Is there anywhere in Britain where the housing is cheap(er) and the schools are good?

[SpawnChorus]

DH is planning on looking for another job in the next couple of years, and it would make sense to move somewhere with good schools. Does this always mean paying through the nose for a house?

depends how cheap!!

i know yorkshire is quite cheap for housing, don't know about the schools though

Derbyshire isnt bad..some bits of it anyway, but anything in the Peak district and you might as well be in London house price wise...

Yorkshire is actually quite the place to be in some parts. so be carefull.

what do you mean 5fingers?

Duh, should be more specific-im originally from nr Chesterfield where the schools are pretty good mostly, and the house prices are ok-its quite a nice if not terribly exciting town, but near enough to Sheffield, Nottingham, Manchester and Leeds, (all drivable in 20 mins to an hour respecitively)to make it easy to get somewhere that is..

But if we told you, everyone would go there, and then the houses would no longer be cheap and the schools would be over-subscribed .

North Somerset. Yatton.

i suppose the term 'cheap' is relative. i am trying to say that Yorkshire is hot stuff re property in some parts. certainly comparible at the bottom end of the market to some south coast areas.

however if you are talking 4/5oo k you will probably get more for your money up north.

Oooh this is all v interesting and helpful!! I'm particularly liking the idea of N Somerset and Yorkshire. And Chesterfield certainly sounds great for commutability - will go and peruse the area on rightmove.

FFF - 400-500k? No I'm talking cheap-as-chips cheap.

N.E England.

peterborough region is cheap - but not sure on the new school with no break times.

I would have a look at North Wiltshire, North Somerset and selected bits of Yorkshire.

All is relative though - what size house for what size budget are we talking about?

Yatton!

Lincolnshire is very good for cheap housing and good schools. 4 bed houses for c£200k and good primary and secondaries.

I am also shocked at Yatton - wouldn't want to live there myself and wouldn't way the schools are great either, but each to their own.

East Yorks is the place for cheap property and some of the schools are good.
The main thing, though, is that people are really nice up here.

we live in the southside of Glasgow in a nice area, our house is 2 beds and we'd get £135k for it, the local primary is very good and we are in the catchment area for the top secondary school in scotland

the isle of wight is best all round everything is cheaper

...except may be interminable boredom and 1950s ambience may be.

You will have to define 'good schools' for me.

How much money do you have to spend? What sort of house/garden do you need for that? Define what you consider to be good schools? 60% A*-C? 80%? 90%?

Yorkshire ...who said houses in Yorkshire were quite cheap? - not if you want to live in a decent area they're not!!!!

Places like Rutland etc are perhaps good value. Bits of Scotland may be? Depends what you want. The traditional answer for richer couples was live where they choose and send the children to board at school elsewhere and then the two don't need to be linked not that I like that option.

mrsjingles, I can only say that you're very easily shocked!