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Where should we move to near York? (Yorkshire)

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LeafyYork · 03/09/2023 19:01

Hello! Myself and my husband currently own a house west of York City Centre and both have jobs we love near York train station.

We're looking to move further out of York for the following reasons:

  1. to move somewhere 'greener' (we love hiking, especially in the North York Moors)
  2. to get into a catchment area for a good secondary school for our children (we're currently in the catchment for York High which we've only heard bad things about)
  3. to upsize (our family is growing, and we can't afford to upsize in York and still be in the catchment for a good secondary school!)

We really need to be within a 40 minute drive of York train station. My husband can't get public transport to work as he does shift work, but we'd love to live near a train station.

Easingwold and Knaresborough are on our radar and both seem relatively affordable for us. I love Thirsk but it's just too far from York for us.

Does anyone have any comments on living in Easingwold or Knaresborough or any other suggestions?

Thanks!

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LeafyYork · 08/09/2023 12:23

TooManyTabs · 08/09/2023 07:03

You're moving and you weren't specifically asking about this, but I couldn't read your negative comment about York High School without countering it.

York High is a good school. It had a fantastic atmosphere when we looked round on the open day, before my child started there - the most welcoming and buzzing of all the local schools we visited. It has recently had a 'good' Ofsted rating. The open evening was the day after their (likely gruelling) Ofsted visit so the energy and enthusiasm from staff was impressive and very telling of the culture at the school. It has robust behaviour policies, is very strong on SEND and pastoral care, and has great extra curricular opportunities.

It has a negative reputation based on past performance and, perhaps, less effective behaviour management systems but things have been turned around in the past few years. Very often, the negative things I hear about the school are based on snobbish views about the catchment area which is a really sad way to write children off.

My child started there this week and is very happy. My view is not just built on our short experience - I have also had positive reports from others whose children have been there for longer and also people who have visited the school in a work capacity and have nothing by praise for it.

Thank you for the thoughtful reply, I'm so glad to finally hear something positive about it. We do love where we live now so the views of the catchment weren't our concern, but you're right it was the results and behaviour that concerned us, and we were surprised by the negative responses we were getting once we started asking for local opinions.

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LeafyYork · 08/09/2023 18:46

TooManyTabs · 08/09/2023 07:03

You're moving and you weren't specifically asking about this, but I couldn't read your negative comment about York High School without countering it.

York High is a good school. It had a fantastic atmosphere when we looked round on the open day, before my child started there - the most welcoming and buzzing of all the local schools we visited. It has recently had a 'good' Ofsted rating. The open evening was the day after their (likely gruelling) Ofsted visit so the energy and enthusiasm from staff was impressive and very telling of the culture at the school. It has robust behaviour policies, is very strong on SEND and pastoral care, and has great extra curricular opportunities.

It has a negative reputation based on past performance and, perhaps, less effective behaviour management systems but things have been turned around in the past few years. Very often, the negative things I hear about the school are based on snobbish views about the catchment area which is a really sad way to write children off.

My child started there this week and is very happy. My view is not just built on our short experience - I have also had positive reports from others whose children have been there for longer and also people who have visited the school in a work capacity and have nothing by praise for it.

Sorry for accidentally replying twice...

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Unprecedentedusername · 08/09/2023 20:44

Easingwold is all about the pensioners.

tedgran · 08/09/2023 20:53

Is the traffic along the road to Malton still bad in the summer? Used to be dreadful!

SerafinasGoose · 08/09/2023 21:09

Sharpkat · 05/09/2023 21:37

Pocklington? East Riding is much cheaper. Or anywhere headed East from Monks across.

I really wish York was not so expensive!

Or move North to be in catchment for Huntington and JoRo?

Nice little town but the A1079 into York is unfortunately a nightmare. It's also no longer on a railway route.

ivegotthisyeah · 08/09/2023 21:23

Northallerton? Train station with trains every hr to York, takes about 45 mins.

PeachP · 09/10/2024 19:49

Hi @LeafyYork , being nosy as we're considering a house in YHS catchment - what did you decide in the end?

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LeafyYork · 10/10/2024 14:55

PeachP · 09/10/2024 19:49

Hi @LeafyYork , being nosy as we're considering a house in YHS catchment - what did you decide in the end?

We moved to Malton. We absolutely love it here and we're so glad we did it!

I can't really comment on YHS as we never had a child there, sorry I can't be more helpful.

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