Choosing a school for DC but also have younger identical twins? Help!

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Hello, we are currently in a bit of a dilemma. We are selecting schools for our DS & have 2 real choices, a 1 form entry outstanding highly rated school (10 min walk) and a 3 form entry school which requires improvement but nice feel and confident they will make the changes necessary (25 min walk).

Now if it was just DS we would probably be choosing the one form entry school, it's closer, we liked it when we looked around, although it was very small. However, we also have identical twins (18 months) - they will be 3 school years behind DS and we are thinking that if we choose the one form entry school, we will have no options to separate them, but in the 3 form we would.

However, we then feel bad that our son wouldn't go to the outstanding school, but then I guess when you have multiples these are the trade offs.

I would love to hear from anyone with identical or non identicals (or if you are a twin yourself), who separated / didn't separate their twins and what your experiences are. I think our DS would get on fine at either school, although would be slightly better suited to school 1. And I'm def not doing 2 school runs!!

Going round in circles and would really appreciate the voice of experience / reason. Thanks!!

Not a mother of twins, nor have I read all responses in detail (sorry). All I would say is choose the best school for your DC who is going first, and wait and see what happens. In my experience (3 DCs), it's never a cut and dried decision that the subsequent children will always go to the same school as the first.
For a start, schools can change quickly and drastically if there is a change of head, for instance.
You cannot, with the best will in the world, provide an identical educational experience for all your children. Different personalities, different classmates, different timing all have an effect.
Your own priorities and judgements about the schools may well change once you have 'seen them from the inside' as it were. Things that seem important now may not in a few years time, and issues that you hadn't even considered may arise.
Your own circumstances may change. How many of us can 100% guarantee that we absolutely won't be moving house / job / country in the next 3 years. Anything can and does happen.
Please, just do what is best for your DC and worry about the others later!

Thanks all for taking the time to respond. Some very sound advice. We'll decide tomorrow then it's in the hands of the LEA!