Please help us make the right decision.
We have a very creative dd, she has passed her 11+ with the score of 590.
The nearest grammar is RGS and it is her first choice but only because she's got friends there who will be travelling on the same bus with her if she gets a place. She is very worried about commuting as she has never done it before. She has been to RGS for a taster evening earlier and loved it.
We have also visited fort pitt and she loved it for its art and textile department and to be honest I also felt like it was the best school for her. But commuting will be a bit more complicated and I personally don't feel safe going to that part of Chatham myself let alone sending her there on the bus. I don't think I will be able to drop her there either because of all the traffic in the morning as I've got another child at primary and one on the way. If she gets a place there, she will need to take a bus to Chatham station and then walk to school, where if she gets RGS, the bus will drop her off right by the school gate.
We are going to visit RGS this Saturday and hopefully decide after.
I don't want her to make a decision purely out of travel worries and then regret it after
Such a difficult decision:(