congrats to you all I reckon


& you either spelled that wrong or I need to update the sweary filter

it's very much like our experience, too

when we decided that we were staying, we took our girls out of the International school & put them into the local state primary school


this school was so new it wasn't even built yet - they were all in portacabins in a car park!! - but by the next September they had a wonderful brand new building (the leaky roofs & malfunctioning heating were mended reasonably quickly )

it wasn't without problems - no school is - & it too went through a time when it had a bad reputation - entirely caused by the then head of AMPA who was a bit power crazy & wanted to get rid of the head....... he didn't win, thankfully

when she eventually retired at the end of last year there were tears all round - literally - & tons of her former pupils turned up at the end of year fiesta to say goodbye

the secondary school both my girls go to sounds like your daughter's too - a lovely bustling atmosphere, some great teachers, some not so - probably like any school in the entire world - but overall they do a good job

the teachers make the effort to get to know the parents too - I'm on first name terms with some including the deputy head, & they know my name too

when my husband died a few months ago they were brilliant & still are supporting the girls, emotionally as well as in practical ways - some teachers better than others to be fair - & there's at least one gp who is a bit 'so what?' about it

but on the whole a good school - & I speak as a parent who has dealt with schools in 3 countries on 2 continents

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