I’m curious as to how others have decided on secondary schools for their children as we are at the point of making the decision as to what our first choice is and I’m very torn. How much weight did you put on how you felt about the school on visiting/attending an open day vs what others say locally about the school? How much weight did you put on your DC’s views?
I am torn as we need a school with good SEN support but there are other factors in play as well and we’re concerned about bullying as that’s been an issue at primary school. And what we experienced on the open days doesn’t always match what people say locally about the schools (including other SEN parents on local Facebook groups). I’d be interested to hear about how others have gone about this?
We now have an EHCP agreed so, assuming the school says it can meet need, we should be able to name the school of our choice. I think any one of the three schools we’re looking at would be able to meet need. This feels like it adds an extra pressure and it feels as though I’m going round in circles so would be great to hear how other people went about this! We’re also factoring in things like the journey to school, size of school and so on.