All I have done is look at flight school websites! and phone, email etc etc..
After having studied at schools where the training is generally quite good, but their websites/general talk appears to be misleading I thought it prudent to fins as many peoples opinions as possible -which is where the internet and PPrune comes in. Obviously what folk say on here is not gospel, but I may be able to find some other people who have been through the mill as well who would be good enough to point someone (who is in the same position that they were in) in the correct direction.
I would like to thank everyone for their input so far, useful stuff for anybody reading.