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Wimbledon / G&L - school life, sports, etc

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Rainbells · 18/02/2024 17:41

Having seen an interesting thread comparing boys’ schools, I was wondering if any parents with girls at Wimbledon or G&L could share insights into school life is at these schools.

In particular, sports: where do PE, games, training sessions and fixtures take place? Do weekend fixtures / training take place most weekends? How far afield have you had to travel?

Any tidbits of info would be most useful - thank you!

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QuiteAJourney · 18/02/2024 18:33

@Rainbells My DD is at WHS (Y7). Happy to provide some information (also feel free to DM me). Focusing on your specific questions

  • Most clubs are at lunchtime apart from sports and some music ones. There is a 'double period' lunch break, with one period used for lunch and the other one for clubs (with most DDs taking the opportunity to do so)
  • Lunches seem to be well organised (including early pass cards when a certain group needs to be prioritised) and there is plenty of space in the restaurant
  • Sports clubs are usually in the morning (only 2-3 after school). PE lessons are in the school (onsite facilities, including swimming pool), games at Nursery Road (less than 10 minutes' walk away).
  • Matches are sometimes in the evening during the week, sometimes at weekends. It depends on the sport and level (A and B teams are naturally busier, but all girls that want to play representing the school at sports can do so.. but if the don't and prefer other activities, that is fine too).
  • on the travelling question, I was not sure if you meant for fixtures - if so, the school usually organises things, girls are taken from the school site and to [if you meant more generally, quite a few girls are local but my DD has friends living in places from Fulham to Kingston, Barnes or Weybridge, to name a few)
The vibe is that of a busy school but not pressurised at all, very much focused on girls being independent and making their own choices (e.g. it is them gathering information on clubs and selecting them, rather than the parents), encouraging personal responsibility.
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Rainbells · 18/02/2024 17:43

Also wondering what lunchtimes look like - do clubs take place at lunchtime? Is it easy to get food or are there long queues? Enough places to sit to eat? Thank you!

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