I attended both open days this week and although I've heard great things about each school I'm finding it really difficult to compare them.
Harris CP was totally mobbed as they only do one open evening a year, there was a massive one way system in force through out the school, the poor student guide kept losing her group as there was so many of us and so many queues in operation! It was so crowded and each room was packed and we could not see the school work or the teachers in the crowds. The head teacher unfortunately was suffering from laryngitis so one of the deputies delivered the Head's speech and it was far from inspiring unfortunately, reading from a script focussing on how over subscribed and popular the school was.
The head at Dunraven's speech was totally inspiring on the other hand! Talking about developing the whole child and bout his responsibilities as the Head of the school. He offered to wait to the very end to answer any individual questions as he knew that choosing a school was a huge decision. The school was much less crowded so we had time to have a chat with of the teachers as we were passing and they and the pupils just looked really happy, it just wasn't possible to get that sense at cp.
I realise that i might be doing CP as disservice though due to the circumstances of its open event. DH couldn't come to CP unfortunately, DD thought the schools were similar.
Did anyone else attend, and what did you think??
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Has anyone else visited Harris Crystal Palace and Dunraven Open Days this week?
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