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Questions for current Guildford High School Parents

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makemineatriple765 · 22/02/2021 17:13

Hi - my DD has just accepted a year 7 place at GHS for September 21. I just wanted to ask any current parents whether there is any sort of induction for the new joiners or do they all just turn up on the first day of term? I’ve noticed some of the other schools have residential trips for year 7 or sports camps that run in August and I was wondering if GHS do anything similar? Just trying to manage my DDs expectations. Also, I was wondering if most of the girls will have played Lacrosse before? We are relocating from overseas and so DD, although hugely sporty, has never picked up a lacrosse stick? Many thanks!

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Ghsparentshelp · 22/02/2021 21:53

We are in the same boat but I’ve heard bad things about the school and am getting increasingly worried. Can any parents at the school currently help? I’d love a spectrum of opinion. I’ve heard the head doesn’t have people skills and isn’t approachable and that the girls only get results at a great cost. How true is this? I’m so stressed

GU24Mum · 22/02/2021 17:36

The school is probably waiting to see what if can offer - hopefully far more like a normal year this time. If so, there will be an induction afternoon in about the 3rd week of June to meet form tutor/class. There's a netball course late in the summer hols where the girls get to know each other (definitely not just for keen netball players). If they can run it there's also likely to be an outward bound overnight away trip either literally at the start of term or 10 days or so in.

If your daughter wants to try her hand at lacrosse and things are running, there are often courses run at St Catherine's for anyone to join - and when mine went it was mostly a mix of GHS and St Cats girls.

Hope that helps!