Dear mums,
I am considering moving to K&C from Westminster (St John's Wood) as I want a rock-solid state primary school for my DS and Westminster looses to K&C big time on it.
I am considering St Barnabas & ST Philip's, Mary Abbot's, Bousfield, St Joseph's RC, Oratory RC Primary (Bury Walk / Cale St), Christ Church, Our Lady of Victories and Fox.
Our child was baptised in Catholic Church after his 1st BD; we've been attending a Catholic church in Westminster for years (will get a Certificate of Catholic Practice & CIF) - so not in K&C in general and obviously not the target school's church.
We're both non-British but highly educated intl business/finance professionals.
We're renting our flat - so we'll be moving "for real" - no dirty tricks.
I'd hugely appreciate any tips for the above school's admissions from those who's "been there".
In particular, I wonder if the faith schools bypass their official admissions criteria in favour of their own church members/sponsors/volunteers and/or particular nationality or income level of parents - something I've picked up on from MumsNet.
I need to ensure we're not being naive as moving homes is a very painful and expensive step, especially having lived happily in our current area for 7 years.
Also, how is K&C in terms of parks and playgrounds? - is it just Holland Park and Diana's playground in Hyde Park?
Many thanks to those who'd take their time to reply!!!