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Hall school Wimbledon- what's it like please

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Julesnobrain · 08/01/2013 23:08

Looking for senior school for Ds for year 11 entry for Sept 2014. Have Kgs and Hampton on our list but DS is currently at a state primary and although bright ( and tutored) I am worried he will not be at a good enough level in English to pass their entrance exams. (he has physical writing problems but not enough for a statement / typing dispensation etc).

A colleague mentioned the Hall, it looks nice, there is an entrance exam which surprised me as I thought it was non selective and on here it seems to have had a bad press.

can anyone share their experiences or views? Many thanks

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Julesnobrain · 10/01/2013 22:59

Ok thanks. He is top of the class in Maths but only middle for English but that is due to the writing issue more than an understanding issue. He likes to be pushed and is v competitive so maybe this would not suit.

Aghhhh can't wait to get this horrid selection process over with.

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basildonbond · 10/01/2013 20:52

We know a couple of children there who are very happy (but didn't get offers from anywhere else)

The children who go there from dc's school are on the whole the less academic children who maybe need a bit more nurturing. There's a lot of outdoorsy stuff, lots of trips etc and of course it's not particularly big so not intimidating in that way

As far as I can see the selection process is more to weed out any really tricky problems they're not equipped to deal with. They don't as far as I know accept statemented children (certainly didn't a few years ago).

If your ds is bright and in the top groups at primary there probably won't be enough other academically-minded children there to push each other and bounce off each other, however if your ds is struggling academically it may well be just the kind of place he needs

bear in mind it only goes up to 16

pinkdelight · 10/01/2013 11:21

Not been there myself, but when we were considering moving to Wimbledon, I remembering researching Hall on here - there are lots of threads already, just search for Hall School Wimbledon. But go along and make your own mind up obviously. Good luck.

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Julesnobrain · 09/01/2013 23:36

Anyone?

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