Q: I plan to take my 9-year-old child to primary school in England this year. We have applied for investment immigration, 1. Can I enjoy public primary schools when I start landing? 2. Do public primary schools have to buy a house to see it? Is it okay to rent a house? 3. In which part of the UK is the cost of living lower? I don't work, and my children go to primary school. We hope to find a place where the price is relatively low and we can go to a better public primary school, not necessarily a big city, a small city or a township. Please recommend a place. At present, I am confused about where to live. Thanks to the enthusiastic people of bbc.
A: Children in Britain begin to receive full-time education at the age of five. Compulsory education is compulsory until 16 years old. So after you come to Britain, your children can go to public primary schools nearby. Of course, if you change classes, the nearest primary school may not have vacancies (there is a legal maximum number of students in each class in British public primary schools, and it cannot be increased without authorization). The Education Bureau of the local government in your district will arrange children to go to school according to the principle of going to school nearby.
British public primary schools generally take the primary school site as a point and draw a circle with a diameter of several miles on the map. The range of the circle is the so-called catchment area. All children in this area can be guaranteed to attend this primary school.
Everyone wants to go to a good primary school. In order to have security, many families move and buy houses for schools, and the housing prices in the area will also rise. Of course, you can rent a house, but you don't have to buy it. But you have to rent it for at least six months, and you have to prove that you really live there, such as utilities, before you can apply for a school there.
I'm afraid it's a bit reluctant to recommend specific areas of life. If the cost of living is low, cheap prices are your main consideration. Generally speaking, cities are expensive, villages are cheap, big cities are expensive, small towns are cheap, and England is more expensive as it goes south and cheaper as it goes north.
It is good to have a low cost of living, but the living environment should also be considered. For example, an area with low housing prices but high crime rate and low employment rate is not necessarily a good place.
For another example, Carlisle, a small town located in the lake district of central England, was recently rated as the most ideal place to live in England. I went there last summer vacation, and it felt beautiful and simple. But there are few ethnic minorities with other skin colors. Being a tourist is one thing, and living there may be another feeling.
The survey of the National Happiness Index just released by the British government includes all regions of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, with London scoring the lowest. London is the most unhappy place in Britain, with the highest cost of living, the most expensive house price and the greatest pressure. The highest happiness index is Northern Ireland.
However, London is the city with the largest population and the most concentrated ethnic minorities in Britain. This may answer your question from another side.