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Bedford High School for Girls - any knowledge or experience?

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MrsSchadenfreude · 04/02/2011 08:48

Was interested as they do the IB, and also close to grandparents if they end up boarding.

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mrswoodentop · 17/05/2011 08:47

Have you thought about St Helen and St Katherine in Abingdon or is that the wrong area ,we have friends who are very happy there ,they certainly used to do boarding.Or going the other way what about the cambridge schools

frogs · 16/05/2011 19:41

Mrs S (are you the Mrs S who is friends with MI?) I would only choose Thornton if I had a dd who was a bit of a delicate flower, ie not excessively bright but in need of a lot of encouraging and nurturing to reach her potential. Headington is a COMPLETELY different kind of school PPH has a dd at headington, I think, though she posts under a different username now. She's still on FB I think. afaik they've been v. happy with H.

Kimbolton v. different again, though my info probably a bit out of date.

FozzieMK · 16/05/2011 17:55

Given my own experience of Thornton I would look at Headington and Kimbolton first.

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MrsSchadenfreude · 12/05/2011 22:17

Right! That's Bedford crossed off my list. Have friends with DDs at Thornton, who are very happy with the school, so will have a think about that. Also thinking about having a look at Headington, and will look at Kimbolton too.

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exclaremont · 12/05/2011 21:38

Oh dear god don't go there. I went and was scarred for life. It was HORRIBLE. I then went to Kimbolton and had a great time - where would you rather be educated - next to a prison on a main road or in a Vanbrugh Castle with Adam gateway and more pubs than you could possibly believe for such a small town!

MillsAndDoom · 20/04/2011 22:11

I was going to suggest Kimbolton if you want boarding or Northampton High School if you want a girls school.

Not sure which direction GPs are but there is also www.thorntoncollege.com/ just outside MK

CheesedoffBedford · 20/04/2011 20:12

Dear Mrsschadenfreude,
would look elsewhere if I were you, things aren't going too well, and that's before the senior school merged. Lots of girls have apparently left from High school to go to Bedford Modern. Have not heard a bad word about this school and very strong academically.
Girls from traditional catchment areas outside of Bedford going to alternatives such as Perse (Cambridge) Northampton High School and Kimbolton.

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MrsSchadenfreude · 04/02/2011 11:07

Well, that answers that one. Back to the drawing board. There is, unhelpfully, nothing about this on their website.

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redskyatnight · 04/02/2011 10:35

Don't have any personal knowledge ... but have posted to say that they are in the process of being merged with Dame Alice Harpur school (also a Harpur trust school for girls). The prep school has already merged (from Sept 2010) and the senior school will merge from Sept 2011. And the merged school (Bedford Girls' School) will not take boarders.