DS1 got two scholarship offers last year. One was 20% from school A, which seemed pleasant, 'up and coming'. but was a 35 minute bus journey away in a neighbouring town.
He also got a fixed amount scholarship (about 8%) from our local independent school 'B' which is a 10 minute walk and very much at the heart of our local community. He knows loads of people going here.
Up until last year the academics/ A level results seemed very similar between the two schools (although we also heard rumours that school A was focussing on key areas etc).
Despite the financial incentive of the scholarship at A, he/we chose school B for this September.
This year's A level results set the two schools really far apart 
. School B's results are slightly down on last year. About 14% of pupils got A grades. About 60% were A/A.
School A had 32% A grades and about 75% A/A grades - a massive leap from last year.
Now I'm thinking 'oh f*ck' what have we done? DS is academically very bright, and how I'm wondering if we've chosen the wrong school....
Words of wisdom please.....