Nope, No way known would I send a child to a school that small. It might seem brilliant on the outside that they get one-on-one teaching etc, but the whole 'big fish in a little pond' thing comes to mind. Where I live, there are several small 'satelite' towns with small schools. Then there is the big public school (where my kids go). They all end up at the same high school. A lot of the kids from the smaller schools (we're talking 40 or less students total) really really struggle once they get to the high school both academically and socially. Say for example you send your child to a really small school and there are only 5-8 kids in that year group (perhaps even less). you child might be the top of that class, but when you send them to a larger school and grade them among 50 other kids, you might find that they are actually not that 'bright' at all kwim? That happened to one child I know. His parents went completely berko at the high school principal because their son started struggling with maths once he got to high school and claimed that they weren't teaching him the right thing because he'd been doing so well at his primary school, but then the principal had to tell them that no, they were teaching him the right thing alright, it was just that their son wasn't as smart as they thought he was because the teachers at his small primary school never pushed him to work harder and advance.

These really small schools just do not have enough 'competition' from other children to make children strive to be better ITMS. Even our next door neighbours have started sending their DD to my kids school becuase of bullying at her small school. There was only 3 girls in the entire school of 14 students and she was so miserable. I was talking to my neighbour about it once and they were going to persevere with it, but it got to the point where it really affected her emotionally so they moved her to the larger school and she is just thriving. As a parent, that would be one of my biggest concerns. if children are happy and adjusted and have friends, then they will learn easier than if they are emotionally distressed over not having friends etc.