There are two schools where I live. One is outstanding and one is good but I would prefer my DC to go to the school that is "good". The outstanding school feels like an army, focused on academic achievement at the expense of other aspects of the child's development. The good school is more well rounded. My DC is very clever for their age but it's still more important to me that they are valued as a person over their academic achievement. I am in the catchment for Outstanding School but not for Good School. Both get oversubscribed.
If I apply for a school place and list Good School above Outstanding School, is there a chance I could lose their (probable) place at Outstanding School because I didn't list it as first preference and therefore end up having to take her to one of the other nearby schools which are all religious (we aren't)?
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Choosing "good" over "outstanding"?
Fourormore · 27/01/2016 14:38
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