Tell me about your school - I can't find what i'm looking for.

[TheodoresMummy]

I would like to send my DS to a (primary) school which sounds close to this :

• respects and nurtures the individual

• has a very broad curriculum

• does not have a uniform (preferably)

• teachers and pupils call eachother by first names

• very 'inclusive' (regarding special needs)

Have been looking at Steiner, but not sure about it 100%. Have found a few democratic/human scale ones, but feel I may be limiting DS to a lifetime of hippy - eco warrior education (which he will get from me anyway ).

If anyone can enlighten me as to any other options I would be really grateful.

I have been quite interested to read some of the recent threads on private ed - I kind of assumed that private schools were academic and strict (they are around here), but some of the posts made their schools sounds quite different to that.

Of course! it would be a pleasure!

mrspink - trying not to get too carried away here, but....what areas could I look at property price-wise ? Would want to look at rural with big gardens/land. Obviously this will not be cheap, but where would be the cheaper areas ?

Would be prefer to travel up to 30 mins(ish).

hmm, well you sound like dh and i about 6 months ago! we didnt find it, but you may have more to spend and fewer wishes!

Possible areas... Sharpthorne, West Hoathly, Horsted Keynes, Forest Row, might find something Oxted way, Godstone, Lingfield (bits are rural) Edenbridge, East Grinstead (outlying bits) a few to be going on with... you can email me at mrspink72 at yahoo dot co dot uk