Big School

Dear Leo

Today your mumma and I received an email from a school. Your first official offer for a place in big school next year.
The good news is, it’s one of our top three choices, from the shortlist we created with you very much in mind.

This decision has always been about you.
Not about convenience for Mum and me, not about reputation or prestige.
It’s about where you’ll be happiest and where you will feel most confident to develop at your pace.
For me it is very much about the energy of the place, the warmth of the teachers, the focus of the school, and that feeling you get the moment you walk through the doors.

I’ve been on about seven different school tours now, searching for the right fit. Some were over in minutes; others, I gave more time.
But two or three stood out, here’s the ones that stayed with me: (might be of interest to any parents in South West London who could be reading this letter).

• Parsons Green Prep - the most local option to us. Cosy and cute.
• Garden House - not so local, but doable. I have a feeling the juice will be worth the squeeze on this one.
• Thomas’s Battersea - getting over the Wandsworth Bridge twice a day might make me loose my hair (even quicker).