Selective mutism and choosing school

[Moulshree]

Hi,
My 4 year old daughter has selective mutism. I am very confused regarding her primary school selection and have a few questions. Any suggestions would be helpful.
There are these 3 schools to be considered from:

1. School A (ofsted rating good) where she is currently attending nursery and seems to be settled and happy. Though it has been a year and she doesnt talk to anyone.
2. School B (ofsted rating good) where they take in 30 children, most of them are bilingual from different countries. Many have same nationality as ours. They have 2 older children with selective mutism and they said they have trained staff.
3. School C ( ofsted rating outstanding) is one of the best schools of our town. It is close to our house but doesnt come in our catchment. I am not sure whether my daughter with her specific educational needs may get admission in this school.

We are yet to attend open days session for school A and C. My husband wants us to choose school C as he thinks a big school with outstanding ratings will be able to handle my daughters case well. Whereas, I feel that school B has children from our nationality and may be my daughter will be able to make friends with them as she might not feel different and eventually begin to talk with them. Any suggestions.

sounds like school B is a good idea. What are her specific educational needs? that might be the final defining factor in your choice.

Personally (I've got a child who has speech problems - although not selective mutism, and other SEN) I would disregard the Ofsted ratings totally. Local school to us has an outstanding rating (and never fucking shut up about it) but part of the reason they've got so high in the league tables with their results is that they have a shit attitude to SEN and will try their hardest to discourage parents from applying there (they say things like they're "full for SEN" if you go look around - never in writing, so there's minimal trail that this is happening - but it's been verified from numerous sources in the area).

Meanwhile the less Ofsted superlative school locally is amazing in terms of support for children with communication issues and SEN.

If it helps at all - there's a kid in one of my kids' classes who didn't start speaking in school until the end of year 1 and I heard him absolutely bellowing down the street to say hello to us the other week now he's happy talking in the school setting!

@kuponut
My heart breaks to see her like this without any friends and playing isolated in a corner in the nursery. Thanks for letting me know that other similar kids have started talking in the past.