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Wandsworth secondary schools - Southfields Academy?

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citychick · 19/06/2019 12:01

Hello,
We will be returning to Wandsworth after several years away from the Borough and are looking for a senior school for DS - Year 8

He'd like to be in a mixed school with great pastoral care, the opportunity to make friends, plenty of sport and some fun extra curricular activities to get involved in.

I know that that Southfield's Academy has great facilities, but are the kids happy there?
Are parents happy with the school?
What's the mix of cultures like?
DS has come from a small school abroad and has been the minority for a few years (mainly Asian and we're not).
We'd love a mixed feel with good behaviour.

This school has had a reputation in the past - not great, bad behaviour etc etc.

What's it like now?

Many thanks for reading.

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Lemonmeringue33 · 19/06/2019 14:06

Also, bear in mind that you can apply to any secondary school in London. You are not limited to the borough you live in. Depending on your transport links, it can be easier to go to a school in another borough.

If you are applying for a Y8 place you will have a lot of choice because most places are allocated at Y7 and people do not tend to move DC once settled. There are however families moving out of London so vacancies do arise.

You can put yourself on the waiting list for as many schools as you want. So in your position I would look at all those schools which were massively over subscribed at Y7.

Wandsworth Council will push Southfields because it has empty places.

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citychick · 19/06/2019 13:56

Lemonmeringue

thank you for the information, I will take a look.

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Lemonmeringue33 · 19/06/2019 13:43

www.wandsworth.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/10455/how_places_were_offered.pdf

This document shows you how secondary places in Wandsworth were allocated last year. You can deduce a lot from it.

The schools that parents want for their children are over subscribed.

Southfields academy, yet again, was not.