hi there - would appreciate some advice here, from you highly knowledgable people!
quick background: we have 4 kids - 5, 4, and twins of just under 2. The 5 year old is in year 1 at an "outstanding" ofsted rated local bucks primary school, the 4 year old is at a local bucks pre-school but will be joining the same primary school this autumn, and the twins are obviously yet to start school.
although we are british, we have lived abroad for 5 years, and returned to the UK 6 months ago, so are still very much "novices" to the UK education system.
we currently live in south bucks (a few miles outside high wycombe), but are trying to balance having a nice place to live (large enough to accomodate a family of 6!), with being in the right catchment for good schools. the current "plan" is for primary schools for all the children, followed by [hopefully] grammar schools in bucks.
now the reason for my post - we are currently in rented acommodation, but wish to buy - we have been looking for a while, and are struggling, mainly due to the incredibly high house prices in the south bucks area (and im tied to this area by my work).
we have seen a couple of houses literally just across the county border into Oxfordshire (perhaps a mile outside bucks). if we were to end up buying and living in one of these houses, would it be possible for our children to continue to go to the buckinghamshire primary school that (by that time) 2 of them would be attending? logistically, it would be no issue for us to do school drop offs and pick ups, but not only would we be significantly outside of catchment, but actually in another county.
also, what impact would living out of county have on the likelihood of gaining entry to a bucks grammar school? "as the crow flies" the distance between one of these Oxfordshire houses and Bucks grammar schools would be less than many "in county" applicants...but by moving, would we be badly impacting our childrens' chances of gaining entry? i appreciate any potential of grammar school is still over 5 years away for us, even for our eldest, and who knows how the rules might change by then, but how would we stand given the system as it stands today?
many thanks in advance for any advice.
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kronenborg · 27/03/2013 14:36
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