Life from the back of the pack: Sorting school!

One of the key things we need to sort out for the move is schooling for the girls. In an ideal world this would simply mean sending them to the village school 10 min walk from home and so after we had told them about the move, we took them to look round the school.

So far so good only Rebecca didn't have a place, so we considered the possibility of home schooling her and waiting lists and prayed ....... then Sophie's place was also filled and official confirmation arrived to say that only Annie would have a place here but all three could have places in the nearby church school.
So we were faced with several choices, do we appeal and risk having the children in separate schools, do I homeschool both children in hope of a place becoming available or do we accept the places offered.
As I spent time thinking it through and praying lots! I found God giving me if not an answer at least a way forward in the form of a question - Is the village school best for the girls or best for us as adults? And a statement - Don't underestimate your girls.
As I thought it through I saw that actually the village school was best for me but that didn't mean it was the best for the girls. What I knew was best for the girls was being at a school being part of a school community.
So yesterday evening over a glass if milk in a cafe we broke the news to the girls and told them we would need to visit a new school - and you know only one person knows my kids better than me - God knew, He knew they would handle this, He knew they would take it in their stride and they did!

So today we went to visit Barton Church of England School a tiny four class school about 10 mins drive from our new home. It is a lovely school but more than that it has a good SEN provision which is great as we consider the best way forward for Rebecca, the joint class will allow Rebecca to work more to her own pace. The conclusion God knew , He had already made provision for the girls we just needed to catch up!