So, the day has come that I just thought never would ... trying to be all la la la about it just isn't going to work - this year we'll have to select and try and get into a Secondary school for my oldest son (currently Year 5).
I've just read an interesting thread asking about schools in Hampshire, particularly Southampton and Portsmouth and people saying that basically all schools in Hampshire are okay - well, I think, not if you're in Eastleigh!
My son currently attends a junior school which is out of our catchment area. I'm very happy with it and the Infant school which feeds it (my youngest attends) is Outstanding and rightly so - it's fab! However, the feeder secondary is currently not doing so well and the results (I know it's not all about results) are falling quite badly .... all his friends will probably go there, which I think makes it worse for him if we decide he should go elsewhere.
The secondary school which is in our catchment, went from Satisfactory to Good in their last Osted and is small (which I think would suit my son) and seems to be on the up.
I guess I'm after a bit of advice on choosing, visiting, selecting ... the catchment school is really starting to appeal to me as I believe they are really trying to improve but none of his friends will go ...
Basic advice on this stage of our lives please?
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Harriebabe · 11/02/2013 21:26
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