Stanford or Downs?

[louesi]

Hello,

We are struggling to decide between schools for our daughter. We live about 800 metres from Stanford Infant and 1500 metres from Downs Infant. We loved both schools when viewing on the open day and would choose Stanford as its closer and has more outside space but I have heard of a few problems with the linked Stanford Junior school over the last couple of years between the Head teacher and the PTA with quite a high staff turn around.
Can anyway give their view and help us with this tough decision?!