Too late to send DD(3) to private school?

[AliyyaJann]

DP and I have decided to spend the money from our investments on DD's education.

Neither of us went to great schools growing up so we don't know where to start. From what I've read, we should have put her name down whilst I was pregnant but we didn't have access to anything back then.

What options do we have with what we have so she can get the best education throughout her school years?

Madness to pay for private education at the very beginning of you have good state primaries on offer, which you do in SW London

not madness at all. If you're in a competitive 11+ area and you can get into a through school at 4, you avoid two years of tutoring hell for you and your child.

We’re in SW and we have our kids at Hill House. It’s a big school and they are used to kids coming and going, so they can usually squeeze people in.

We’ve had DS1 there from reception and he’s now in Y8, and got some amazing offers from top and second tier secondaries, including academic scholarships. They’ve been great both academically and pastoral.

Ashmole in Lambeth?? If you could get a place there and would even consider paying ££££ to go anywhere else, then frankly you don't deserve the place . . . Brilliant, brilliant primary school, with the wonderful Triangle Adventure Playground as a bonus!