There are a couple of threads about this but they are quite old and so I thought it would be better to start a new one.
We are relocating to Chandlers Ford soon and I am going to view 3 houses next week but they are all in the Toynbee catchment. And my step-mum keeps saying that we need to be in the Thornden catchment (though DC will be in one of their feeder schools). So long with everything else I'm weighing up, I'm now beginning to ponder the secondary school issue. DD is only in y3 now but that still means that in 2 years' time we need to be living in the right place for the best school for her.
She is on the g&t register so I think she'll do well in her GCSEs whatever school she goes to, but the difference will be her attitude to learning and whether she learns to work hard or gets away with just coasting along.
Having read the other threads I like the look of Kings School a bit more than Thornden as I think it might suit DD a bit better. She's really good at languages so I like the idea of a language college, (which then also makes Mountbatten School a contender) and I like the streaming. It looks like there would be a high chance of getting into Kings living in CF, so I'm wondering how important it actually would be to be in the Thornden catchment?
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chicaguapa · 20/02/2010 11:49
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