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Richmond-upon-Thames: great primaries, shite secondaries. Discuss

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willow · 03/12/2009 15:59

R-u-T crows on about its excellent primary schools, but it largely fails kids beyond year six. Everyone seems to be either busting a gut and going private, moving kids now to linked schools elsewhere or finding God in an attempt to get into Christ's... which is hardly top notch but better than Shite International.

Discuss.

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CaptainUnderpants · 03/12/2009 18:29

In fairness to the parents in Claygate they got themselves togther an action group and appeared to make some progress.

claygate class action

policywonk · 03/12/2009 18:23

ah right, I see. Fair enough to not want to travel from Claygate when there are closer schools. Glad to hear Rydens not a den of iniquity and drug-taking - the children I see coming out of there always seems very pleasant and polite!

CaptainUnderpants · 03/12/2009 18:20

I dont think it is, I think the issue was travelling , the LEA were not prepared to pay for travel (not 100% sure on that).

I think Rydens is Ok in the scheme of things,might not have been to the taste of some of the Claygate parents mind you

will duck an take cover should any come onto this thread .

policywonk · 03/12/2009 18:09

Just got to say, as a point of interest, that when I was growing up in East Sheen, Christ's was regarded as a dreadful school and parents would do everything in their power to avoid it. Funny how things change.

(CU - Rydens is my local secondary - it's not that bad, is it?)

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willow · 03/12/2009 17:58

Never mind you pesky North Kingston lot - even Richmond lot can't get into Christs and Grey Court.

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MsDav · 03/12/2009 17:20

Waldegrave and Orleans Park are pretty good, Christs and Grey Court definitely on the up and now oversubscribed. I do wish Richmond would stop this linked schools nonsense its just a way to get around the Greenwich ruling isn't it? They don't want us pesky North Kingston lot being able to go to their schools unless its Grey Court which with its large increase in results and popularity will probably mean we'll lose our linked status there too. We're getting our own secondary school here in 2015, not before time!

mary21 · 03/12/2009 16:25

Dont know that the primaries are that great either actually. there is such alot of private tutoring going on in RUT what the schools get uo to is masked.

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willow · 03/12/2009 16:18

Why can't they manage to follow through, though? Is it simply that they expect everyone to just bow out?

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CaptainUnderpants · 03/12/2009 16:13

I think it is the same anywhere round that way. We live Surrey side of Kingston , excatly the same . Good primary schools but its doesn't follow with secondary,plus it appears they do not have the space to cope with demand, in fact last year ther was a big ho ha with Claygate families as they didn't get into Hinchely Wood, Esher High and were sent to either Rydens or a failing school in Epsom/ Ewell.