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Re: Help! Moving back to London

The advice from the Council is right. If you are not actually living in the catchment area on the cut off date, then you will not be able to apply for the first round of places. They are likely to check council tax records and other evidence to make sure of this, so blagging your way through as some...
Forum: Schools
Topic: Help! Moving back to London
Replies: 12
by Fitzov
Mon Dec 20, 2010 9:32 pm

Re: School Admissions Consultation - Belleville

Cynic and Monaco, thanks for the clarification. The fact remains that the bilingual stream at Wix is a case apart from its English language admissions, and these are open to families living within approx 1400m according to Cynic's statistics. Hence, any family willing to make the journey from South ...
Forum: Schools
Topic: School Admissions Consultation - Belleville
Replies: 196
by Fitzov
Tue Nov 09, 2010 10:38 pm

Re: School Admissions Consultation - Belleville

GreenyBaby. Those are all really great questions and I will be asking the same. This is certainly not a free consultation as the two options being offered both skew the admissions policy most unfairly in favour of those living in the '1st priority' catchment zone - i.e. the area south of Battersea R...
Forum: Schools
Topic: School Admissions Consultation - Belleville
Replies: 196
by Fitzov
Mon Nov 08, 2010 6:31 pm

Re: School Admissions Consultation - Belleville

Cynic makes an excellent point when he or she points out that families living in the Broomwood Road area have access to many of the same schools as those living in the Forthbridge Road area. From my very basic research, these include Highview, Wix and Shaftesbury Pk. Make no mistake, what this argum...
Forum: Schools
Topic: School Admissions Consultation - Belleville
Replies: 196
by Fitzov
Mon Nov 08, 2010 12:36 pm

Re: Mouse trap?

Hi. My little girl attended both Mouse Hole and Mouse House and had a great time there. They prepared her very well for reception and both she and I made some lovely friends. The waiting list was pretty fiendish when i applied, so you probably need to get on the list as soon as possible. Also, be aw...
Forum: Childcare
Topic: Mouse trap?
Replies: 5
by Fitzov
Mon Jul 19, 2010 11:31 am

Re: Letting property privately

Hi. I manage two flats in Battersea privately and use RealWorldRentals to advertise them for me. They charge a set fee of around £250 to take photos and post them on all of the main property sites - FindaProperty, PrimeLocation, Evening Standard, etc. They keep the adverts fresh and handle all enqui...
Forum: Homes & Garden
Topic: Letting property privately
Replies: 3
by Fitzov
Mon Jul 19, 2010 11:26 am

Re: Anyone used Elephant Removals?

Hi. I'm afraid I don't know anything about Elephant, but I used Clockwise when I moved last September. I couldn't recommend them more highly. They were preceise to the minute, polite and cheerful, and put everything exactly where I wanted it without damaging anything. I was also really impressed by ...
Forum: Homes & Garden
Topic: Anyone used Elephant Removals?
Replies: 3
by Fitzov
Mon Jul 19, 2010 11:19 am

Re: Belleville expansion plans

Yes. Go to www.cjag.org, the website of the Clapham Junction Action Group who post regular news of issues affecting our area. There are several articles charting the latest developments together with views from the Forthbridge community who feel quite justly most aggreived by the decision. The upsho...
Forum: Schools
Topic: Belleville expansion plans
Replies: 56
by Fitzov
Mon Jul 05, 2010 1:43 pm

Re: friend wants to use my address for primary school admission

I'm a bit of an expert on this subject having lost out on a place in any of my preferred primary schools as a result of people doing precisely this. I guess I don't need to set out what I think about the moral position here! However, you ask whether you can get into trouble, so here is what I know. ...
Forum: Schools
Topic: friend wants to use my address for primary school admission
Replies: 64
by Fitzov
Tue May 04, 2010 11:21 am

Re: Reception Place in 2010

The same thing happened to me two years ago when I was applying for places for my now 6 year old daughter. I'd applied to Belleville and had been living close to Clapham Junction for 10 years. Although my flat was a mere 550 metres from the school gates (yes, I measured it) I was angry that I had be...
Forum: Schools
Topic: Reception Place in 2010
Replies: 8
by Fitzov
Mon Mar 22, 2010 11:34 am

Re: Husband having affair

Hi Mistletoe I sympathise. I’ve been a single mum for five years as a result of my ex-partner having an affair. I’m sure there are no universal truths in this matter, but I certainly did not find my ex to be happy whilst he was cheating on me. Five years on, I can see that the guilt was making him v...
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: Husband having affair
Replies: 9
by Fitzov
Fri Dec 04, 2009 12:03 am