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West London state school options

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MintyIguana · 01/07/2019 09:33

Struggling to decide on order of preference when we apply for secondary school for DD this autumn. Realistic options are Chiswick, Christ's in Richmond, Green School for Girls, Twyford - and then Lady Margaret as an outside chance. Many of the Ofsted inspections were years ago. Does anyone have any current or recent experience of any of these? I would say DD is average all round ability, hardworking and somewhat lacking in confidence. She has no preference for all girls or mixed and not overly concerned about going with a cohort of friends. She makes friends quite easily.

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Linneasweet · 03/07/2019 21:41

It was supposed to say demographically, not democratically!

Linneasweet · 03/07/2019 21:39

My dd is in The Green school. She's doing good but of course every school have issues with teachers and lack of funding etc. I believe the school changed democratically in the last few years: it's much more local then it used to be. I personally would not send my dd to Chiswick but that's just my personal view, same goes for twyford as incredibly selected 6th form. Lady M is very white middle class kind of school which may be appealing to some but really not my cup of tea. Depending on where you live Elthorne park high school just got outstanding in Ofsted and looks good as well.