Please direct me if this has come up before,but I am a Twickenham parent and having a bit of worrying time trying to decide which of our local shools will be best for our daughter. We've got good comprehensives on our doorstep and she's having tuition for state grammar and doing pretty well. We've looked around all relevant schools and she is very sure she wants to go to the local comp although she also liked the grammar.
The 'But' to my question is that we've been told she's winging it at school (yr 5) at the moment and always does the mimimum to get by. Luckily for her she does get good marks (apols if I sound like Mrs Boasty). So, I'm wondering if she should go to a school that will push her and not accept the first thing she scribbles down, and I do feel that's more likely at a state grammar though I might be wrong. But she's adamant the local comp is where she wants to be and I do worry she'll be miserable if we send her to a school with very high expectations - she usually shys away from competition. So I just dont know what to do for the best. What are your thoughts please?