CPL training - cost and quality

[foghorn]

I concur with the Welshman.

By all means confirm with former students that your school of choice is not a turkey, but there is no need to go on an extended research exercise on quality versus cost, or whatever other difficult-to-define criteria you choose. A major factor in your choice of school should be whether it is somewhere that is easily commutable (<1 hour) from either your own house, or that of some friendly relatives.

I'd choose on convenience of location, my feelings from a visit there, general reputation and cost in that order. If your budget really is so tight that you are comparing school's hourly rates with a fine-tooth comb, you should be asking yourself whether you have sufficient resources to do your CPL or IR in the first place. Overruns can and will happen at any school and running out of money would leave you with a partly-completed CPL or IR, which is a wasteful if abandoned, and often an expensive state of affairs to rectify later.

I personally suffered the indignity of moving with my parents again at 28 (after 10 years away) during my CPL and IR, but I got a roof over my head in a quiet, confortable house, and was fed and watered for a token amount - worth its weight in gold for stress-free courses.

cheers!
foggy.