I'm having last minute jitters about our primary application and whether to change the order of our choices. We like both schools but would welcome views on which factors are important and which aren't.
School 1 is a village school, admits 22 in 1 class. We live in nearby town, about 10 mins drive away although 75% of their numbers come from the town so we would have a reasonable chance of getting in.
School is an old building with mobile classrooms/work needing doing, not best facilities. Results are above average (potentially due to higher socio economic intake at start), ofsted is good.
School 2 is in the town but on the other side from us either about 25 mins walk or 5 mins in car. It admits 60, 2 class entry. It's a purpose built modern school with good facilities and feels light & airy. Results are average or slightly below (again could be due to make up of intake). Ofsted is good. Likely to know other families attending.
Both offer the afterschool clubs we need. Both have good feedback from existing parents.
So it's smaller class size/better results/slightly further away/old school vs bigger class size/average results/nearer/modern school.
Any thoughts?
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Orangeteddy · 11/01/2018 14:04
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