St Christopher's Prep, Hove?

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Does anyone have knowledge or experience of St Christopher's Prep School (Brighton & Hove)?

I'd really like to know what the atmosphere and pastoral care are like and where children went afterwards at 13+. We're booked in for the open day on 31 Jan so can ask questions directly then.

Thanks!

[LIZS]

Tbh I thought it had been bought out by one of the large secondaries a while back. Brighton College Lancing and Hurst are the most obvious secondaries, then possibly Ardingly, Bedes, Eastbourne, Christ's Hospital.

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Yes, in the prospectus paperwork it says that it's part of the "Brighton College family" so I presume they bought it.

As it's miles away from the secondary school, and there's another BC prep school (Handcross Park) I'm a bit confused about the relationship tbh. I don't know whether it means St Christopher's are mainly targeting BC at 13+ or a range of other schools too. Apparently they study the same curriculum as BC in Y7 and Y8.

[LIZS]

I would be wary that they teach to BC entry rather than to sit CE or other entrance exams. Do they publish year 8 leaver destinations? In the scheme of things it is not that far from BC,

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Thanks LIZS. I've now looked again and found the relevant section on their website. I think I missed it earlier because the print on the pie chart was so small and my eyes were tired...

Apparently 47.6% of recent leavers went to BC, 18.1% to Hurst, and smaller numbers to other schools. So looks like it is definitely BC-focused at 13+ but not entirely. (There's also some stats on CE results but I'm not sure yet what I'm meant to take from them. Haven't really looked at this in depth yet.)

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Anyone had DC at this school? I'm keen to hear any personal experience. Bumping for weekend traffic.