OK, maybe I'm a snob...

[minko]

We've moved house recently and took DD to her new school this morning. The school had given me a reasonably good impression, it's small, the kids and staff seemed friendly... but having seen the parents in the playground I am frankly appalled. One mum had no teeth! I know I should give it a chance and all that but I just felt we were in the wrong place. We pass a lovely school which is very highly regarded on the 1.2 mile drive to DD's school, which we are on the waiting list for but only 14th (though each year has an intake of 120). Everyone going there looked lovely and wholesome...

Is it possible to appeal to the nearer school (which is less than mile from our house)?? What can we do??? We moved house because the school situation was difficult where we lived before. There it was be Catholic or suffer...

I know I am a snob and am going to get a bollocking on here. But I just don't feel like I'm going to fit in. I know no-one in our new town and was hoping school would help provide me with a new network of friends but it's not looking hopeful.

Damn rabbitstew was too fast for me !

I was too slow for WoodyAllen, though.

I worked in a school exactly like the one you describe in the original post. I taught at the school for two years and actually during this time realised that the children were lovely but parents did have some issues. I initially thought the school was 'posh' upon my first visits but soon had instances of parents fighting in the playground etc. This didn't stop me from seeing wonderful things happening in the school and fantastic results at the end of the year.

Thanks RabbitS. I was going to cry at the injustice of it all but you've restored my faith in humanity.

Teacher401 - my children were at a lovely Montessori nursery once and two mums laid into each other in the playground. Full on fisticuffs. It was like an Asterix book.

Do what we did and pay for prep private school (ducks and runs)