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Mount House School in Barnet

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littlebull · 17/01/2022 20:34

I've just been looking at private schools in North London as an option in case DC does not succeed with the super selective grammars.. it looks like a small, nurturing school which we like, but is it academic? Would appreciate some insight... thanks

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Soma · 20/01/2022 12:23

@northlondondad1976 If your DC is in Year 5 then you have time to research all your options and come to your own conclusions. I don't want to derail the thread.

northlondondad1976 · 20/01/2022 11:29

Soma - Because you listed a lot of schools that you said were better than MH and said look somewhere other than MH. You also insinuated that something goes wrong at MH from year 9 onwards.
I'm genuinely interested in the negative's about MH, as I have a daughter who is in year 5 and has it on her short-list.
You were also very critical of the school in a different thread last year.

Soma · 20/01/2022 11:17

@northlondondad1976, I don't understand why you tagged me. I think my post was balanced. See my first paragraph about the new Head.

northlondondad1976 · 20/01/2022 11:03

Soma - you always reply to threads about MH negatively, without ever giving any details. What are your actual issues with the school? Historical or current?

Soma · 20/01/2022 10:51

@XelaM the new head came from one of the Perse schools in Cambridge so will know what a fully functioning school should look like.

If your DD's current school is too academic and pushy (looking at Habs & St Albans) look at some alternatives. Somewhere other than MHS.

St Margaret's Bushey
Queenswood
Belmont / Mill Hill
North Bridge House (Hampstead)
Palmers Green High (no outside space to speak of)
Channing
Francis Holland Regent's Park
King Alfred School
Your local state school (?)
Are all better than Mount House.

Isn't your DD only in YR7, you and she won't be so keen to move to Mount House once she gets to YR9.

XelaM · 20/01/2022 01:04

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northlondondad1976 · 19/01/2022 16:19

Since the new head arrived I think their has been a greater emphasis on academics, but it will take a few years for that to feed through to exam results. They are never going to compete with the academic independent schools in the area, but I've not heard anyone mention that their child isn't very happy at the school.