We're hoping to move to a new area, and have two kids who are already in school so would be looking for mid-year places for them both. We are currently looking for houses, and knowing that all the schools have smallish catchment areas, I have tried to get tours for the schools so that we can use this as a way of helping to choose houses depending on whether we get into the catchment. However, only one school has been able to offer me a tour. The other two schools have just said 'we have no tours at the moment. We'll get back to you when we have some planned'. When I tried to argue that we hope to move in the next 2-3 months so it was quite pressing (our house is under offer already so we're pretty motivated to get something bought), they have just said 'we don't have time to show everyone around when they ask, we'll show you round when you have an address in the area'. In the main the attitude was just downright obstructive and unhelpful. I wasn't expecting the head or even a teacher to show me round, just a member of office staff. I feel like I can't make an informed choice on something that will massively impact my children's futures if I haven't even seen the schools that are available. The one I have seen was lovely, but has a tiny catchment area and already has 4 people on the waiting list in each class so I feel like I can't pin my hopes on it. What do I do?