We're househunting. We've visited the schools near us and know the ones we like.
But a lovely house has come up in a place we hadn't considered.
I know nothing about the local school, except the following:
It's rated good with Ofsted.
It's a village school, and CofE.
We're atheists and if I had a choice I'd send him to a secular school - and indeed the next nearest school in the nearby town is rated outstanding and is secular. However I feel strongly that if your DC are going to feel part of village life it's probably not a great idea send to ship them out to a school in town when there's a good one on your doorstep which all the other DCs go to.
If we want this house we're going to need to act fast I think.
When looking at schools in our town i felt that the ethos was important and that's not really something that's easy to get a good feel for without actually visiting is it?
Am we mad to consider it? How do I find out what the school's really like without visiting it? (We don't know anyone in that village).