Thanks everyone. She has 4 other offers (all visited before applying and then for interviews), but they are all a difficult journey away, meaning she would need to get up very early which she is not good at. One she particularly liked for pastoral care, which is a plus, but it is a huge sixth form college involving a convoluted journey. She might be able to go back to her "old" school, but we don't know yet, and she was hoping for a fresh start...
The Taster Day one has a good track record on results, but obviously a very different pastoral approach to her current school. It is over-subscribed, including for the Taster Day, so the students that actually go there may not be the ones she saw on Monday as you need very good grades to get in, and I think that maybe they don't have to try all that hard with the pastoral stuff as they are so over-subscribed. But what we need to do is find out more, so we are hoping she will agree to, and we can set up a little meeting to find out more.
AuntP, glad your DS is happy with his school and new choices - DD may swap Economics for Art if she does end up going back to her old school. The Art exhibition was last night and the all the work was very impressive.
Prom today! She got her nails done with her mates yesterday and they are getting hair and makeup done today then getting ready here before I drop them to school as they are being bussed to the venue. I too am hoping to get photos...