If I could give anyone advice it would be to avoid Davenant foundation school in Loughton. It lives off its former reputation.
My child goes there still because they are happy within their peer groups and doesn't want to change a few years in but honestly, it just lives off its former glory. So much racism has been witnessing with minimal consequences.
The head has lost his head and has gone into mass authoritarian mode, he plays this ridiculous lovely happy persona on open days but wait to they start that disappears all he cares about his uniforms, strict rules and how it appears to look from the outside. The children's wellbeing is absolutely bottom of the list!!
Meanwhile they barely have consistent teachers the kids education is suffering terribly. The teachers bar a handful speak and treat the children atrociously.
He's turned off the reviews on Google because so many current parents are incredibly unhappy.
They punish good children for being late, as harshly as they would a child who hit another or was racist to another. They take them out of their classes ALL day to sit in a room with other students isolation but call it reflection. It is modern day prison includes no breaks and no lunch. Involves reading workbooks completely missing education because discipline is number one on the list!
My other two will NOT be going Davenant id rather Roding. I regret sending my child and so many others do too you just won't get to see the truth because they block it.
The school also highly supports and fundraises for Israel. Mr Thorn should resign he's not fit for purpose.