Can anyone 'rank' the SW London selective schools

green, a lot of the independents have withdrawn from submitting/not included in league tables due to them doing IGCSEs. Prospect parents do need to be mindful of performance tables now but that's why there are some big school names missing

To be honest, southwest London is spoiled with great indie. Our neighbors have children in LU and they love the school and cant say enough good thing about it. I am surprised it isnt in the above list

Thanks

Putney offer Mandarin from Year 8. The girls do German and Spanish in Year 7 and Mandarin and Latin in Year 8. They then choose 2 to carry on with in Year 9 - although I think some may only take forward one language.

eeyoresgrumpierfriend - I couldn't find it for the seniors. Y7 French & Latin, then Y8 add Spanish or Italian

I live in another part of town, but was curious. I found a site that ranks private schools based on A-A* GCSEs (I supposed there are many possible rankings, perceived social cache, entrance to Oxbridge, etc. but this is an easy measure because it is objective and the data is available.) This was the breakdown of the schools mentioned on the thread:

7 LEH
10 City
12 WHS
14 G&L
19 JAGS
29 Alleyns
32 Notting Hill & Ealing
38 Putney High School
70 FH Regent's Park

SPGS wasn't on the list at all. I assume they didn't share data. I also assume they would be right at the top, if they had.

www.best-schools.co.uk/uk-school-league-tables/gcse-grades/

There probably isn't much difference in schools, they all do really well, but it might give a rough indication of how selective they are.

Mandarin from Y7 in Notting Hill & Ealing and Latymer Upper to offer another 2...

Kingston grammar and Hampton boys offer mandarin

DS school has Chinese fortnightly usually on a Friday. He's not that keen as he finds it too greasy compared with our usual takeaway of choice.

In reference to further above, you'd get a season ticket for a train journey and therefore would still pay for any gaps in use. However the school coach is often vastly more expensive than public transport - in our experience.

I think Streatham & Clapham High do - they definitely do Mandarin from yr 2 in the prep section so assume it can be continued in the senior section.

Can anyone tell me which schools offer Chinese?
So far I've only found it at St Pauls Girls and at City of London Girls
Surely somewhere else must offer it

sorry - not FOR us I meant

Thanks v much for insight re school journeys. Tbh, I don't think Guildford is such a mad choice (not one of us though) from Wimbledon. I've personally always preferred the public transport choice to school coach, partly because you don't want to be paying for a coach you're not using either because your child is sick, or on a school trip away, or on a sleepover. It's just money down the drain surely?

Wimbledon to Tiffin Girls would be at least a 45 minute journey by bus in the morning but many girls will go overland by train (which is considerably quicker). But the bus only goes as far as Kingston Town Centre so then another bus or a walk too.

Nonsuch is rather out of the way (near Cheam Village), so either overland train to Sutton and then bus, or bus to Colliers Wood and then the 470 which stops near the school's front entrance (but it does go round the houses so would again be a 1hr+ journey time).

Strangely, in terms of accessing the Sutton grammars, it's easier by public transport if you live on the other side of the borough to Wimbledon.

Many DCs I know who go to these state super-selectives schools (and there are many from Merton) are driven though.

When comparing league tables make sure you are looking at GCSE tables and not A level as most top schools draft in "bright" outside students for A levels to sit alongside their top home grown GCSE students. Also ask schools what % of 11 & 13 intakes actually sit the GCSE's.

OMG why would you trek to guildford high from wimbledon!?

LOADS of great schools way more convenient than that. madness.

Iloveshortbread - it's an easy train journey from Wimbledon to Kingston, about 15 mins but then Tiffin Girls is a good 15/20 minute walk, although you can hop on a bus. As for Nonsuch it's a fairly tricky journey involving 2 trains I think. It was enough to make me skip the open evening anyway as a waste of time,by the time i'd worked out the odds of getting a place if you're out of catchment!

Not sure what Eva6768 means by "beats" in every category, but one thing to consider is where your dd's friends will be. I don't doubt that GHS is an excellent school but having local friends is crucial and if you commute to Guildford each day you are likely to have friends up to an hour the other side of Guildford. At LEH a large number of girls come in from the Wimbledon area and the classes are arranged geographically so you are put with the girls that you live near to. A large proportion of my dd's class class live nearby us which make socialising (and lift shares) very easy. LEH also provides a shuttle bus service to Teddington station each evening so if girls miss the school coach due to after school activities, they can get the train home (it's a very quick and easy train ride from Teddington to Wimbledon and the trains are very frequent). Not sure I'd fancy my daughter travelling back late from school on her own in the dark from Guildford!

If you are in Wimbledon and near the station you should look at GHS, Guildford high, as the school is next to the train station - 150m walk ! It's a 38min direct train from Wimbledon and a 2min walk. Beats LEH in every category and is very friendly too !

Sutton High School seems to rank ok in the league tables. We liked the feel of the place when we visited, and Head seemed nice and approachable.

out of interest, how long is the journey from Wimbledon to Tiffins girls in the morning - and how on earth do girls get from Wimbledon to Nonsuch?! Presumably no coaches exist, so just wondered how it was done.

Sutton High School is also accessible from Wimbledon by train or the school put on a bus from a couple of SW19 pick up points. They suffer from competition with the grammars for the top performers and so its a possible "banker". It's a nice school, although quite small so not a huge number of places on offer once places have been allocated to those coming from the junior school, but I'd say it's easier to get in than the likes of WHS/PHS

Long tube journeys are difficult for young Y7 children if they don't have friends to commute with them. I am commuting with DS for now which is not too much of a pain because I work on the same line. He is fine on the way back. I was told the coach is better for the first 2 years, then they prefer the independence of the tube later on, I hope this is true! The school is fantastic though but commute is an issue at the moment. And his friends are all over London, which is not ideal. Fortunately there are hardly any week ends fixtures or after school extras, and he can easily fit his PE/swimming/games kits in his school bag.

Yes TT and it is quite possible to do well anywhere, even a state school!