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Purcell School

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hertsandessex · 24/04/2016 15:51

Wondering if anybody has any recent feedback on Purcell? There seems to have been a lot of change in staff and controversy over the last few years and wondering how things are under new head.

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hertsandessex · 27/04/2016 15:40

Not sure I'd trust the opinion of somebody from Chets on Purcell. Lots of people who went to Oxford think Cambridge is full of weirdos :)

Overall impression is positive especially from talking to students. On the music side no worries although not sure about the rest of the place. Obviously there have been well-publicised issues in recent years and my sense is that the ship has been steadied but so hard to tell.

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ohtobeanonymous · 27/04/2016 15:20

Have a peripatetic tutor at our school who attended Purcell and is lovely, but DC's piano teacher attended Chets and thinks only the 'weirdos' go to Purcell...

anecdotal and unenlightening, I know, but had to share!

OP, what is your feeling from visiting and talking to current staff/students?

1805 · 24/04/2016 22:33

my friends dc go there and they describe it as a 'crazy' school. tbh I'm not sure why they keep their dc in there as they are always complaining about it! Do ask about security and pupil welfare though.