We are in the process of looking for schools for our dd. Can anyone recommend and good private/independent schools in central Exeter ?Also,if your children attended these schools, what were their experiences/ opinions ?
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Serenity1 · 30/01/2011 09:34
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Serenity1 ·
30/01/2011 09:59
Thanks Feegle :) We looked into St Margarets, but heard it had very small class sizes with only 2 pupils in some of the younger classes 
although the teaching was good.
Ofsted report about the nursery also described it as cramped which put us off a bit.
There don't seem to be many private schools with nursery facilities. Another we've come across online is Bramdean. Does anyone known any good/ bad info about that school ?
Feegle, Maynard would have been our 1st choice if they had a nursery :) We've heard good things about it in the past.
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Feegle ·
30/01/2011 10:08
I would go and actually have a look at St Margarets. The nursery is lovely I would have loved to send mine there. I think small class sizes are a good thing at that age. I think the class sizes have gone up recently as well.
The Montessori is great as well. The building is a little scruffy but everyone I know who has had a child there has adored it. They say it is like them being with a family all day. They always get children into The Maynard and achieve a very high academic standard.
Bramdean is thought of as a little mediocre by most people I know. Maybe someone can come on here and contradict me 
. They Maynard is excellent provided your dd is a real all rounder. I know some people who have found it a little competative over the years. Others have told me that they find it very nurturing.
Most of my friends have a child at one of these schools. You could ring the Maynard and ask what they would recommend.
I do think it is important to go and have a look.
Serenity1 ·
30/01/2011 10:20
What do you mean by non-selective? Sorry- new to all this 
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Feegle ·
30/01/2011 10:34
Yes, I mean academically selective. This would mean that many of the children that go there did not get into the selectives at seven or eleven. They all seem to have amazing end results so it doesn't matter IMO. Some people seem to think it is important though
If you enter her for the Maynard at seven/eleven she will need to pass a test. For this reason I would look at where the children that get in are coming from. I have just remembered The New School gets a lot of girls into the Maynard. www.thenewschoolexeter.co.uk/location.html
Feegle ·
30/01/2011 10:55
Good luck with potty training and schools duchesse is local I expect she will be along at some point.
Feegle ·
30/01/2011 12:01
Yes, I would agree with that. There is a lot of movement between the schools. The advantage of the pre prep route is that they will let you know if they think your child would be better off in a "more gentle environment" 
Some people don't listen though, some then scrape in and regret it later.
Serenity1, mine are in school but decisions made and paths mapped out, thank goodness. We went the state route though, there are some very good schools around here as thetasigmamum points out.
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