Primary Schools - Lacon Road

[motorbird83]

Hi,

I am considering buying a home on Lacon Road in East Dulwich and was wondering which primary schools people have been able to send their children to. Lacon Road seems to be in a bit of a blackhole given how small local catchments are.

Many thanks,

MB

[mrs.lotte]

Should be within catchment for Goose Green as its very close and probably St John's and Bessemer too.

However popularity of schools can change quickly and catchments can shrink or expand depending upon a number of factors including bulge classes and their effect on nearby schools easing the pressure on their places, subsequent shrinking of places available due to greater number of sibling priority places following a bulge.

St Johns is also a church school and has 50% church places for children whose parents are practising Christians so if you fulfilled that criteria the catchment would probably be wider.

I would have thought that it is a good location to buy in terms of getting into a good local primary school.

Good luck

[Chillaxed]

We're in Lacon and Goose Green and St John's are the closest. I agree with Mrs Lotte: preferred schools change over the years and whereas Heber seems to be the most popular choice at the mo', it could be GG in a few years time. GG is certainly on the up.

BTW, Lacon is a great location. Walking distance to the station and the park, and spitting distance to LL and the market. It's also very quiet and the police assured us that the drive-by shooting a year or so back was not connected to any of the road's residents.

Good luck and if you buy, welcome!

[LondonMix]

There was a drive-by shooting or is that a joke!

[Chillaxed]

No joke. My wife and I returned home one evening to find Lacon Road sealed off and the police on hands and knees with torches searching for (I presume) casings. Turned out a few shots had been fired (at what I'm not sure) from the back of a scooter. There's a thread on here somewhere (sorry, haven't worked out how to link to threads).

[LondonMix]

Oh, wow. Did they ever find out what happened? I found the old threat. At least it doesn't appear anyone was hurt.

[Chillaxed]

Didn't here much about it after that night, save a visit from the police asking if we saw anything. No denial or confirmation that the perp was shooting at a particular person or house. They did reassure us that they believed those involved were not local.

All part of living in ED, LM!

motorbird83 - pls don't think for a minute that this incident is a general reflection of ED or Lacon. Both are friendly and relatively safe in my experience.

[motorbird83]

Thanks Chillaxed. You've made me slightly nervous but haven't quite put me off. I already live locally so know the area is generally quite safe by SE London standards. Glad to hear there are people happy with Goose Green living on the road. I supposed the new primary schools that are being proposed on the hospital site might also cover this area in future too so it seems better covred than I realised.

[motorbird83]

Chillaxed, do you happen to live in one of the semis on the East-side of the road? I'm just wondering if in the summer you get much sun as I've always heard that East facing gardens can be a bit tricky!

[Chillaxed]

Nope, we're in the terraces, so garden has a westerly aspect. Provided you've no trees or illegal extensions blocking your southerly aspect though, I reckon you'll get plenty of sun.

[motorbird83]

Thanks!