Which school would you go for?

[gettinganewlife]

Hello! Was wondering if anyone might be able give an opinion on the schools below which I am considering for my dcs ( hAd already posted specifically naming schools but no response!)

SCHOOL 1

PROS: walking distance; seems great pastorally; relative went there and loved it,as did many friends;nice website etc; have places for both older dcs plus playschool on site for younger two; multicultural...

CONS: Not great rep or ofsted report( but I think they may have just had a better one); a few er unpleasant people my brother knows have kids there; education wise dcs doing very well but a lot of kids there below average due to cultural/language issues

SCHOOL 2
PROS: Have nephew in the school already so handy to share pick ups etc with bro's family;nice village location, good ofsted report; bus picks up dcs at 8.15 then gone til nearly 4 (imagine the peace lol);very well thought of with strong moral ethos

CONS;Abit well WASP-y maybe? ; have to appeal to get ds in although have place for dd1; have missed deadline for dd2 so may have to appeal for place; two mothers I know are considering sending dcs back to school 1 spring as they think school 2 is going downhill..

Anyhow feel free to offer any help/advice as am moving back from abroad so a lot my info is heresay ie prob wrong

THanks!

well I would discount nice website from school 1 pros and kids below average due to language issues from its cons (doesn't make much difference to your DCs surely?)

School 2 is I take it not very near? I would always go for school in walking distance tbh unless it had some hideous problem the like of which I have never come across in primary.

so then school 1 would be my choice. Plus it has places for your kids so it's a bit of a no-brainer really.

I'd go for school one too. sounds lovely