....to be unsurprised the BBC called the London Oratory a "prestigious private school" when it isn't?

Is it selective, is there an exam? I guess if so then it's more like a grammar. If it's not I don't see how they can only end up with posh ones!?
I went to a comp that is considered one of the better/posher ones in that area of London. But still there were at least 50% of the kids from the local estates and some were pretty challenging behaviour wise. My friends all left with zero GCSEs! I guess that says more about my choice of friends than the school. Lol.

R u racist ?
jesus won’t like u behave this way .

Is it selective, is there an exam? I guess if so then it's more like a grammar. If it's not I don't see how they can only end up with posh ones!?
I went to a comp that is considered one of the better/posher ones in that area of London. But still there were at least 50% of the kids from the local estates and some were pretty challenging behaviour wise. My friends all left with zero GCSEs! I guess that says more about my choice of friends than the school. Lol.

I don’t know how the London systems work but dont schools have a catchment area? So how do they massage entries if they have to take people from a certain area. There aren’t state selective schools in London are there?

Do I know u ? U want to know where other people s children school names ?

Has your son actually got a place at QE boys, or are you just pointlessly ranting about that one too?

But surely that can’t be a Catholic Church then and with the school being so over subscribed it is only Catholics that get a place.

Maybe QE boys have better senco .
and more empathy sympathy to SEND kids.

than this one.

U see: my church does LGBTQ mass .
and HIV mass .
so this strictness of Los is shock for me again .

U see: my church does LGBTQ mass .
and HIV mass .
so this strictness of Los is shock for me again .

The point abt catholic schools only being better when oversubscribed is so true - round us they are not good…

so u r current mums of Los . And u call all future SEND kids bullets ?
well done .

The Oratory sure dodged a bullet here...

Look, I don’t know any secondary schools who do the Greek day/preloved sale/library volunteers/staff appreciation stuff. Although our primary school does ALL those things. It’s just not how secondary schools work in the UK - they are big machines.

LOS is known for its results, its discipline, its strictness, its fairly fierce brand of Catholicism. The most cursory research would show this. They don’t do nurturing and I’ve heard several stories about inflexibility when it comes to medical conditions. But still they have hundreds, literally, on the waiting list. So just because you (and I) don’t fancy it, there are lots and lots that do.

I’m an LOS parent and very happy with the school. Going from primary to secondary is a big change though - I don’t know what it is like in other countries but here in the UK you def lose the personal touch because of the size of the schools.

I’m sorry others have had bad experiences but I have to say I found the application and admissions process very well managed, it’s true there were some bits of information missing but I guess my expectations were in line with a large state secondary school rather than a primary or private school experience.

and FYI - my sons group of friends are very diverse in terms of background both in terms of race and privilege. The thing they do have in common is they are all practising catholics and that doesn’t depend on whether their parents are cleaners or bankers - if you believe you find the time for mass contrary to a suggestion further up that a cleaner doesn’t have time to go to mass.

Look, I don’t know any secondary schools who do the Greek day/preloved sale/library volunteers/staff appreciation stuff. Although our primary school does ALL those things. It’s just not how secondary schools work in the UK - they are big machines.

LOS is known for its results, its discipline, its strictness, its fairly fierce brand of Catholicism. The most cursory research would show this. They don’t do nurturing and I’ve heard several stories about inflexibility when it comes to medical conditions. But still they have hundreds, literally, on the waiting list. So just because you (and I) don’t fancy it, there are lots and lots that do.

I’m an LOS parent and very happy with the school. Going from primary to secondary is a big change though - I don’t know what it is like in other countries but here in the UK you def lose the personal touch because of the size of the schools.

I’m sorry others have had bad experiences but I have to say I found the application and admissions process very well managed, it’s true there were some bits of information missing but I guess my expectations were in line with a large state secondary school rather than a primary or private school experience.

and FYI - my sons group of friends are very diverse in terms of background both in terms of race and privilege. The thing they do have in common is they are all practising catholics and that doesn’t depend on whether their parents are cleaners or bankers - if you believe you find the time for mass contrary to a suggestion further up that a cleaner doesn’t have time to go to mass.