[WillowTheWhisp]

League tables are statistics which do not show the whole story. Sometimes there are underlying reasons why a school "scores badly". It does not necessarily mean that teaching standards have fallen.

I am on the governing body of a school which has a larger than average number of children with special needs ranging from severe physical diabilities to learning difficulties, not to mention children who arrive not being able to speak or understand a word of English. In one year's intake there may be more children with challenges and of course these children are there for a few years and the statistics often show then that the school is "failing" whereas if you look at the overall picture and see how well these children have progressed over those years (although not reaching the same level as a child with no problems) then you get a totally different impression of a school which is doing remarkably well.

I don't know anything about Peel Park specifically but would urge you to make an appointment to speak to the head before taking the step of moving your child(ren) to another school. I would never just turn up at school and expect to be able to see someone without an appointment, although I know many parents do that and more often than not the head or deputy I know will try to accommodate them but this isn't always possible due to prior commitments.