I’ve been living in the St John’s Wood district, London for almost 2 years. It’s a lovely place. I am glad to move in this area as my first place in London. But, now it’s time to move to other place. My wife and I really want to stay, but there is a few reasons I cannot be affordable.
My daughter needs to go to school from next year. And, in this area, there are a lot of good and outstanding private schools. In the UK, “private school”, “independent school”, and “public school” are same terms. It is meaning about that a child taker needs to pay an extra fee for schooling. “State school” or “primary school” are schools meaning about free. The private schools are extremely expensive which cost is going to be £14,000 to £30,000 per year. Of course, there are state schools also in St John’s Wood. But, after figuring out these schools’ score, I couldn’t say to stay St. John’s Wood for my baby.
So we considered area near schools in 3 different places in the Ofsted report, which shows all schools inspection report excluding a few independent schools including the secondary schools and special schools. It doesn’t means all schools not in this report are bad, but the most independent schools in this report are usually outstanding. So I just decided following this report. And also, I selected outstanding scored schools within 2016 to 2019, and then sorted out a few schools continuously outstanding. Yeah, I’m the helicopter father.
The 3 area are Fulham, Notting Hill, and Gospel Oak. Wimbledon is also one of the options, but it is too far from my office, so I decided one of them. I hope my wife and my baby satisfy the place and school. It’s all difficult to me because, it’s all new to me.
Lastly, I viewed a lot of properties. My and my wife’s satisfaction is not only problem, but also my two mischievous cats are normally not allowed in London, especially furnitured property. I finally found an understanding landlord, but it is always pain in my toes.
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