Ok, so I have twin 13 year old daughters (Kyla and Alexis). We moved over to London from Los Angeles last July and the twins went to Haberdashers Askes' Girls and Aly (7 years old) went to Pembridge Hall Prep School.
Both schools did fine, but Kyla and Alexis were finding it hard to adjust from Californian culture to British culture. So, after a long discussion, we agreed to send in application forms for a LARGE number of different schools (both day and boarding). As parents of twins know, having 2 is hard because there is pressure on them both to not let the other down (we wanted them both at the school for convenience issues considering we have another 2 children and 1 more on the way and we made sure to make this vey clear to them). Anyway, in the end they both ended up getting to evey single one of the show they applied to.
They applied to
-Seven Oaks
-Benenden
-Headington
-The Harrodian
-Queenswood
-Berkhamsted Girls
-Wycombe Abbey
-The Lady Eleanor Holles
St. Paul's Girls
We took them both to look around and spend a day in all of the schools and they made the decision together, and on their own, that Queenswood and Berkhamtrd Girls were their favourite.
My question is, does anyone have any experience of the two schools? From what I've heard, Berkhamsted is more of a town school and Queenswood is more of a campus. That is only what I've heard though. Both my husband and I like both schools and are open to them going to either.
What I would like to know is, what are they like on a normal working day? Sporty or not? Academic or not?
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JohannahTS · 02/03/2013 14:02
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