bumblebee wrote:
BournemouthDad I'm surprised that with such a great score you would favour Bishop of Winchester over the grammar school? I know that B of W has improved a great deal in the last couple of years (since it was 'twinned' with BS) but the grammar is a great school. What is it about BS that you are less keen on if you dont mind me asking? I have two sons at BS incidently so I declare a bias.

Everyone thinks we're crazy

Having a son with no self confidence or work ethic who goes to Bishop and has been turned into a super high achieving and confident young teanager by a school of inspirational teachers, we are biased too. We love the Bish and know our youngest would flourish in the environment. We list everything we look for in a school and we start to question not why should we choose the Bish but why would we choose the Grammar.
Every promise that was made to us when our son first went has been met and exceeded. Their pastoral care is beyond compare. They don't select the children that go there but they inspire every single one of them and we are massive supporters.
We went around Bournemouth school today and the head boy was very impressive and we enjoyed our tour. At the moment I feel it will be down to my sons wishes and I believe it will be BS but we are taking him around BoW tomorrow and see how he feels.
Either way, he should get a fantastic school.