Of course, I very much doubt anyone will come along and say they do
I write this thread to air my exasperation.... Last week I attended a toddler group and everyone was discussing primary schools. No-one else at this group was going to send their child to the school my dd will be starting at in September. No-one else mentioned it as a consideration.
The schools these mothers favour are either the CofE school or the schools in the area with a one-form entry, which are the old-style village schools. It seemed like none of the parents had done any research of their own. Their opinion of a good school was either small country village school or a CofE school in the middle class area. It bothered me somewhat.
I have read all of the Ofsted reports for the surrounding area and there are pros and cons to all of them but none of them are bad. I have visited DDs future school and there are some things that the school does well that are of value to me and my dd.
It annoys me that this school has been written off by other parents who know nothing about the school and base their opinion on the age of the school building, the size of the school and slightly less middle class in its intake ie.e the house prices are a bit less than the surrounding villages!
Thank you. That's my rant over with