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Alleyns school - anyone with experience of?

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maggiethecat · 14/06/2010 19:10

Quite fancy the idea of co-ed secondary for dd - does anyone have any experience of this school?

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maggiethecat · 15/06/2010 20:50

Interesting. Will also check out the forum to hear what the locals think.

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minipie · 15/06/2010 20:08

my thoughts (not based on personal experience, but grew up and went to school nearby):

quite "creative" reputation rather than especially academic - though it is selective and hard to get in. Lots of media type parents. For a London school, its intake isn't very socially or racially diverse (when you compare with its sister schools Jags and Dulwich College). Seems to be a bit more of a focus on being "cool" and looking good as well (maybe due to being co-ed) again compared with Jags and DC.

violetqueen · 15/06/2010 19:53

Have you tried asking on this forum
www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/list.php?29 ?

breathtakingben · 15/06/2010 19:20

Quite expensive - I applied for myself in 2004, got an interview but got rather stuck on one question, just don't think i was creative enough, so no offer, and currently at Trinity (all boys till 2012 (then only sixth form for girls) The lunch they gave us on exam day was yummy :D

LadyLapsang · 15/06/2010 14:25

My DS has had two teachers who have moved on to Alleyns and they have both been great teachers who have always gone the extra mile.

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maggiethecat · 15/06/2010 13:04

not worried about outstanding academics but would like her to be in an environment where children want to work hard while enjoying their time at school. co-ed appeals to me a lot too.

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basildonbond · 15/06/2010 13:00

A friend of mine is moving her dd for y9 - says it's very expensive for what you get

lots of celebrity parents

one of my former babysitters went for 6th form and loved it, but she'd been at an all-girls school beforehand so I don't know how much of her loving it was down to mixing with boys

bibbitybobbityhat · 15/06/2010 12:13

I live nearby and know some children who go there (older teens who babysit our children). A friend of mine's dd is starting there in September.

Afaik it doesn't have outstanding academic results given the fact that it is private and super-selective.

The grounds and buildings are nice.

Erm ...

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maggiethecat · 15/06/2010 12:07

anyone?

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