Choosing a school, or to be more accurate, allowing a school to choose us, will be on our minds in a year or so ,so all this is helpful information. Our first likely candidates will be Horniman and Fairlawn with Eliot Bank probably third. Personally and perhaps selfishly I'll be expressing our first choice as Fairlawn as it is one less hill to climb, unless the promised ski lift arrives! The downside is that Fairlawn is larger than Horniman and a smaller school may suit some children better than others.
My partner was a supply teacher and he has taught at many schools in south London , many of whom were failing schools, and if not were well on their way. I think therefore we do very well in Forest Hill.