I fly from Barton and in fact instruct part time at one (not saying which as I think you should make up your own mind) are three fixed wing flying schools :- Manchester Flight Training, LAC Flying School and Mainair. The first two both operate Cessna 152 and Pa28, LAC also has a C172. Mainair is a microlight school, these are conventional flying machines and fly very much like the other aircraft but rates are much cheaper being microlights. I would say all three offer a good standard of training and I would advise visiting all three before making a descision. Please feel free to PM me if you want further info.