First time buyers

[david_ED]

My fiance and I are looking to buy our first property in ED, and are looking to base our choice partly on proximity to/catchment of good primary schools. We would be very interested to hear experiences of really good local primaries, and any suggestions of areas to look at buying with this as a criteria.

[northdulmum]

Most of the schools in the east dul area are good. You may find www.locrating.com a helpful website, put in the postcode area you are considering eg se22 or se15 and see what comes up.

You can then do some more digging on here if you use the search function for a particular school.

Eg of a good school: goosegreen ofsted '2' and great location (if you care about those ofsted rankings) plenty of others to choose from.

There's a thread here that shows the catchments of last year, but they may shrink over time

Also, many schools do open days so you can go and have a look around and get a feel for the atmosphere etc

Good luck!