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Catholic School with Italian G.C.S.E

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Buttercup2000 · 29/01/2022 21:29

We are looking to move but can't decide where.
But the main thing is the Catholic schools.
Does anyone know of any Catholic High Schools that do Italian G.C.S.E?
Preferably not in London (can't afford the house prices there unfortunately).
Also would like a catholic primary school near by that also does Italian (not essential).

I've tried looking on the internet but is hard to work out which catholic schools do the Italian G.C.S.E and seems to come up with a lot of London ones.

If anyone knows of any local ones to you please let me know.xx

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TheSpottedZebra · 30/01/2022 21:05

St Paul's Milton Keynes also currently has Italian GCSE.

dizzydizzydizzy · 30/01/2022 18:42

St Bernard's in Slough is an excellent Catholic grammar. It offers several languages, including Japanese, but sadly not Italian.

HelloKeith · 30/01/2022 18:40

[quote TizerorFizz]@HelloKeith
Daniel Ricciardo is Australian.[/quote]
And drives for Maclaren. And shops in Italian shops in Woking, I've seen his Instagram Grin

Baconking · 30/01/2022 18:25

I was also going to suggest looking at Bedford

TizerorFizz · 30/01/2022 17:22

@HelloKeith
Daniel Ricciardo is Australian.

ablisha · 30/01/2022 15:47

@PotteringAlong

Also remember that, if the teacher leaves, they might also stop that language.
This is a very valid point
HelloKeith · 30/01/2022 14:25

Bedford has the UK's biggest Italian population outside of London!

Woking has Daniel Ricciardo though Grin

TheSpottedZebra · 30/01/2022 14:17

[quote Abagisforlifenotjustfor]Thomas Moore in Bedford: www.st-thomasmore.org.uk/page/?title=MFL+%2D+Italian&pid=345[/quote]
Did you miss this response?

Bedford has the UK's biggest Italian population outside of London!

Stevenage689 · 30/01/2022 14:14

No, afraid not.

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Buttercup2000 · 30/01/2022 14:09

@Stevenage689

This seems like a really risky and unnecessary reason to decide where to live.

The level of language learning at primary is very low; certainly don't choose location based on that. All Year 7 language lessons necessarily start from an assumption of jo knowledge anyway.

Secondary, fair play if it really matters to you. But it is a few hours a week of language only and won't be life-changing.

Thankyou for your input. It's mainly for the catholic schools and secondly and a bonus if Italian G.C.S.E.

Do you know of any Catholic school that offer Italian G.C.S.E?

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Stevenage689 · 30/01/2022 14:03

This seems like a really risky and unnecessary reason to decide where to live.

The level of language learning at primary is very low; certainly don't choose location based on that. All Year 7 language lessons necessarily start from an assumption of jo knowledge anyway.

Secondary, fair play if it really matters to you. But it is a few hours a week of language only and won't be life-changing.

colouringindoors · 30/01/2022 13:57

St Joan of Arc Catholic secondary in Rickmansworth Hertfordshire certainly did so recently

PotteringAlong · 30/01/2022 13:35

At cuthberts Catholic high school in newcastle does Italian. It’s all boys.

I have no idea if sacred heart (the girls school) also does it.

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Buttercup2000 · 30/01/2022 13:22

@HelloKeith

There's a massive Italian community in Surrey - Woking especially. Most of the feeder primaries into SJB (www.sjb.surrey.sch.uk/) have links to Italian after school clubs, and Italian is taught at the secondary.
Thankyou. I will have a look.
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Buttercup2000 · 30/01/2022 13:21

@TheUndoingProject

Yes how old are your children? The fact that a school offers Italian now is no guarantee that they will in the future.
Thankyou. Yes I realise that but a gamble I'll have to take.
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Buttercup2000 · 30/01/2022 13:21

@UncomfortableSilence

Still London, just, so not sure if still out of budget plus only good if you have girls! But the Catholic schools in Upminster primary and secondary do Italian, in secondary it's French and Italian till Y9 then they can pick DD1 did it for GCSE.
I'll have a look. But it might be out of my budget unfortunately. I have girls and boys so it work for the girls. Thankyou
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TheUndoingProject · 30/01/2022 12:34

Yes how old are your children? The fact that a school offers Italian now is no guarantee that they will in the future.

PotteringAlong · 30/01/2022 12:27

Also remember that, if the teacher leaves, they might also stop that language.

HelloKeith · 30/01/2022 12:24

There's a massive Italian community in Surrey - Woking especially. Most of the feeder primaries into SJB (www.sjb.surrey.sch.uk/) have links to Italian after school clubs, and Italian is taught at the secondary.

UncomfortableSilence · 30/01/2022 12:18

Still London, just, so not sure if still out of budget plus only good if you have girls! But the Catholic schools in Upminster primary and secondary do Italian, in secondary it's French and Italian till Y9 then they can pick DD1 did it for GCSE.

TizerorFizz · 30/01/2022 11:31

I think Italian really isn’t taught much outside private schools. My DD did gcse and A level Italian snd then French and Italian at university. At the time our local state Grammar offered it but they don’t now. We too have a large Italian population but the two Catholic secondary schools don’t offer it either. In fact they only offer French!

If you can find a secondary that offers it, sadly they can stop offering it if a teacher goes. A friend of DDs on her course wanted to be a teacher and was told he needed Spanish. Few schools would want his Italian. Good luck searching but it’s a very niche subject. DD loved it but only started it in Y8. A* at gcse though.

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Buttercup2000 · 30/01/2022 10:07

@Oblomov22

I only know catholic schools in Surrey and sw London, so Twickenham etc. but none offer Italian. Most only offer one of French and Spanish. One I know offers German and also Latin. None Italian. Which is a shame. But There are huge Italian communities in all of the place listed above so many families do Italian outside of school and it is regularly advertised on our local Facebook pages for Tutor's for supporting children through GCSE Spanish, so could that be a option for you?
I've got a tutor but find kids are tired after school etc. I was the same when I was younger. I found I learnt more in a school setting. Also a tutor is costly. But Thankyou.
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Oblomov22 · 30/01/2022 09:39

I only know catholic schools in Surrey and sw London, so Twickenham etc. but none offer Italian. Most only offer one of French and Spanish. One I know offers German and also Latin. None Italian. Which is a shame. But There are huge Italian communities in all of the place listed above so many families do Italian outside of school and it is regularly advertised on our local Facebook pages for Tutor's for supporting children through GCSE Spanish, so could that be a option for you?

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Buttercup2000 · 30/01/2022 09:26

@ablisha

https://www.stjosephs207.herts.sch.uk This is the Catholic primary in Bishops Stortford if you wanted to contact them to enquire whether they teach Italian too.
Thankyou for your help. It is appreciated. I will look into this tomorrow.

If anyone else know of any other Catholic high schools out of London that do Italian G.C.S.E please feel free to comment.

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ablisha · 29/01/2022 23:07

www.stjosephs207.herts.sch.uk
This is the Catholic primary in Bishops Stortford if you wanted to contact them to enquire whether they teach Italian too.