Rural people, how far away are you from you children's school?

[twinsetandpearls]

Am looking for my house to rent and am wandering what sort of distance to be looking in. As we are looking for a church school we have more flexibility over catchments.

we are 20 mins by car from the secondary school, and approx 10 mins by car from the primary

About 500 yards. Not sure if thats any help to you. We do have a lovely walk to school and I know we're lucky.

I am so used to being in a town and it being a two minute car journey or 10 minute walk. Am having to retrain my brain.

I would love the 500 yards, could even afford the 500 yards (perhaps) but it seems that everyone is renting at the moment. We have missed two properties today.

4 miles and 9 miles

Hi twinset, we are 4 miles from the Catholic school that we want DD to go to.

25 mins away by car

we are 1 mile from our local primary school and half a mile from the village senior school. lovely walk to school here as well.

Oh that was primary. No idea how far it is to secondary. It's in the next town which is approx. 7.5 miles.

Our catchment Primary (5-9) is 6 miles away, Middle (9-13) is at the end of my road, and Upper (13-18) is 1.5 miles away.

We do have several Primary schools closer, but they are not catchment

25 minutes - is that to primary or secondary? seems an awful long way sanctuary.

under 5 mins by car
20 mins by foot

half a mile

secondary will be 10 miles away, but the bus stop is only 200 yards from our house

Will be 25 mins + when DD goes to middle school as have to pick up kids on the way.

2 miles now to primary (grr at the bus rules that count distances only from metalled road to metalled road - otherwise dd would get a bus).
Will be either 6 miles if DD wants english lang 2nd education or about 8 miles if she wants welsh.
Currently hoping she will pick english, as there is a regular service bus on that route, so she'd be able to get herself back from her mates houses when she's a teenager. But we've a while before we face that problem.