Schools lottery

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Help us out, please, listeners! We’ve had a question from Chris from Aldershot which we can’t answer, because none of us know shit about these matters. But perhaps you do, so we put it to you:

Our son is 2, we live in a bit of a scabby area (Aldershot) but want him to attend a better school which is in Farnham.

Answer me this: At what time should we think about putting his name down for the better school in Farnham to stand a better chance of getting him in?

Any ideas, chaps? Comment below!

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7 Responses to “Schools lottery”

  1. tamsin's avatar tamsin Says:

    if it’s a state school, then you have to be in catchment (the nearer the better), if it’s private, it’s most probably too late if it’s a really good school. When I lived in London, getting into school is really tough and I do know people who have rented out their house, moved to a rental house very close to the school of choice, just for a year while the application goes through, then moved back.

  2. James's avatar James Says:

    Only two extremes work in child rearing: complete attachment or complete disinterest. So either homeschool him or pack him off to boarding school.

  3. LauraJay's avatar LauraJay Says:

    Yeah as soon as possible is best. Also, if you manage to get this one into a good school and then make another one…the younger child will get in automatically because the older one goes there. Bonus.

  4. tony's avatar tony Says:

    stop being so snobby. i hate people like you *shuns*

  5. Leon from Northumberland's avatar Leon from Northumberland Says:

    Soon as you can!
    (I have no idea, just wanted the first comment…)

  6. Ryan McKernan's avatar Ryan McKernan Says:

    As soon as possible. If its a really, really good school there will be a long waiting list and the child needs to be on that list ASAP. 🙂

  7. Tom L's avatar Tom L Says:

    ‘Possibly related posts: Episode 30 – Novelty Wank’. I fucking love you guys.

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