Have to agree loony pilot on that one
He was my instructor at Cranfield

and I now have a share in a plane based there now, the plus of Cranfield is that it is a busy professional ATC enviroment, which sorry to say means that you can be stuck on the ground for upto 20 minutes waiting to get in the air. My club lets you off this time but check to see if all scholls discount long waits on the ground imposed by ATC.
Visit all, there is always some worst than other and some better than others and with all flying there is a certain amount of clickiness!
but important to remember
Dont pay up front as LP says!
Getting a feeling for which school suits your attutide and personallity if you dont get on with the instructors etc that could end up being expensive!
Gliderman