Moving down south

[Princes10]

If anyone can offer any advice about moving to West Sussex I would be very grateful. We have heard Horsham is a nice town? Are there any other towns near to Gatwick that are nice? We have two boys aged 10 and 12 years so would like to be near to good secondary schools. Please help we only have 3 months to do this!!

Horsham is lovely and Worthing is very up and coming too. Shoreham has some good secondary schools but one of the best is Steyning grammar, it has a good primary and also a very good secondary.

Kate

Sorry for late reply have just seen your post.
I moved to Horsham six months ago and have found it such a beautiful welcoming place to live. It is a really safe nice place for families and there are some really good schools. People here have a sense that they are fortunate to live here and are very friendly.

that's really good to hear Sarah as we moving the family to Horsham from Melbourne next year! thank you! Would you recommend Arunside and tanbridge House?

Hi all, my family is moving from Australia to Haywards Heath in August (my DH is taking up a job nearby). The plan is to stay long-term. I have a DD who is 11 and will be starting secondary school in Sept. and a DS age 8. I understand this is an awkward time to move but he was only offered the job 2 weeks ago! We are moving from Australia though I'm originally Canadian.
My questions are:

1. Is it worth it to rent as close as possible to our school of choice (Oathall) to be in the catchment area)?
2. If we are offered a place at a school we don't want can we turn it down but stay on the wait-list for our next choice (I would homeschool meanwhile)? Thanks in advance, I'm finding this all unknown stuff regarding our children quite scary! Also, any other general advice about moving to HH much appreciated!

My daughter has just left Tanbridge House School and I would highly recommend. Excellent head and lovely teachers

Sorry I didn't mean to post this on your thread!