thisisall2much wrote:
It’s not been an easy decision. The management of Cleeve school are really dedicated and the school is doing really well. She’s quite familiar with Cleeve and knows a few of the kids further up the school. However, we went along to the open morning at Ribston and back again in the evening and she now really wants to go to Ribston. I’m happy with it too. I never had any doubts about it being all-girls or even the journey as I travelled to an all-girls school too. I just felt that she wasn’t convinced herself. I wanted her to genuinely want Ribston rather than just go to please me. Of course now that the decision has been made I’m terrified that she won’t get in. So many people seem to be opting for Ribston over Denmark Road!
But you have to remember that the people posting on this forum are only a small proportion of those whose children have qualifying scores for the schools. There have always been parents who have chosen Ribston over Denmark Road (including us 2 years ago!) but Ribston has still always gone much lower in the rankings than DR. Crypt also seems to be popular with girls this year (purely based on my impressions from this forum and personal knowledge of 2 other girls who are going) so they may take girls who otherwise would have opted for Ribston. Assuming your daughter's ranking is as I estimated, I would try not to worry as she should be fine. And remember that you have a great back-up choice as if for some reason she doesn't get Ribston, you both really like Cleeve too.
