I will prob speak to Justin again and see what he has to say about the bad press first before I make a decision.
Ehh what do you think he is going to say? That its all true and you should go somewhere else? There certainly isn't smoke without fire with this school. The characters involved with it over the years have had glorious reputations.
But at the end of the day its your money go and spend it where you want to. Normally on these threads the posters who say the place is great and they would go back usually drop off the radar and don't post on any other topic apart from how much they enjoyed thier training and how they are looking for ward to going back. BUt i will grant you thier will be some who really feel like that.
I too went there for a ppl and it was only after I had completed cpl/IR and also a FI rating I realised how poor the quality of training I had recieved there. Yes it gave me a PPL but looking back in hind sight I should have gone somewhere else. But this was nearly 10 years ago now but the reports/complaints are still the same year in year out since I went there.
What ever you decide moona's advice is very good for anyone doing an intensive flying course anywhere.