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Teddington School vs Coombe Girls

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24Winter · 15/02/2024 21:14

Hi. We are currently weighing up Teddington School vs Coombe Girls for our daughter next year. Having been fairly set on Coombe Girls, we looked around Teddington and were impressed. We would be really grateful for some feedback from any of you with children at Teddington. We got the impression that it is on the up and liked the headteacher. One question we have is over sets . We were concerned that Coombe doesn’t seem to set except for maths whereas Teddington does. Any feedback would be most welcome. Thank you.

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12345change · 17/02/2024 14:57

OP Teddington is no bigger than the other state secondary schools in the area. Greycourt 1300 students, TKA has about 1200 - so for a secondary school it's not that big or crowded. But might feel like that if your DC has come from a particularly small primary etc.

Definitely go an visit if you haven't already. No school is perfect and on MN you will get negatives and positives of both schools - so you need to see for yourself.

RedFluffyPanda · 17/02/2024 01:46

Have you visited Teddington School when the pupils were there? Or during the open day for parents only?
There are 1307 pupils in that school. It is absolutely packed with people. Crowded.

It is OK school apart from the minor incident when they came up with the idea that 1307 kids can use the toilet only twice a day for 15 min. Apparently, it was for their safety. After the flood of complaints from the parents they reverted to the old ways.

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24Winter · 16/02/2024 06:49

Yes we would based on past three years.

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Fargoer · 15/02/2024 21:17

Would you get into both? Look at the last offered distance from the last 3 years.