would you send your child to a brand new school?

[NinjaChipmunk]

My ds is 4 just coming up to his 4th birthday and we are starting to find out about open days for schools for next year. We are in the fortunate position that the 3 existing primaries near us all have good ofsteds and reputations, however, as non church goers 2 are C of E and the other is the non religious infants to a church junior school. I don't particularly have a problem with this but I do know it puts us a long way down the list to get in for all of them. Our 4th option is the brand new school that will be opening very near our house for next September. My DP seems to be quite against sending ds here as it 'is all unknowns' according to him. Can someone help me weigh up the pros and cons of a new school compared to existing, well liked and well subscribed schools? Please? Its starting to do my head in!!

Know better than what - to indicate that the majority of children on the SEN register are performing at a level lower than their peers, hence being on the register?

You should know better than to use a reference to a child being on the SEN register as evidence of low attainment in itself. Children with SEN and their parents have to deal with enough stupid prejudice and assumptions, without people in your position reinforcing them on public forums. HTH

I have obviously hit a nerve, so I'm sorry if I have upset you. But I stand by my statement that it does indicate the level of work at that particular school if a child working at P7 / P8 is in "top set".

Yes, I agree with your last statement. But that is not what you said - you said that a child "on the SEN register" being in top set was evidence of poor standards.

Can't you just admit you said something inappropriate and apologise?

Already have twice, but for the sake of peace. Sorry if I offended. I obviously didn't make myself clear enough in the first post.

"Sorry you're offended" isn't an apology

"Sorry, I shouldn't have said that" - that would be an apology

you were wrong to post what you posted and I would have liked you to acknowledge that

but it isn't that important in the grand scheme of things, no, so I will back off now. I do tend to challenge ignorant generalisation about children with SEN wherever I find them, though, and hearing that you were a SENCo annoyed me even more.

AbigailS sorry but, by not giving the full facts you made an offensive remark. Yes a child on p scales shouldn't (probably) be in the top set. However lots of SEN children are in top sets, in fact the only child in my DCs school to sit GCSE Maths in year 3 was on the SEN register (ASD).

Abigail, what you SHOULD have said was just the fact that a low attaining child was placed in top set, NOT mentioned SN at all.