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to buy a house where the schools are adequate?

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SarahH12 · 13/11/2017 08:33

DP and I are buying our first house. We've had an offer accepted and now I'm starting to panic a bit. He has a DD who doesn't live with us but you never know what the future holds do you. We don't plan to start ttc for a while but equally we don't plan to move for a while either. Both of the local primary schools are adequate with room for improvement also adequate.

Are we BU still buying this property? We're obviously a long way off from needing a primary school unless custody arrangements suddenly change with his exW. I know schools can change in several years but I'm just a bit worried about if it doesn't, we'll be knowingly sending our child to a school that's only adequate.

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Frazzled2207 · 13/11/2017 13:36

It’s worth having a look at the ofsted reports to see what the issues are but agree that 5+ years is a long time.
I know ours has gone from pretty bad to good in that time.

You could hang around at pick up time to see what the general atmosphere is like.

If it’s otherwise a nice area and there are some (currently) better schools in the wider area this would not be a show stopper for me.

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