DD currently at preschool (North West England) in a 3 form entry school which is very close (0.2 miles) and would be pretty much guaranteed to get in to, good catchment and good reputation. Lots of parents (who I respect the opinion of) with older children say the school is great and love it. However, I've had a different experience and am finding it hard to find anything good to say about it! Bad communication, things always forgotten eg important things not sent home, classroom areas aren't clean and well looked after (my standards are low too), not organised, not told about accidents, always chaos in classrooms and at home time, reception looks like chaos too, when I've visited, children were frequently wandering around out of seats in main part of school during lessons etc. All sounds petty but I just get a bad feeling about it. Went to visit another school (catchment not as affluent) and had a great feeling about it. Children were well behaved, classrooms were well kept, displays good, teachers friendly and welcoming, person showing us round had a great rapport with them all. Just felt like a lovely school. Other parents don't rate it (including ones who went there) but I can't seem to find out why. Should I go with the first school which comes highly recommended but against my gut feeling or buck the trend and go with the second school?! We could walk at a push but more likely need to drive to second school. Also concerned that DD would be uprooted in a school she knows and is settled in. Although she's not that happy when she gets home. She certainly hasn't blossomed while going there, she seems to have gone into her shell but still happy to attend. What should I do?!
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redgiraffe17 ·
10/01/2016 03:08
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