Commute to Hampton Boys ( If avoiding coach)

Screenshot of the exemption area:

Not true @JustWingItLifeEyelinerEverything the exemption applies to several streets. The link I shared has all the information.

@urbanesque the exemption applies only to people who live in Burton Road. And if OP considers moving close and convenient I would simply move to Hampton or Hampton Hill. Walk to school

If you do move to Hampton Hill, a good tip is to choose one of the roads that are exempt from the Burtons Rd traffic scheme, which was introduced to stop rat-running through residential streets. If you have an exemption you can avoid the rush-hour queues more easily: https://www.richmond.gov.uk/burtons_road_traffic_reduction_scheme

The commuter traffic between West Moseley and Hampton can be very bad because it's a through-route to and from the A316/M3. Hampton Court Bridge is a bottle-neck, so accidents can bring the road to a standstill. However, if he were to cycle, he may be able to cut through Bushy Park.

Same found it tricky in parts and came away unsure if he has made it :(

Yes, my DS sat this morning. He said (and I heard a few kids say at collection) that one of the papers was harder than the others, won’t say much else as suspect there are reserve days. Relieved it’s done. Well done to your DS!

Anyone’s son do Hampton this morning? How did they find it?

@mrDoubt , west Molesey is a more mixed area as it's not near a train station to London. I hope your ds got on ok this morning.

Hampton Hill Juniors have just had ofsted so I would expect them to go down to Good rather than Outstanding

@MumGPT how lovely! Must be great living so near to school

My DD is now at LEH. After we got the offer, we just bought a house with 5 min walk to the school.

@Meredusoleil yes, you are correct. My mistake. I also forgot to list Hampton High which is next to Hampton Boys

If you are fannying about£2k for the coach I'm not sure you can afford to be doing this anyway or renting in That area and I mean this kindly as I love that area. Teddington isn't remotely rural, nor Hampton Hill.

I think you mean Bishop Wand here?

@urbanesque
I responded to lolo. At the moment HHJS is the only Outstanding and may remain it or change to Good as Hampton Junior did within 1-2 weeks.
Apart from that as I mentioned and surely you know, Hampton Hill is small and the likelihood to find a suitable property is low as people are happily settled and Snellers etc make a lot of effort to encourage people of Hampton Hill to sell. It is more likely to find a house in larger Hampton, which is closer to the school and avoid over 1 mile walk to Hampton Hill.

Richmond is on the Kingston Loop. I lived in Teddington for 20 years then moved to Richmond once the kids had finished school so I had better transport options for town. The loop line train leaves Waterloo and goes to either Kingston or Richmond stopping at all stops then comes back the opposite way. Then there are Shepperton trains that can run to Shepperton either via Richmond or Kingston. Then from Richmond we also have the fast trains that run from Windsor and Eton, and Reading. Twickenham gets those too. And a few other all stopping options. For my sins, I've always had a job where I need to be in town so me and the trains are v familiar with each other!

There is also talk of a fast train to Heathrow being built - this will come before Crossrail 2 is ever looked at again. Crossrail 2 was off the menu mainly because Richmond council pushed back on it as it would mean losing the district line at Richmond which was universally unpopular.

This morning, with no traffic, the drive to the school from Richmond is 19 mins but I cannot believe it would be 25 mins on a school day on the school bus unless they were leaving early.

If you really don't need to be in town at all, I would rent as near the school as you can because traffic around there is dreadful in the morning. But state primary schools are sought after and you'd also need to live close to one to get in. Teddington is good for that as there are lots of different good ones so you should be ok (though do think about secondary options too).

"Because clearly you not local and have no idea where it is. It is on the verge of Hampton and people from Hampton send their kids there."

@JustWingItLifeEyelinerEverything , I live in Hampton Hill, and didn't know where St Richard's was because I don't live near it and had no reason to look at a neighbouring borough's Primary Admissions Brochure when researching schools for my children. As I said, families in Hampton Hill (which the OP asked about) tend to use Carlisle/HHJS and Stanley. The OP did not ask about primaries serving Hampton. As far as I can tell, you only mentioned St Richards because you were aiming to contradict my statement that all the primaries are good/outstanding (meaning all the primaries serving the three areas the OP asked about). You got the required area wrong, and the Ofsted grade, so I don't know why you're so gleefully rubbing in my St Richard's error. 🙄

I wasn't recommending St Richards but listing it. About the catchments....hm, Hampton doesn't have a bad catchments for secondary school at all. They are in Turing catchment, Thamesmead, St Pauls, Bishop Grove, still in Teddington school catchment, St Richard Reynolds.
I would even say that because of proximity to Sunbury they have more choice than those in south Twickenham which is beyond Orlean Park catchment

Because clearly you not local and have no idea where it is. It is on the verge of Hampton and people from Hampton send their kids there.
Unlike Hampton, Hampton Hill is very small. There are no schools, multiple primaries there. There is only Junior school there. Infant feeder to this school, Carlisle is in Hampton. Hampton Boys is in Hampton and not Hampton Hill. There is more likelihood to find a property and school in Hampton if talking about the schools and property market.