This feels like a potential 'Edinburgh-specific' conundrum so I decided to post here!
DS is P4 and we've decided to move him to private for P6. He's behind due to a combo of lockdowns in his P1 and P2 and crap teachers for P2 and P3. It's a good school with a good reputation but his class seems to have been dealt some unfortunate cards and they're all behind. Local state secondary is getting worse and has gone from mediocre to poor and I just can't deal with sending DS there if he's already behind.
DD is P1 and thriving but will follow DS to private probably for S1.
Numbers crunched and it'll be tight especially in the years they're both there, but affordable. We won't be living off beans but also won't be doing annual trips to Disney.
Anyway I realised that if we can afford private we can actually afford to take on a hefty mortgage and move to a 'good Edinburgh catchment'. Overall costs about the same but we'd obvs be investing in an asset with this option. But the house itself wouldn't be as good, despite better location. It would be similar to what our current house (suburbs with excellent transport links) was when we bought it but we've extended, invested in it, and made a really nice 4 bed home in a nice area (just shame about the secondary).
WWYD?