Janenap

Thanks to everyone for their helpful advice. As I said to someone who sent me a private message, I didn't realise it was so complicated (or competitive). You have given us lots to think about, and lots of schools to visit!

Townleygreen, Thanks for your message. Sorry, yes of course I meant junior and infant. We're moving to Melbourne Grove (God and the banks willing!). And thanks to everyone else for their comments and suggestions. I will have to sit down with a map and locate them all - one thing I want to avoid is having to drive the boys to school every day. Another question - can anyone recommend a local architect who does extensions etc. Perhaps I should start another thread?

Hello everybody, we're moving into the area soon so I'm really pleased to have found this forum. Learned lots of interesting stuff going through old posts. Sure I'll have lots of questions though. First one! Schools! We have two kids - both boys!, one junior school age and one primary. I heard lots of good things about Dulwich Hamlet Juniors for the elder one but I was talking yesterday to the lady who will be our new neighbour. She works at the school as a class assistant and she tells me they have just appointed a new head maybe with not too much experience and some of the staff weren't very happy. Does anyone know anything about this, and if we decide not to try for Dulwich Hamlet what would be a good alternative - course there is no guarantee we would get him in anyway so it might all be useless worry. Any advice gratefully received, the whole thing is a nightmare - living in Leicestershire, where we are now, it isn't nearly so difficult. Jane