School 1: close to the area, has a good ofsted report (UK’s way of rating schools), in an nice area, but he’d be attending with a girl who lives local to us, who can be very dominating and has bully tendencies. I’m worried she’ll stop him from making friends, they attended nursery together and she would tell the other children not to play with my son, I know children are children but it broke my heart a bit.

School 2: 15 minutes drive away, in an alright area, has outstanding ofsted reports, but the friends he makes will be much further away from him, but could potentially make more at this school.

He’s 4 in July, and I really just want to give him the best chance at making new friends and enjoy school, I got bullied awfully from first school to secondary school and I think that’s making me really anxious about it.