Be very grateful for any advice please, feeling a little overwhelmed with choices to make... Have you relocated with children? How???!!
DH has new job in Coventry; currently we live in Yorkshire. DS is in Year 6, about to go up to secondary and DD is in Year 2 about to go to Juniors. We can relocate to anywhere nice that's easily commutable to Coventry by train but are used to living in a big village and don't want to live in a city suburb. I looked at Rugby town on line (not been to look yet but seems not too big) and spoke to admissions but seems I have next to no chance of getting DS into Ashlawn School (or in fact DD into a good primary there either as all full!). And I'm starting to think I have no chance for any good school in Warwickshire! We don't have the 11+ here either so DS has missed doing this.
I don't want to uproot the kids to send them to a potentially bad school that I didn't choose just because it had a place (I'm also worried the school they get might be miles away from where we get a house). I hate having to uproot them so I'd like it to be a one time move into a good school (If we're making them leave their friends and all they know the least I can do is make sure the pay off is a great school!). DH can just about commute for now but we'll need to move at some point soon.
I just don't know what to do - or how to pull this off. Does anyone have similar experiences of relocating? Very interested to hear how anyone manages to move with children! It seems a lot more difficult than I appreciated...
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Help! Have you relocated with children? Missed the boat on admission to schools in Warwickshire
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Nelly321 · 28/02/2016 11:22
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