I didn't Onlinemum, it was a bit too far for us
Apologies for taking this long to reply. Just wanted to thank you all for providing the names of the schools. We checked the web sites, rang a couple of them after we calculated the travelling times . However... I have good news!!!
Well, I had my doubts about being driving that far especially when I have a school that is not bad across the street. I thought of the relax at not paying any more nursery/school fees being taken away, but decided to have a look to see the nearest one and give it a try for a term to see how it worked.
Well.... my fears are gone, well worth the trips and the money. The school facilities are AWESOME (may sound a bit OTT but they were!), the visit lasted more than an hour during which I couldn't stop smiling (and almost got in tears at the sight of what was my favourite material when I was 3 yrs old!), the staff to child ratio was excellent, the library was a dream, and so were the outside areas, and the studios, the classrooms were well equiped with all a Montessori teacher could ask for and they even have more than 10 persons in the school Epipen trained (heaven! )
DS started just last week but we have already noticed a change, to start with he looks so so happy at the end of the day, he seems to have a good time with the other children and, considering how shy he is at times, that's quite an achievement; today the teacher told me DS suddenly gave her a cuddle and a kiss , and was even pestering me to take him to school on Saturday!!
So, we are very happy, particularly DS
Thanks again.