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Recommendations? Private schools in Southampton

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twotabbies · 08/10/2017 16:04

DD is currently in year 5 and we’re considering options for secondary school. Local comprehensive is huge and seems to have a good reputation but we’d like to look in to private schools too. Does anyone have any recommendations? Not really sure where to start!

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Kalmkat · 06/10/2018 20:56

Yeah sorry for posting in old post. V confusing! If between Cantell and St Georges. Any positive comparisons. Think they are all improving.

Ta1kinpeace · 06/10/2018 20:19

Year old thread so a bit confusing

all central Southampton schools are OK at the moment ....
go for catchment, reduce stress

Kalmkat · 06/10/2018 19:54

Thanks ever so much for replying Smile

TeenTimesTwo · 06/10/2018 19:49

Sorry, don't know. Hopefully someone else will be along in a while.

Kalmkat · 06/10/2018 19:37

Hi thanks. We are Highfield area, so although Romsey sounds great Im not sure if we stand any chance of getting in this year. We seem to be baby boom year. St Georges seems to be doing well. Head at Cantell is great. Upper Shirley High has a nice vibe. Any knowledge of any of them?

TeenTimesTwo · 06/10/2018 18:50

Which side of Southampton are you?

Both Romsey secondary schools (both very good) take kids from West/North side of S'oton e.g. Shirley. Romsey School has v good pastoral care imo.

What's on your shortlist?

Kalmkat · 06/10/2018 18:40

Hi - my heads whirling about secondary school applications. I have one child a boy. Deadline end of this month. Im interested in any insights to Southampton secondarys... Anyone able to tell me their experience of pastoral care? Reccomendations welcome

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youarenotkiddingme · 14/10/2017 14:00

Sorry didn't explain that well! I get what confidence scores are (the 95% etc) but wondered if they'd change when all results are in?

youarenotkiddingme · 14/10/2017 13:51

Yeah I looked at confidence scores too!
I wondered if it was because they were provisional?

However for the schools local to me the results seem to fit what goes on.

Ta1kinPeece · 14/10/2017 12:05

youare
That table is weird
as there are more than 144 secondaries in Hampshire
and the confidence intervals on those Progress 8 scores render them meaningless

AgathaRaisonDetra · 13/10/2017 23:20

Do they have nice pies for lunch?

Ta1kinPeece · 13/10/2017 22:38

THe Gregg School _ a purely wallet private
lovely grounds

AgathaRaisonDetra · 13/10/2017 22:17

Is there really a private school called Greggs? ShockShock

Ta1kinPeece · 13/10/2017 20:52

Bohunt is 30 miles from here so not really relevant

Toynbee / Thornden / Swanmore / Wyvern / Perins
and the other "east of Southampton" schools are a better measure than one which is at the top of the A3

AngeliqueDePeyrac · 13/10/2017 20:25

Have you looked at Meoncross?

Redsrule · 13/10/2017 20:17

Selective on religious grounds, not, as far as I am aware, linked to IQ? Most pupils are not RC I believe. Only been there a few times but seems a nice school, so do Wildern and Bohunt but they do not seem to have coped with the new GCSE exams as well. After all their catchment areas include less areas of urban deprivation,

Ta1kinPeece · 13/10/2017 20:07

St Annes is selective.
Wildern and Bohunt are not.
End of.

Redsrule · 13/10/2017 20:03

Yes, it has gone off topic, however I was quite shocked at the GCSE results of the likes of Wildern and Bohunt this year. Plus I would seriously consider St Anne's if I lived in the area, if nothing else their productions are spectacular!

Ta1kinPeece · 13/10/2017 19:49

TBH the OP asked about private rather than Catholic

my information comes from the kids on the buses Smile

Redsrule · 13/10/2017 19:44

Well, having visited recently, I am not sure where you got that idea from. Presented itself as a vibrant, inclusive community with progress in top 5% of country and very good GCSE results last summer. St Edmund's is in the top 100 schools in the country for progress, RC and co-ed, always has been. Schools improve, St George's has sorted it's difficulties in English and is clearly providing great opportunities for it's pupils.

Ta1kinPeece · 13/10/2017 18:22

But St Georges is dying on its arse and trying desperately to fill places ......
hence why it has gone co ed (pretty unusual for a Catholic school)
and why it has no religious entry criteria at all effectively

Redsrule · 13/10/2017 18:09

Just looked at data on Gov.uk. St Ed's was +.83, St Anne's +.65, St Georges's +.57 and Westgate, the best in Hampshire +.49.

youarenotkiddingme · 13/10/2017 16:32

Boundary oak also went to GCSE because Rooksbury park closed and so did wickham house.
I want to see their accounts because if other schools in fareham have gone bust they either are also at risk or they are safe because they have the pupils from other schools.
I'd look into whether many kids from west hill transfer there as it's prep only and see where they're kids go.

Also have a look at West Hill park as it's close to junction 9 so easy journey!

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