Primary School Decision Made?

Confused and exhausted, but I think we have made our decision about which school we are going to apply to for Jamie to start next September.  

We saw the (final) two schools today on our list, and were certainly impressed with the one this morning.  It had a lot in common with the larger of the two we saw last week - both had very similar facilities and set up -  but discussions as we left seemed to favour that one rather than this.  This mornings school just seemed a bit more chaotic and it was the 'feeling' from the one last week that had stayed with me!

This afternoon and we visited the school that initially - pre-visits - that we had favoured.  This is the smallest of the schools and although not the nearest to us, it is the nearest to Nana.  Whereas we have seen two schools with 3 classes of 30 in each year, this one has only 5 classes in the whole school.  This means smaller class sizes with often two year groups in the same class.

Do we choose a large school with fantastic facilities where Jamie might be 'drowned' amongst the other children, or a small school with a family feel that might actually feel oppressive as there would be no hiding amongst the other children?   I do like the idea of everyone knowing everyone else, and I also liked the idea that the school have a series of 'induction' evenings for the children prior to their start.  This means Jamie will know names and faces before he starts.

What was weird was that mummy knew a lot of faces this afternoon.  A couple of the teachers / teaching assistants go to the same Zumba class as me, and one of the 'Friends of School' said she recognised me.  The headmaster was at the same secondary school as me - although a few years older!