Sorry, this is longwinded
My daughter didn't get into the expected secondary (because the catchment shrank massively). We were allocated a school that didn't work for us, and chose another from the (very) short list of options available. We liked the sparky head, the facilities and the kindness of the school we chose from this short list, but it is RI and the results and progress scores are dreadful - also it's locked into an expensive PFI contract and the council has had to bail it out financially. Obviously we talked it up to DD because she needed to know we were OK with it - but there genuinely were some really good points and she was excited. We even bought the uniform.
I appealed for the local school and was exceptionally surprised to win (not as surprised as the council, but that's another story). She is heartbroken. I'd like her to try the school she now has on the basis that
a) it's the nearest
b) it is ofsted good on the cusp with outstanding
c) it gets good results
d) the curriculum offer is broader
e) it has great facilities and an interested parent body.
f) I really don't know anyone who is unhappy with it - it's a really solid local choice and often talked about on here as a great option.
She wants the other one because
a) it's co-ed
b) she feels it is nicer
c) there will be much less homework
d) she has got really excited about it
e) she doesn't actually want to go to the same school as the other girls in her class, who she doesn't love.
I've said go to the transition day for the school I've won the appeal on, and then we'll talk. But I feel like a witch - she's so sad and says she feels her opinions don't matter any more.
Am I being unfair? Who should choose. She's ten, by the way, if that sways people - but she's also quite mature.
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practicalnomad · 27/06/2018 13:44
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