Please help! I have a 2 year old dd and another baby on the way, currently living in NW London. We're going to have to move soon as we don't have room for the 4 of us and can't afford a bigger place nearby. So as we're moving we'd like to try to buy a house/flat in the catchment area of a decent school (probably Barnet LEA).
Can any of you give me any advice about (a) how urgently we need to do this with regard to applying for schools (b) how to tell a good school from bad (is ofsted enough?) (c) how hard it is to get into a really good school? (ie is it even worth trying to move near a no 1 or 2 school or is competition just too fierce?)
Any tips would be gladly received, and also if anyone's kids go to a school in Barnet LEA that you recommend I'd also love to hear.
We are the first out of all our mates to have kids so just don't know who to ask, or where to start.
Thanks, halcat
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halcat · 22/03/2005 12:13
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