Ginster Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 I can only comment on the driving but as others have said - driving within Dulwich at the moment is awful! I really cannot believe you could do that drive in 20 mins? I drive once a week to drop my kids to school (as I do our weekly supermarket shop on the way back) from one side of Dulwich to the other. Takes 10-12 mins depending on traffic. There are lots of shut roads meaning the main roads are chokka. I would also now never drive the way I used to which was past Jags. I now go the opposite direction via Denmark Hill Station. It was hit-and-miss anyway going the Jags way in the past (and that was before they closed lots of roads feeding East Dulwich Grove). It is even worse now. I think you need to try a few practice runs before you commit. Another parent works in Streatham and drives back to home in Dulwich and occasionally gets stuck and I have to pick up their child for them. I think you're lining up a daily stressful challenge. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/279084-pls-help-needed-commuting-for-school-in-east-dulwich-is-it-manageable/page/2/#findComment-1498667 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellosailor Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 You make a good point, the school coaches only take 25 mins to make the journey as they?re doing it so early. Most arriving at school by 8:00. If you?re a parent driving your child yourself leaving home considerably later then it would be very different.So it could indeed be a stressful 3 years from reception to year 3 when you are deemed old enough for a coach place. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/279084-pls-help-needed-commuting-for-school-in-east-dulwich-is-it-manageable/page/2/#findComment-1498687 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ole Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 hellosailor Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> You make a good point, the school coaches only> take 25 mins to make the journey as they?re doing> it so early. Most arriving at school by 8:00. > If you?re a parent driving your child yourself> leaving home considerably later then it would be> very different.> So it could indeed be a stressful 3 years from> reception to year 3 when you are deemed old enough> for a coach place.That sounds quite grim. So those poor kids must be getting on the coaches as early as 7am? So what time are they having to leave the house then. I used to get the coach at 8.15. School lessons started at 9.45, the coaches left at 4.30pm. It seems counterproductive that kids have such early starts when it is well documented that kids perform better with later starts. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/279084-pls-help-needed-commuting-for-school-in-east-dulwich-is-it-manageable/page/2/#findComment-1498732 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex_b Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 A lot of people are saying traffic is terrible at the moment (which may well be true) but even pre-pandemic and LTNs getting from Greenwich to E Dulwich in twenty minutes wasn?t realistic. Even if things go back to regular traffic patterns 40+ mins seems more realistic. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/279084-pls-help-needed-commuting-for-school-in-east-dulwich-is-it-manageable/page/2/#findComment-1498832 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hpsaucey Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 hellosailor Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Jags, alleyns and Dulwich college run numerous> coach routes from all over London to the schools.'Maybe you'd have to think carefully about Dulwich College if any of this is true?https://inews.co.uk/news/education/dulwich-college-accused-breeding-ground-for-sexual-predators-open-letter-former-pupil-923597HP Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/279084-pls-help-needed-commuting-for-school-in-east-dulwich-is-it-manageable/page/2/#findComment-1499023 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adventure Aunt Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 My DD attended marvellous primary school (Cathedral School of St Saviour and St Mary Overy) and secondary school (Emanuel) and commuted happily to both, but don't underestimate the sadness of being far from one's friends after school/weekends/holidays. She really minded that. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/279084-pls-help-needed-commuting-for-school-in-east-dulwich-is-it-manageable/page/2/#findComment-1499166 Share on other sites More sharing options...
scareyt Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 That drive is horrendous and you?d spend 4 hours in the car every day. No school is that good! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/279084-pls-help-needed-commuting-for-school-in-east-dulwich-is-it-manageable/page/2/#findComment-1503078 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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