We were going to send our DD to private prep school, Oxford House in Colchester if anyone knows but got a place at Hamilton, outstanding state school. Private prep is renowned for pushing kids hard and sending quite a few to local grammars. However competition for grammars is so fierce here that we are wondering if we would be better off sending our DD to Hamilton, topping it up with tutors and putting aside money for private secondary. Does anyone has experience of any of these schools or has been in a similar situation?
My concern is that if we go Hamilton, DD will miss out on better quality education and might potentially struggle getting into private secondaries or struggle to catch up while there as even though state school is outstanding their results have gone down somewhat in the last few years and they won’t be going a year ahead like private prep.
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Anita22222 · 06/05/2019 07:00
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