Finchley secondary schools

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belleymum · 29/06/2010 09:42

Does anyone know, or have experience of Finchley secondary schools?
We don't seem to be in the catchment area for any. It seems we would have to move to get my DDs into any school after primary.

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proudnsad · 30/06/2010 19:24

Yes catchment for MH schools is miniscule. Primaries in Finch are brilliant, you are obviously in catchment for FM and Moss Hall where mine go at the moment.
Yes you need to move v near Wren or Compton.
On the one hand it's a nightmare, on the other I guess we have to be grateful there are 2 v good comps in Finch and great primaries.
You know Wren is 'faithy' as well, yes?

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belleymum · 30/06/2010 18:19

I've heard the catchment area for Wren is about 0.5 miles though??

I think we'll have to move eventually. We looked at Muswell Hill before moving here then realised the catchment area for the primaries in some cases was 0.2 miles!!!!!

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proudnsad · 30/06/2010 15:26

I live very near you!

There is bugger all near us, no 'default' secondary.

You'll have to do what we're doing next month - move! We're moving on top of a good secondary we love (in Muswell Hill actually), but Compton and Wren are great schools too in N12. We visited both and both have good results and ofsteds.

Or private or selective (Dame Alice Owen, Mill Hill County)

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belleymum · 30/06/2010 07:14

Faith schools aren't an option for us.

We're in the Frith Manor catchment area so Woodside Park/West Finchley area i.e. secondary school no man's land.

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NL3 · 29/06/2010 23:23

Which part of Finchley are you in and are you interested in/able to access faith schools?

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