Don't know what I think really and was looking for some thoughts on private vs state. Our local primary school is literally 2 mins walk away and does pretty well on the league tables and with Ofsted, secondary is further away but is also reasonably good. No idea about private schools locally, have a friend whose dd goes to a local grammar school so will ask her for her thoughts. Probably the only other relevant point is that we are fairly young parents and could never afford to pay for this ourselves. Would this be an issue for our ds's (their parents not being well off?)
DH boarded from age 7 and recently admitted to MIL he didn't like it and wouldn't want his children to board so it is a very delicate subject. When she offered it didn't occur to her that we might not want to take up her (obviously very kind!) offer so I have no idea how we would explain that we don't want to look into this any further. She has ordered prospectuses for all the local schools and has got details of open evenings. I have always said I would never consider private education but am now swaying at the thought of it being free?