Milton Keynes
I'm new here, so please let me know if I'm in the wrong place!
We are an Australian family with a relocation job opportunity in Milton Keynes. I am looking for some recommendations for pleasant areas with good schools, as my children are aged 3 and 5. Any tips appreciated:) |
Re: Milton Keynes
Hi,
I currently live in Italy but we are also relocating back to the UK and I live just outside Milton Keynes. Do you want to be central or live in a town outside and commute. Road links are good so maximum journey time from surrounding area is between 15-30 mins. If you want to PM me with a few more details then I'd be happy to advise a bit more. There are some lovely villages outside Milton Keynes but the town itself is quite sterile. I've got a 2.5 year old and he'll be going to pre-school in Olney when we move back. To check on quality of schools you can check Ofsted's website. I'm not sure if you have a similar system in Oz but they carry out inspections of schools and post their findings with recommendations. Anyway, let me know what more you need and I'd be happy to help. Sarah |
Re: Milton Keynes
Thanks, I will PM you :)
|
Re: Milton Keynes
LOL you are going to get comments about MK being like Canberra! (and it is to some extent, that it is a planned town and somewhat on the sterile side). If you dont want a suburban type environment then there are plenty of villages around which would give you a different perspective. Ofsted reports are the best for working out which schools you might be interested in but nothing really beats the eyeball test and http://www.rightmove.co.uk/ a good place to start to check out rentals
|
Re: Milton Keynes
Ha, I have heard the Canberra comments. One thing I am worried about is school zoning. IN Australia your local state school has to take you if you are in the catchment area, but it seems in the UK there are only a set amount of places and you can be assigned elsewhere. Any comments on that?
|
Re: Milton Keynes
Originally Posted by Louche
(Post 10233352)
Ha, I have heard the Canberra comments. One thing I am worried about is school zoning. IN Australia your local state school has to take you if you are in the catchment area, but it seems in the UK there are only a set amount of places and you can be assigned elsewhere. Any comments on that?
|
Re: Milton Keynes
In Sydney I commute over an hour each way (45 mins for my husband) but we are hoping for an improvement in our work life balance.. I guess everyone is in the same situation. But 30 minutes is doable.
|
Re: Milton Keynes
"From a hilltop I spied a sprawl of blue roofs about three-quarters of a mile off and thought that might be the shopping mall and headed off for it. The pedestrian walkways, which had seemed rather agreeable to me at first, began to become irritating. They wandered lazily through submerged cuttings, nicely landscaped but with a feeling of being in no hurry to get you anywhere. Clearly they had been laid out by people who had thought of it as a two-dimensional exercise. They followed circuitous, seemingly purposeless routes that must have looked pleasing on paper, but gave no consideration to the idea that people, faced with a long walk between houses and shops, would mostly like to get there in a reasonably direct way. Worse still was the sense of being lost in a semi-subterranean world cut off from visible landmarks. I found myself frequently scrambling up banks just to see where I was, only to discover that it was nowhere near where I wanted to be.”
http://readfreeonline.net/OnlineBook...Island_15.html |
All times are GMT. The time now is 3:01 am. |
Powered by vBulletin: ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.