Which school is 'best' for my child?

Truthfully, no one can answer this question for you.

Many of you want to invest thousands on expensive consultants who you truly believe can answer this question for you.

Well, they cannot.

No one can.

Because the only way you will ever know if an experience is the right one for your child is by trying it for yourself.

This is really, really hard for us as parents. As parents, we want to be completely in control of our child’s happiness and wellbeing. Unfortunately, when you make the choice to send your child to school, that control is pretty much completely handed over to the school that you have chosen to send your child to.

What you consider to be the ‘best’ will be very different to what I consider to be the ‘best’ and to what your best friends will consider to be the ‘best’ and what your mother will consider to be the ‘best and what your neighbour down the road will consider to be the ‘best’.

Parents will often ask me about pastoral care and SEN support at the schools that they are considering. They desperately want to know that these provisions are exceptional. Well, let me tell you this with certainty and with clarity. Provisions change. They are always changing. People come and people go. Funding comes and funding goes.

Parents will often ask me about the quality of the teaching. Teachers change. All the time.

Parents will often ask me about the Head Teacher at the school. As above.

Any experience in your life will be 50/50.

50% good.

50% not so good.

The school/s/learning experiences you do ultimately end up choosing for the love of your life will come with positives and negatives.

Also, many clients when they first start working with me literally move home to be next to their ‘dream’ school only to find that they change their minds and need to pivot and make changes.

I would never make life changing decisions based on a school to be quite frank.

And let me tell you which school/s/learning experiences will be the best for my child.

The one that I decide is best.

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