Would the travel be worth it?

[menagerie]

Lots of boys do a long commute to school in Surrey & Sutton. It's quite normal round here. They seem to enjoy it - meeting up on the bus etc. Weighing up a journey every day to a place where you are happy and fulfilled against a short walk to an environment where you feel unsafe and marginal doesn't compare. I think I also know which comp you mean (begins with H?) and it does have a long way to go before it fosters a love of and respect for learning throughout the whole school.

I agree Sutton is a reasonable commute from where you are. Not sure about Wilson's but others will know the journey and advise.

Good luck.