It also depends on the child's personality a lot. I know it would be a disaster for DS. Yes, he would love it. He wouldn't have to extend himself in social situations and could just coast along with a dozen other kids, making friends by default because there aren't many options in a small pool. But it would destroy him socially in the long run. It might be harder for him to join in a bigger group now, but it is a skill he needs to learn rather than hiding away and suddenly hitting high school with no means to make friends.
The kindy here only has about 25 kids on the roll atm, but at least they are all in the same age range and not spread over 6-7 year levels. Then the primary school has about 180 kids, so not too big but big enough.
thanks for all your replies.
we have the option of two local public schools (both are about 3 minutes drive from each other). one has 205 students and the other has 12.
tbh, i had never even considered putting ds in the small one- mainly for lots of the social reasons mentioned. i was actually completely shocked to find out yesterday that two mums that i know are putting their kids there (so the population will go up to 16!) lol
i listened to their reasons, and while they made some good points, i was still really struggling to understand their decision.
i was considering maybe doing a tour there but I'm not going to bother. I'm going to go check out the big one and then go from there.
thanks for all your thoughts everyone!!
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