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Moving to secondary school with an out of borough house move at the same time

Our son who has mild cerebral palsy with a SEN and is 8 years old is currently seemingly enjoying his primary school experience..This is after spending 3 years or so in a private school whom although enthusiastic about helping him and being inclusive turned out to be a total nightmare. His current school is a mainstream school in Kentish Town but they have loads of experience with different types of disability
So we live in West Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden and already know that the secondary school provision in the Borough is terrible. We therefore are already thinking about a house move even though its 3 years before the secondary school move.
I therefore wanted to ask if anyone knows any schools which are either private or state in either Hertfordshire or Buckinhamsire that we can consider and visit etc that have experience with cerebral palsy. To be honest Im really worried about this as I need to ensure that we choose the right school for our son and im absolutely petrified about throwing a house move in the mix as well. I simply dont understand from a logistics point of view how we can make this work if we need to be in the new address in the borough when we apply for the new school - anyways...just focusing on the schooling element for now so if anyone has any suggestions that would be much appreciated
So we live in West Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden and already know that the secondary school provision in the Borough is terrible. We therefore are already thinking about a house move even though its 3 years before the secondary school move.
I therefore wanted to ask if anyone knows any schools which are either private or state in either Hertfordshire or Buckinhamsire that we can consider and visit etc that have experience with cerebral palsy. To be honest Im really worried about this as I need to ensure that we choose the right school for our son and im absolutely petrified about throwing a house move in the mix as well. I simply dont understand from a logistics point of view how we can make this work if we need to be in the new address in the borough when we apply for the new school - anyways...just focusing on the schooling element for now so if anyone has any suggestions that would be much appreciated
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Choosing a school can be a really stressful experience! Here is the guidance from the government website:
Contact your local council to find:
You can also contact your local council to apply for places in schools in other areas.
Find out about a school
You can find out more by:
What schools must publish on their website
Schools’ websites must include:
You can also get advice about choosing schools from your local council. All councils have teams to help parents get their children into schools.
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I haven't even thoughtt about the jobs or myself and my wife yet!