Of the schools I made enquiries at, half had an Open Day / Night - many of which are this week for education week, and generally much too early for me to realistically get to, or during the day. The rest only do tour during school hours.

So I had to use some annual leave, to do them. Rather frustrating, but that was the only way I could do it.

Also, some of the tours I booked in set it up for other parents to do the personal tours at the same time, so you couldn't actually ask all your questions, etc.

But over all, we got the information we needed, and got to see the schools ...