I posted this earlier in a generic London Schools 6th form thread, but had no responses, so I thought I would try posting it as its own topic. Apologies if this is the wrong thing to do.
Our daughter is trying to move schools for the sixth form and is about to go through the Latymer Upper interviews. At the moment she is in a medium sized good girls school where she is doing well, but she feels that she is ready for a change.
Does anyone have any views on what it is like to go in to Latymer as a 6th former ? Do they fit in easily ? Do they feel like outsiders ?
What do people think of the academic side ? It is clearly doing well in the league tables, and better each year. Is the teaching good or inspiring ? Are there any areas to look out for ? Our daughter is applying to do languages and history and possibly Maths and Physics or Chemistry. She is also thinking of doing Latin. For History the school is about to start doing the pre-U : she would be in the first year taking it.
What about extra-curricular activities. They tell us that the children do a great deal - are they as enthusiastic as the school tells us ? Is the drama open to all ? And sport ? How is the music ?
It is a big change to make. She could stay at her own school, which would be the safe option.
Of course she hasn't had her interview yet, but we are trying to think ahead a little bit.
We are also looking at other west London schools.
All thoughts gratefully received. I would love to know what people think of the school, and most particularly what they think of the 6th form, and what it would be like to come in from another school. It is all a bit unknown for us.
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lovethedog · 06/01/2013 12:03
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