Small primary schools

[MissTriangle]

We have just moved to a new area (a smallish village) and there are 2 primary schools nearby. I need to get my DD1 on the list for a preschool place, which are attached to the schools. I know that attending the preschool has no bearing on getting into the primary - however looking at recent years intakes we should have the option of getting into either school.
Therefore I am going to look round the preschools next week but am also keeping the primary schools in mind too. My only worry is the size if them.

School one: has an outstanding OFSTED report and good KS2 results. But has a yearly intake of about 11 students. They combine year groups.

School two: has a good OFSTED report and good KS2 results (but slightly less than school one). They have a yearly intake of 23 pupils.

I am worried that a year group of 11 is crazily small and this might cause issues with friend groups etc. Does anyone have any experience with schools of a similar size? Also would going to a preschool and then a different school matter? How fixed are friendships at such an early age?

Thanks for any advice/help.

Just to update the tiny village school has pulled together a football team and has 4 representing the county at x country so maybe small is beautiful.

Wouldn't the natural thing to do be to put 2x11 children in a mixed y2-y3 class, and 3x11 children in a mixed y4-y6 class?

If intake is 23, then the natural thing to do is to have two mixed yr classes, perhaps yr3-4 + mixed yr4-5? y6 on its own.

DC attend a big school with 45-60 in each year group; they still have mixed year classes for all but y6, and they never seem to make close friends out of their own year group anyway.