FadeTheButcher
07-19-2004, 03:21 AM
Gee. I wonder why this is going on.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3904783.stm
More than 70,000 people will move home this year in order to get a child into a particular school, research suggests.
Some 4% of people moving or planning a move between April and September said it was to ensure they lived in the catchment area of a particular school.
The most common reason for moving - for 23% - was a desire for a larger home, while 13% were downsizing and 10% said they were moving because of a job.
Over 2,000 homeowners were questioned in April for Sainsbury's Bank.
Parents in the Midlands were most likely to move to fall within a school catchment area - the figure reached 6% in that region, compared with 4% in southern England and 1% in northern England and Scotland.
The study also found people were prepared to pay a premium of up to 10% for a home in a good school's catchment area.
"Our findings underline parents' determination to secure a good school for their children," said Sainsbury's Bank home insurance manager Robert O'May. Three per cent of people said their move was to a home with a garden, and a similar proportion were moving from the city to the country.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3904783.stm
More than 70,000 people will move home this year in order to get a child into a particular school, research suggests.
Some 4% of people moving or planning a move between April and September said it was to ensure they lived in the catchment area of a particular school.
The most common reason for moving - for 23% - was a desire for a larger home, while 13% were downsizing and 10% said they were moving because of a job.
Over 2,000 homeowners were questioned in April for Sainsbury's Bank.
Parents in the Midlands were most likely to move to fall within a school catchment area - the figure reached 6% in that region, compared with 4% in southern England and 1% in northern England and Scotland.
The study also found people were prepared to pay a premium of up to 10% for a home in a good school's catchment area.
"Our findings underline parents' determination to secure a good school for their children," said Sainsbury's Bank home insurance manager Robert O'May. Three per cent of people said their move was to a home with a garden, and a similar proportion were moving from the city to the country.