Looking for advice: my DD has been offered a place for Y7.
Based on everything I have seen (tours, talking to former pupils and other informal feedback) it seems really nice, very pastoral etc. Has improved its academic reputation a lot recently and the culture seems to be a good fit for her.
For context my DD is bright (but not absurdly so), leans very much towards humanities/arts, Above average but not stellar at maths/STEM. She is adamant that she doesn't want to be educated with boys and is fairly shy and doesn't do well in large mixed groups, finds them intimidating. My sense is that she would do pretty well with a single sex school like this with a lot of emphasis on pastoral care.
My question is, is it worth the cost really? There are other state single sex schools in the area available which she has a good chance of getting into (clearly much bigger and probably more limited resources but not bad). I can just about afford it but it will be a stretch and may mean the difference between a bigger house or not. I'm fully prepared to do this if it will make a real difference but I don't want to pay for an independent school just for the sake of it IYSWIM.
Any advice welcome.