Selecting the place to dwell as a household with younger kids will be difficult.
There are college catchment areas to contemplate, crime statistics to verify and services like a park, lesiure advanced and grocery store ought to ideally be close by.
A brand new information sequence by property company Jackson-Stops provides consumers a serving to hand in choosing family-friendly areas to dwell in England.
It’s primarily based on evaluation of property costs, together with main schooling and wellbeing metrics from the Workplace for Nationwide Statistics.
Competitors for areas in fascinating state colleges will probably be extra ferocious than ever this yr, after Labour slapped 20 per cent VAT on schooling and boarding charges charged by personal colleges from January.
‘Entry to high-performing colleges is a significant factor driving demand within the household properties market’, Nick Leeming, chairman at Jackson-Stops, mentioned.
The schooling information Jackson-Stops used for its analysis centred on college pupils’ Key Stage 2 outcomes.
Splendid: Surrey Heath, together with Chobham (pictured) got here out as essentially the most family-friendly location to dwell in England
The place is family-friendly to dwell?
Within the prime 10 greatest areas for households with younger kids, 4 had been in Surrey, the place property costs are notoriously excessive.
Based mostly on Jackson-Stops’ evaluation, Surrey Heath got here out as the highest family-friendly location to dwell in England
Its wellbeing rating was 7.9, in opposition to 7.4 throughout England on common, whereas its main college rating was 65 per cent. The common for main colleges throughout England is 61 per cent.
Surrey Heath is dwelling to villages like Bisley and Chobham, with the latter that includes the picturesque Goldsworth Park lake.
Robert Butterworth, a director at Jackson-Stops, Woking, mentioned: ‘Surrey Heath has lengthy been a well-liked selection for households, because of its wonderful colleges, abundance of inexperienced areas, and powerful sense of neighborhood. Areas like Chobham are significantly sought-after as they provide a semi-rural really feel.’
He added: ‘There are many family-oriented occasions that make it a really perfect place for elevating kids, whereas its low crime charges and high quality housing choices add to the enchantment.’
Woking, once more in Surrey, got here second within the Jackson-Stops Household Hotspots Index.
Woking has fast entry to central London by practice, with commuters capable of get to London Waterloo railway station in round 24 minutes, when the trains are operating as they need to.
The rating for main colleges in Woking was 65 per cent, whereas its wellbeing rating was a strong 7.8, Jackson-Sops mentioned.
Butterworth added: ‘Woking city centre provides to the enchantment with a mixture of facilities. Households can take pleasure in an evening out on the New Victoria Theatre, with among the greatest exhibits within the nation being premiered, or pop to one of many city’s many eating places, together with the Hilton rooftop bar and restaurant with views over rural Surrey.’
Households searching for a extra rural life-style ought to head to Rutland within the East Midlands, which got here third within the prime 10 hotspots for households with main college aged kids in England.
In Rutland, main colleges attained a hefty rating of 69 per cent, in response to Jackson-Stops. Wellbeing was additionally scored extremely, at 7.7.
Leeming of Jackson-Stops, mentioned: ‘Rutland often is the smallest nation within the UK, however it’s properly situated with lovely countryside, historic market cities, public colleges and Rutland Water.
‘With good rail hyperlinks to London and limestone villages, it has all the atmosphere of the Cotswolds with out the worth tag.’
Encompassing Dorking, Mole Valley in Surrey was branded the fourth greatest hotspot for households trying to transfer to.
Based on the findings, there are ‘half a dozen high-performing main colleges’ in Dorking alone, together with St Paul’s, St Martin’s, Powell Corderoy and St Joseph’s.
Out of all the highest 10 areas, the Mole Valley had the best common property costs, at £554,649.
North east Lincolnshire got here in fifth place within the rankings and boasts a wellbeing rating of seven.8. Common property costs within the space are among the many lowest within the prime 10, at £160,819.
Brentwood, Chelmsford, Waverley, Dacorum and Hartlepool additionally made it to the highest 10. In Hartlepool, property costs are usually round £133,337.
Commenting on Brentwood and Chelmsford, James Caffrey, a director at Jackson-Stops Chelmsford, mentioned: ‘Chelmsford’s famend grammar colleges proceed to be a big draw for households, whereas New Corridor Faculty is proving significantly common amongst personal college college students.
‘In the meantime, Brentwood’s education choices are equally spectacular, with Brentwood Faculty remaining a serious attraction for fogeys.’
