Hello, everyone! My daughter received an offer from the Stephen Perse 6th Form College in Cambridge, and we would need to decide and reply as soon as possible (the coming few days...less than a week).
There seem to be little comments about this school on the website, so I would like to ask everyone here whether you/your relatives/friends have any experiences with this school. What's life like? How's the teaching, the campus and the pastoral care? Are students pressurised? I would appreciate any help from all of you!
So my daughter will be studying abroad (we are from HK), planning to study IB. We do recognise SPF is a day school though, and she is ok with living with a host family. She is a very academic child (all rounded expect PE, but she still enjoys it), predicted highest grades for all subjects, not very girlish, a bit sensitive, a bit shy and quiet in unfamiliar environments.
P.S. My daughter is on the waiting list of some other schools, such as Sevenoaks, NLCS etc. So if we declined the offer, and if there were vacancies in those schools, there would also other choices to choose from.
Thank you again! :)
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Query about Stephen Perse 6th Form College
HKMOMhere · 05/01/2017 13:30
Hi there, I have had personal experience with the SPF sixth form as my daughter is currently in her final year there. From your description of your daughter, she sounds of a similar nature to mine and although my daughter has achieved academic excellence in her sixth form years, it is to the severe detriment of her health and wellbeing. Many of the students are extremely self-confident, often bordering on arrogant and we have encountered numerous problems with a lack of support, involving over 20 teachers leaving the school in one year. She is taking the IB and therefore lost 6 of her teachers as a result. Teachers often cancel lessons, are extremely delayed in giving back any marked work and generally uninspiring. Although some students in the year group have faired well in the sixth form, it is clear that this is a minority amongst my daughter's peers, many of whom wish they had chosen to study elsewhere. In terms of support, it is severely lacking and from what I have seen and experienced, it seems as though my daughter has been predominantly self-teaching and many students have tutors outside of sixth form - hence why SPF achieves such good grades. Sorry if this seems quite negative, but I believe you ought to know this side of the story before you make your decision.
In terms of medical care, there is only a nurse as the senior school, so if your daughter is ill, she must take the school minibus to the school (a 10-15 minute drive in traffic). There are limited sports facilities although there is a library that is willing to order books in for students and the school utilises technology including iPads in education.
I hope your daughter is happy wherever she goes! 
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