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Hi - just to let the wider community know, there are places in Years 1 and 2 and Dulwich Village Infants for September. If you ring the office, they can give you details - 020 7525 9233. Or email [email protected]. The school’s latest results are still great but it is always harder to fill places in Years 1 and 2 as there is no automatic entry to Dulwich Hamlet (the lovely junior school (Years 3-6), next door). However, there are stats that show nearly every child who wants a place at Dulwich Hamlet from Dulwich Village Infants, gets one. Worth looking at if you are moving into the area or looking for a place for a 5/6 year old at an excellent school anyway! I am inherently biased though as I have had three children through the school. And I know other local schools are also excellent!

Hi - we no longer need our amazing nanny. This is her second stint with us. She looked after our children first when our third child was a baby (and the others were 5 and 6). She stayed until the little one went to school. Then she came back recently to do after school nannying for us four days a week but we don’t need that anymore, sadly. She drives, is great with babies, toddlers and primary age children (and tricky teens…) and knows Dulwich very well. She’d ideally like two full days a week. Please let me know if you are interested and I can put you in touch! Thanks.

Hello - just in case anybody is still looking for school places, Dulwich Village Infants has a few in Years 1 and 2 and no waiting list. (There is a short waiting list for Reception so you can always put your name down on that list by calling the school if you are looking for a Reception place).

Also - as soon as you have an address/tenancy agreement, email the schools and get on the waiting list. There is still a lot of movement at the moment as people decide whether to accept offers or not. (Some apply for private and state schools and may have accepted a private place before the state offers come out.)

Hello! Just to reiterate, there are loads of good schools round here, particularly at the moment. Southwark has falling role numbers so it is much easier to get a place at the ?good? ones these days - and there are more really good ones about. My children go to/went through Dulwich Village Infants and Dulwich Hamlet and the catchment areas for both have gone out massively recently. (Obviously, I really rate both!) I have heard lovely things re Ivydale too - a colleague?s children go there.

Hi - we can also recommend Andy. He came out at 7.30 pm on 23rd December to deal with an emergency leak in our bathroom. We had 12 people coming for Christmas (including family flying from overseas that we hadn't seen for three years because of Covid) so we were extra grateful for him picking up the phone so late in the evening just before Christmas and coming out. He also stayed late until it was done - and did a really good job!

Hello - I was just wondering if you found anybody good?! We'd like a tiled path to our front door so are looking for somebody who can do mosaic Victorian tiling... Thank you!

Hi - I thought I posted yesterday but can?t see it so apologies if this is a repeat... Our au pair has just arrived from Italy. He would love to meet other local au pairs so please can you PM me if you have a sociable au pair or know of any meet-ups locally? Thanks very much!

Hello - could anybody with an au pair who is sociable and would like to meet up with other au pairs please let me know if there are any meet-ups planned? We have a lovely chatty Italian au pair who has just arrived and it would be great if he could make some local friends! Thank you.

Thanks very much but he?s quite keen to meet other au pairs so I think a school would be better. There seem to be a couple of options in Clapham... Thank you for your reply though!

Hi - can anybody suggest somewhere near to Dulwich for English lessons for our au pair? Thanks!

Hello - just thought I'd let people know on here that there are places available in Year 2 at Dulwich Village Infants School. A couple of families moved out over the summer but it's still an "outstanding" school and my children loved it (recently!). It is only an infant school though, so you'd need to have another school in mind for your child for Year 3. There is no automatic entry to the Dulwich Hamlet Junior School. Just posting in case anybody is stuck for a Year 2 place at the moment...

Hi - I came on here looking for recommendations for somebody to help with a resin bonded driveway and found this old request. I realise this was posted 4 years ago but does anybody know a local reasonably priced company now?! Thanks.