• THANK you for the balanced report, (We are alternative to ‘pay or pray’, says school ready to move into former police station, June 27). However, I would like to point out the following.

The catchment area for Abacus Belsize Primary School would not change if the site moves from its current temporary location to the old Hampstead police station and it would still serve Belsize Park.

The school would not be competing with New End or Fitzjohn’s – which has a tiny effective catchment area – for students any more than it has for the last six years.

I would like to remind readers that it is an existing school, it’s not a new school. The new site would encourage families to stay local and reduce traffic.

As a parent of an Abacus student it has been frustrating to have to continuously explain why the old Hampstead police station is our only option.

There is no appropriate site in Belsize Park. The record shows we have searched 78 sites over the last seven years.

DARLA HOCKING
Belsize Park