really sufficiently stimulating. So generally, we all back her in her wish to go somewhere at secondary level that will be more stretching.

That said, if we were more settled, and owned a 'forever' house, then we probably wouldn't consider moving; but as we don't, and were planning to move this year anyway, moving to be nearer a school of her/our choice isn't exactly a great inconvenience.

TBH carol, I think it's commendable for you to live near the school you're sending your child to. The roads are clogged with parents driving their kids to schools miles away from where they live, with children having to get up at the crack of dawn to be dropped off at kids clubs so that their parents can get to work at a reasonable time (or kids catching trains and buses, treking across towns themselves). It can hardly be conducive to learning, having half-asleep kids in classrooms and tired and grouchy parents and kids in the evening, not to mention the lack of social development due to kids having their school friends scattered all over the county.

More importantly, there is the impact all this travelling has on the environment.

carolt

I'd love to claim the moral high ground, Harry, but I can't - we're not talking about moving to be on its doorstep - just to be within the catchment area, which is pretty wide - several miles. But we're just outside it currently.