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Evening Standard
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Ruth Bloomfield

Avoiding catchment premiums: London postcodes with Outstanding schools — and property prices below the area average

Homes in Crystal Palace, south London

(Picture: Daniel Lynch)

Great state schools are a massive driver of London’s property market, with parents prepared to fork out massive premiums to live close to an Ofsted-outstanding primary or senior school.

According to new research, published today, the most expensive outstanding school in London is Gospel Oak Primary School, close to Hampstead Heath, where parents must pay an average £1.7 million to live in the same postcode. This is 81 per cent more than the average price for Camden, £944,000.

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