Left looking for a new reception place, as been turned down for chosen schools. Been given a list of schools with places left. Problem is we are in an area that has the two tier and three tier system. Our local school is two tier. My 9 year old daughter is about to start middle school in the three tier system. She has learning difficulties and the school has a very good SEN department and is small in size and some of her friends are going there. There is only one school in the same area that has a place, but it has an Ofsted report at mostly grade 3, but my older daugher could help with school pick up and they would all be in the same area. If the 4 year old goes to one of the schools within the two tier system, (3 grade 2 schools and one outstanding) it would be easier to move the 9 year old to the same school and therefore make drop off and pick up easier and help smooth things for the 4 year old. The alternative is to put the 4 year old in the good 2 tier school and leave the 9 year old to start her middle school, but this would increase childcare fees and mean picking all three up from three different areas.
I don't know what to do, so many people offering different advice and we only have 10 weeks left to find a suitable school!!
Any help greatly appreciated.