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Who is sending their kids to an independant school?

33 replies

Kizza2 · 02/05/2012 09:34

I want to send my son to an independant school and was wondering what the best ones around North London are, I dont want him to have to go into the city and would like somewhere with a bus service?

I looked at Latymer, but I feel he would be better supported somewhere which had a better student:teacher ratio.

Thanks for your advice

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happygardening · 02/05/2012 18:20

I do agree with talkinP you do need some sort of criteria to enable you to narrow down your choice. i think there was a thread about Latymer (the one in West London I have a feeling that maybe there's another one in N London?) a couple of weeks ago why don't you do a search and see what people said about it.

TalkinPeace2 · 02/05/2012 18:09

Slaps self on wrist
but yes, a specific question is more likely to get you sane answers.

Primary, Secondary, single sex, mixed, religious, sporty,
there are SO MANY options that narrowing it down is the only way to not fry your brain reading websites that all say they are the best school since sliced bread !

PS I went to private day schools in London and would pay for it (somehow) if I lived in London. Luckily for me (and possibly London) neither is the case!

happygardening · 02/05/2012 17:54

OP There are very strong feeling on MN at the moment re: state/independent ed. hopefully people will be grown up enough to just simply answer your perfectly reasonable question. Try and ignore those who post snide remarks. Unfortunately I cant make any suggestions because you are outside of my area and I only really know about boarding schools. Hopefully someone will give you good advise. Good luck.

ClaireAll · 02/05/2012 17:52

I have children in 3 different independent schools, but don't really know anything about North London ones.

I think the best thing is to have a look at what the school says about itself and then go and visit.

The very nature of independent schools is that they are all different and it is difficult to generalise what the sector is like for an individual child.

TalkinPeace2 · 02/05/2012 17:43

Who is sending their kids to an independant school?
Those in the top 7% of earners who can even consider such things.

Blu · 02/05/2012 10:29

Kizza - you might get more relevant replies if you start a thread with 'N London independent schools' in the title - it's a busy board and you need people with specific knowledge.

Good luck.

PooshTun · 02/05/2012 10:04

senua - If you have nothing to contribute beyond correcting someone's spelling then what are you doing here? Is your life that boring that you need to do spelling flames in order to keep yourself busy?

senua · 02/05/2012 09:37

I'll get in first, shall I?
If you are considering sending your DS to an IndependEnt, I suggest that you learn how to spell it properly.