DS has the option of two very good secondary schools.
One is the local comp. One of the best in the city, catchment area, short bus ride away, highly regarded school.
Second is the best school in the city. Top exam results, very strict, hard to get into, extremely highly regarded. It's an all - boys military style school. Everyone with a son in this city who cares about results tries to get their kid in this school but out of 300 applicants, only 30 get in!
Here are the pro's and cons of each.
School A : Down to earth, "normal" school. Children from all walks of life will attend from the posh detached, double garage 6 bedroom house estate up the road to the local council estate. Exams results are good, school has great international links so lots of opportunity to go abroad, excellent sports facilities (it has it's own sports centre with dance halls, gym, football pitches, tennis etc etc!) lots of after school/lunch clubs. It will only take him 15 minutes to get there. It has girls.
cons: Known to have suffered with bullying, results not as good as school b. There will be a fair number of "challenging" children here.
School B: excellent results, very strict. All boys.
Cons: Doesn't have the links school a has, doesn't have any sports facilities (the kids have to go to the local college for their pe lessons). The school building is ancient. I've heard that if a child struggles academically here, the staff are not very sympathetic.
I know school A sounds much better but I can't help feeling we'd be silly to turn down a place at school B. Some people would chop off their right arm to get into school B, it seems daft to turn down a place? DS would definately benefit from the discipline too. He thrives on it.
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WindinTheWillow · 07/12/2009 13:14
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