From experience would you choose very small or much larger primary?

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Teachers, parents, anyone?

I know there will be a range of opinions on this and it comes down to personal opinions and the DC themselves, but would love to get some input.

We live rurally and it's looking likely that next year, the two most likely choices for DD are going to be a 'larger than average school' pushing 400 pupils or a small village primary of approx 50-60. Will visit both and see how we feel of course but would be interested to get some thoughts- positives, negatives, would you make the same choice again?

My son's at a huge (3X30 pupil classes per year) infant school, which I'm very happy with.

Pluses - loads of support for extra curricular stuff, a "forest school", properly equipped cookery room, music facilities on site, all with specialist teachers (children get taken out of their main class in small groups to use these facilities).

Minuses - haven't come across any yet. DS seems to have made friends very easily (in fact better than one of his friends from nursery who's ended up at a very small school but this is probably just luck of the draw) and the other parents seem very friendly.

Oh, and it's big enough to support a breakfast/after school club on site, which as a WOHM single mum is an absolute god-send from my point of view.

DS1 goes to a small infant school, less than 70 pupils. I love it- DS1 knows all the children and I know most parents by sight now. It is a lovely tight-knit community and very different to the 2-form entry primaries around here.