Ive been looking online fo weeks now at ofsted reports/ school websites and its driving me mad! The 2 local infant schools dont have a place for Matthew (who is in reception), but have a place for Jack. One of the decent junior schools has a place for Sophs. Ideally they would all go to the same school, but its proving hard to find a half decent school within walking distance. Theres a school about 15 mins walk in the opposite direction which was in special measures in 2006, but has come out of it now and is 'satisfactory'...yet its actual results are slightly above national average? Yet the school about a half hour walk away (doesnt sound much but walking in the rain with four children every minute counts lol...and the kids current teachers will tell you Im hardly reknowned for my punctuality!)- has a 'good' rather than just satisfactory ofsted but its Maths/ English results etc are lower than national av.- all very confusing, Im not commiting myself to a school til Ive been to look round a couple.
If that wasnt bad enough I have to think about what high school the primaries feed to as my daughter is now 8 aaargh! And have found out that one of the local high schools is shockingly bad according to ofsted- 13 percent of pupils getting decent exam marks, an improvement on 4 percent a few years back! Will have to hope Sophie passes the 'Kent Test' but tbh it seems like far too much pressure to put on a child who will have just turned 10. Oh well, still have a couple of years before all that !
If ofsted was inspecting me this week I think I would be put in special measures, seem to have no patience with them at the moment especially Jack and Matthew ( 6 and 5). They fight every waking moment, and didnt settle to sleep til 9.35 tonight. Heres a photo from May 2007 to remind myself they used to be sweet, angelic little boys! Hmm...added at the top of the page, not quite got the hang of this yet!
Its getting late so off to bed soon, ready for another day of packing and tidying tomorrow!
