west midlands

[sunflower68]

Where are there good schools, pretty little places with a reasonable price tag in the west midlands?

[Steve_Luts]

Not sure what age range you are looking at, but Sutton Coldfield has very good schools in the West Mids, as does Solihull.

The King Edwards Schools are also highly respected, if you are fee paying.

Within 10 minutes of both areas you can be in open countryside - a complete antithesis of the bigoted populist (london based) view that the West Mids is totally industrial. If you want pretty places, just check Sutton Park - given to the good people of the town in 1528 by Henry VIII and now the largest urban park in Europe, also a site of special scientific interest. Bear in mind this is only 20 mins drive from the centre of Birmingham - I lived here and commuted to the city for many years.

Photos here: http://www.suttonparkimagery.co.uk/

[sunflower68]

Thanks steve_Luts you are justly proud of the whole area. It is definitely an unsung treasure and sometimes I think the locals like to keep it that way, else everyone would want to move there! I love the place, thanks for your trouble. (Non-fee paying, btw) :)

[sunflower68]

oh, and the kids are 8 and 7

[jrtv]

What ever you do don't come to Stoke-on -Trent, nearly all the schools are burnt down and I can't think of one pretty place in the area

[I_cnat_splel]

private skools are rubiish, go mainstream or ur kid will be a wimp.

[Ava77]

What about Lichfield in Staffordshire? It's still quite olde-worlde, with lots of greenery and parks, cobbled streets, and a large cathedral. They also have good schools, King Edwards is probably the best senior school in the area.

[Steve_Luts]

i_cnat_splel - I'm guesing you didn't go to a private school - neither did I, although I did go to a very good state one.

All I was saying was that if private education was on the cards as a choice, these are good schools.

At my school we also learned that if you have nothing valid to say, then don't say it. You muppet.

Ava77 - agreed on Lichfield, I lived there until I was 5 - great place for those with a young family.

[Steve_Luts]

..'guessing', rather than 'guesing', I should say.

Sorry, I can't reach my keyboard from my high horse.