Beaconsfield / Chalfont St Giles catchment areas

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Hi,
We're looking to leave London and I don't know how the catchment areas work in S. Bucks. DS is not even 1 yet, but we wouldn't want to find ourselves living a few streets away from the "right area" if there is one. Are there catchment areas for primaries and secondaries or is the selection only test-based? I'm relatively clueless about the whole process!! And what about for (not yet conceived) girls?

Thanks for any help.

There are catchments for secondary too ,even with 11+ although think they can be fairly wide (ie Beaconsfield can go to Amersham schools). Have you checked the LEA website ?

No - but I shall - thanks liz!

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Really depends on where you want to live. At infant/junior level, lots of very nice schools with good Ofsteds. Catchments are pretty well defined. Church schools are, as always, very strict on attendance.

At 11 the grammars your child can go to are catchment-controlled, something that's caused ructions round here of late.

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