The Clock House, Kelvedon, Essex. A Grade II-listed Georgian house near Colchester Royal Grammar School. The house has open fireplaces with marble surrounds and a walled garden with a swimming pool and pool house. 5 beds, 4 baths, 3 receps, study, outbuilding, 4.8 acres. £1.95m Knight Frank 01279-213340.
Crofton Avenue, Orpington, Bromley. A family house near St. Olave's Grammar School. The dining room has a partially vaulted ceiling and leads onto a conservatory with a heated pool. 6 beds, 3 baths, 2 receps, workshop, garden. £1.575m Alan de Maid 01689-813333.
Ivy House, Ettington, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. This Grade II-listed village house incorporates a converted barn and is near Stratford Girls' Grammar School. The house has flagstone floors and a large inglenook fireplace.6 beds, 5 baths, 3 receps, study, breakfast kitchen, conservatory, 0.4 acres. £799,950 Strutt & Parker 01608-650502.
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Knapp House, Slad Valley, Gloucestershire. A Grade II-listed Cotswold country house with traditional outbuildings near Pate's Grammar School. The house has flagstone floors, stone fireplaces and leaded-light mullioned windows. 6 beds, 3 baths, 3 receps, stables, gardens, 15.6 acres. £2m Strutt & Parker 01285-653101.
Moor Farm, Great Tey, Colchester, Essex. A property near Colchester Royal Grammar School. The house has open fireplaces, a large kitchen with an Aga and the study has French doors leading onto the landscaped gardens. 6 beds, 3 baths, 2 receps, paddock, 4 acres. £995,000 Savills 01245-293233.
Quarry Gardens, Tonbridge, Kent. An extended, modernised house near Tonbridge Grammar School. The house retains its original staircase and has cast-iron fireplaces. 5 beds, 2 baths, double recep, kitchen/dining room, workshop, garden. £770,000 Reid + Dean 01323-412550.
The Old Vicarage, Ulting, Maldon, Essex. A renovated, Grade II-listed 19th-century vicarage near King Edward VI Grammar School. 5 beds, 2 baths, 3 receps, study, conservatory, attached coach house, gardens, swimming pool, 1.15 acres. £1.595m Savills 01245-293233.
Coombe Lane West, Kingston upon Thames. A detached contemporary house near The Tiffin Girls' School. The house has open-plan living areas and a dining room with bi-folding doors leading onto the garden. 5 beds, 4 baths, home office in the garden. £1.85m John D Wood & Co 020-8944 7172.
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