Hello
We live in St Albans and our DS and DD are currently in Y1 and Reception at our local state primary. However, we have some issues with it plus some concerns about the connected Junior school meaning we'd like to look at other options and in particular private prep schools for 7+ entry, first for our DS for 2021.
We're struggling with the logistics however, as there are no prep schools in St A itself other than a boys Catholic school (which I'm not keen on), and DH and I both work in London meaning we may struggle with drop off and definitely with pick-up.
Most of the prep schools don't run a school bus which rules them out for us (Beechwood Park does but it's the wrong side of town for us and just too far). We're going to look at Lockers Park (which does have a bus) but I wondered if anyone else is or knows St Albans parents in a similar boat and how they manage? I can't believe that all the children that attend all these schools have at least one stay-at-home or very-part-time working parent to do drop off and pick up. 
Am I missing something?
Edge Grove is another school we'd like to consider (not least as it's mixed which we'd prefer to single sex) and it does have a school bus in the morning which would help, but no bus back home.
We could perhaps in theory drive to Radlett station to pick up the train to London and then in the evening come back in time for the 6pm final end of school day. But aside from the fact it would be a long day for DS we'd be very dependent on the trains running on time to get back there and I'm just not sure it's doable.
We currently have an after-school nanny but I'm not sure how impressed she'd be at becoming a glorified taxi service for an hour each day (and our DS would have to be dragged with her unless we were able to move her into Y2 when our son started Y1).
Definitely not interested in boarding options.
Sorry for the stream of conciousness but as I say I do wonder if I'm missing something in terms of how others square this circle. Thanks for any info you can give.