Hey thanks for all the responses
We actually have a meeting arranged with DBIS and at this stage, it would definetly be our preferance. The reason for the thread was to get another perspective on a cheaper school. Obviously the main concern is to not disadvantage our child, but to also choose a financialy viable option.
We have one child who is 7 and we have been told that it is a bit easier to get in when older than schoool starting age.
I see that there are quite a number of possible ESF schools, we were going to look at one in central called Glenealy (mainly because it's very close to the ferry) but would be interested in seing if there is a preferance based on more than location for expatriate families.
Cheers
TTD