I couldn't agree more gemipicorn, thank you! (Can we be friends when i move? ) I guess I will just continue my property search based on houses that I like and that I can afford, and try to be reasonably near a couple of them so that we will hopefully have enough options. It's still very daunting though! I do however feel very reassured by everything that's been said here, although I'm disappointed I can't get any PMs as I'm intrigued by the experiences of the parent above.gemipicorn wrote:The league tables only show the end result, not how pupils progress through the school. As you may know all pupils are given expected ratings at the end of primary based on their sats (I think). It's very easy to assume that if a school produces a higher number of A grade students it is a better school than one which has more B grade students. But if the A grade students were expected to get A whereas the B grade students were expected to get Cs then you could argue that the B grade students did much better as they got higher than expected (if that makes sense). It's all a matter of context and looking at the whole picture, if you see what I mean.
Ne'mind.