I'm in the process of working out what school for secondary (probably from year 7). We'll be going private as no way would I do public with the schools round here. Our nearest one has a school bus, and its probably 25mins max. But other than that, I'm looking at possibly in the city, which will be at least a 45min train ride (they're still buidlnig the track to us) and then 10-15mins at the other end. Do you think that is too much for a 12year old student to be doing. DH does work in the city but he tends to leave here at 7am and not get home till 7pm, so probably not the best hours for doing the school run, and I'm not sure where I'm going to be working (in an ideal world, I'd get a job at a good school and the kids can come with me )

So, what how far do you and your children travel? What do you think is reasonable?