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Hi I heard from a few colleagues that some schools have policies that prevent pupils walking to school or home on their own. Do you know if Dulwich Hamlet Junior school or other schools in the ED area discourage children walking on their own? Also how old would your child have to be/was your child before you let them walk to school on their own?

bornagain - thanks that is very comforting to know. LVWT - I'll look out for the form etta166 - thanks for the info. I'm sorry that there's disruption to the children at DVI applying for school places. Maybe they should look at preferential entry for children from the infants school. Are parents aware when their kids attend the infants school that they won't be given places at Dulwich Hamlet automatically?

Our 7yo son has been offered a place at Dulwich Hamlet Junior school to go into Y3. I know a number of kids in his class will have come from Dulwich Infants school. My son currently attends another Southwark school right now & won't know many in his class or year. Has anyone else had experience - good or bad - of settling in at Dulwich Hamlet or other schools at that age?