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Primary School choices

I know this year I have to start looking at Primary Schools for my 3.5 year old for next year. I live in London and don’t drive so use only local transport (the traffic is horrendous iykyk). I am looking for schools closer to my home as I really don’t want to do the long journeys back and forth on a bus daily. There are other schools I would prefer my child to go to but are 1 hour journeys away on a bus. My question is - would you rather your child go to a school you really want but is far away or go to one closer to home that isn’t top choices??? Would you say school distances impact your selections?

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Definitely closer! The school day is actually really short so you'll be spending most of it travelling

Ooo tough question! This would depend on the reason why I didn’t like the local school I think. If I didn’t like the school because it didn’t have Forest school for example I would just suck it up but if there had been a recent Ofsted report which said early reading wasn’t being taught effectively for example then I would have concerns about sending my child there.

P.s I’m so not mentally ready to call my November baby a 3 and a half year old 😭

I don’t like my locks school cos she actually went nursery there and I had to pull her out a month after. She is currently in preschool at the school I want her to go and it’s 30 min journey. I started my driving and aim to get a car by latest June. All ready for full time next year. Cos I hate mornings and she’s gonna be late so driving is the best

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