Evening all,
I hope you and your loved ones are as well as can be in the current climate.
I know the Muswell Hill "what primary school" has been done multiple times, but in the current climate need advice as we have to move closer to a school prior to January 2021 and time is against us.
We are currently in Finchley Central, we had our flat on the market for some time but were unable to sell. We are now selling our BTL flat so we can buy either in Muswell Hill or East Finchley. Our current nearest school Moss Hall is not great.
So for Muswell Hill it is the trio of Rhodes/MHP/Coldfall. From reading several threads, Coldfall seems to come out on top, MHP is cited to have behaviour problems and Rhodes is "Elite". We've been trumped a few times on homes close to Coldfall and currently no properties in catchment on the market.
Then there is Manorside and Martins school in East Finchley. Not as well established as the schools above, but close to a tube line and ranked well in the Barnet borough.
I get the sense that Muswell Hill primaries ultimately lead to grammar or private in many cases and this generates a tutor/pushy culture? Not read anything similar about pressure in Barnet.
We've used Locrating and the Government website. Looked at progress scores for the past 3 years and driven past all of the schools. Data is one element, but missing the crucial ability to see the schools in the flesh and are resigned to making a blind jump of buying a property before deciding on a school, as a second lockdown could scupper a move and all of the schools above are better than our current options.
So why did you choose the school you sent your little one too? Our boy is just 3. Outgoing and confident. Looking for a place with good peers as our input to his education is equally, if not more important.
Thank you and have a great weekend.
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