What's your objective?
Hi mr rodge,
One thing you haven't told us is whether you learning purely for pleasure or whether you wish to go professional.
If you learn at a club, then you are inevitably competing with other club members for training slots. If the school is busy, you may end up booking lessons weeks ahead and then finding on the day that weather prevents you from flying, so you have to wait more weeks for another lesson, that might not take place either. If you are learning for pleasure then this is just a minor nuisance. If, however, your wish is eventually to get yourself through the ATPL, then these repeated delays become intollerable.
If you go to a school, then the number of students is smaller, so you can expect better continuity. So although the hourly rate is significanty higher, the outturn cost is less and the time taken much shorter.
If you are going professional then, best of all, go abroad for your PPL and do it full time somewhere where the weather can be guaranteed.
Broomstick.