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[quote=Anonymous]I am a Londoner. I know several American families who have come here for a year or more, and most I know have gone to the American School in St John's Wood, after looking around at the other options. If you are only going to be here a year, that does seem like a good option for you since you'll be able to keep them on a similar curriculum, and they will be with a group of people comprising expats and other international students.
State schools here can be a total nightmare - it is true that the best ones are totally oversubscribed and you would need to do a lot of research to find an area you would like to live in which has a school you would get into. I can't advise on that because my neighbourhood is one of those with extremely oversubscribed schools! Private schools can be excellent (but there is a lot of variety and some are very traditional and British and might not be what you are looking for). Have a look at the Sunday Times school guide to start with. You might want to start zeroing in on neighbourhoods that work for you based on home prices, proximity to transport or work, communities of people you want to be near, etc, and then work from there. London, as you know, is huge, and lots of things are very micro. I could tell you a lot about the schools and house prices and communities in my specific neighbourhood but know nothing at all about others.  [/quote]

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