Finding the right school for your children can be a something of a challenge but it’s nothing next to the patience-of-a-saint-testing daily grind that is actually getting them there every morning. De-stress those term-time starts to the day with these tips from the school-run-hardy parents who post on Mumsnet.

Get ‘em up, get ‘em dressed, get ‘em fed, and off you go to school. Oh, if only it were so. In (bitter, strength-sapping) truth, the school run is a daily struggle against the mighty forces of dawdling, prevarication and delay. And that’s before you factor in the havoc-wreaking, vital-minutes-stealing potential of squabbling siblings, crying babies, doorbell-ringing boiler-repair men and inevitably disappearing PE kit. 

So, to help save you sanity of a weekday morning, here’s the pick of the school-run tips posted on Mumsnet by parents the nation over. As ever in parenting life, there’s nothing to beat the hard-won advice of those who’ve been there and torn their hair out searching for book bags before you...

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