I have no sympathy for the wimping out attitude. For a start all schools
should be the same quality(give or take some natural variation within the
staff/head teacher). I was lucky to pass my eleven plus and went to one of
the top grammar schools in Essex. However, I don't believe in all this
choice rubbish, 4 wheel drives and all that. My children went to the local
comprehensive which at the time was in the bottom three schools in the
stupid league tables in the County in a difficult social area. What
happened - my daughter got 10 A-C's, 3 A's in her A'levels and went to Uni
and got a degree. Support your local school, walk there and don't miss
lessons because of a few cm's of snow.
Dave