It is the time of year when you may be considering the next primary, secondary or sixth form school for your child. In such cases, to ensure you find the top schools for your children, it is important that you contact the local education authority to query catchment areas, research Ofsted reports and consider league tables for exam results.

To help you, Chancellors Estate Agents have put together some great examples of family properties for sale or rent close to popular schools in Oxfordshire and the Home Counties. Click on the images below to take a look at the details of just a sample of these stunning properties in these areas:

Property for sale

Ascot, Berkshire

Ascot has a range of schools, both state and private, for all age groups. This impressive family home is located less than two miles from Charters School, a specialist sports and science secondary school where students excel in personal development and academic achievement. Other schools within a two mile radius of this property include St George’s School, The Marist Schools, Papplewick, The Licensed Victuallers School, plus many more a short distance further away.

5 bedroom house for sale, Ascot
Charters School is within a mile of this beautifully presented five bedroom family home for sale.

Abingdon, Oxfordshire

5 bedroom house for sale, Abingdon

Abingdon School, an independent school for boys with excellent extra-curricular activities, and St Helen & St Katharine, an independent school for girls with excellent academic results and a great ethos, are less than a mile from this attractive detached five bedroom house.

North Oxford, Oxfordshire

6 bedroom house for sale, North Oxford

Lynams School, the pre-prep school for the Dragon School, and St Edward’s School, an independent co-educational school for pupils aged 13 to 18, are approximately a mile and half a mile from this extended 1920s six bedroom family home in North Oxford.

Property to let

Ascot area, Berkshire

5 bedroom house to rent, Ascot

Charters School is about two miles from this comfortable five bedroom family house for rent.

3 bedroom house to rent, Sunninghill

Charters School is less than a mile from this contemporary three bedroom house in Sunninghill.

Summertown, Oxfordshire

4 bedroom house to rent, Summertown

St Philip & St James C of E Primary School, which delivers a diverse curriculum to develop students’ intellectual and physical abilities, is less than 0.5 miles from this well presented four bedroom house in The Waterways, Summertown.

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