Money Money Money.....

Going to visit Posh School on Thursday afternoon and taking darling daughter with us. Have advised Posh School that I am disabled and cannot manage to go mad and climb all the Posh stairs. A reduced tour which will cover what we want it to and will make sure my daughter sees the sports facilities and music department, is going to be the solution.

My daughter wanted to go to Posh School (sorry think it's hysterical that my daughter is going to such a nice school and yes I think it is highly likey that she is going to go there). I can't help calling it Posh School and that is how it is going to stay. We talked last night and madam daughter mentioned to me how she wanted to go to said school in year seven (she's in year nine now). We had decided that if she hadn't got into her present school then we would have put her into Posh School but because her present school has such a good reputation, we really wanted her to go there. Now the girl is as flat as pancake due to the 'squishing process' of that school and it's happiness of making sure talented academic kids do well and special needs kids catch up. Darling daughter was told by her big band conducter to ask for an additional GCSE course which this teacher would support her application (the applications have closed). The teacher said Beth would get an A*, the highest grade (of course). We will not allow our daughter to put herself through another exam because this means she would have to do this course on a Monday evening and yet another course to study for. Her total would be 11 GCSEs with an half in RE to add to the pot. If she goes to Posh School it will be 8 GCSEs with 2 halves which may well add up to a whole in an odd looking subject. Isn't it important that you do better in fewer subjects than badly in more? If my daughter swaps school it will mean she can do music GCSE too....... And we are prepared to pay whatever it costs to give her a good education.

So off we go to see the school on Thursday.......Interesting few days.