people will queue up here on here to tell you be careful and they are right
it is a minefield and you can easily:
overpay and get poor quality training
underpay and get poor quality training
so if you know no-one personally who has been through this before then local is good as it saves you travel time, visit all schools at Blackbushe and find take a trial flight at each
be honest and say you are thinking about continuing for a PPL
jus pay by the hour or just keep your account in credit for each day you fly
please do not spend all your £8K on the PPL