Hello, I’ve posted under primary education but it has been suggested to post here for more responses.
I have a massive problem regarding my 8 y/o’s school: she’s been attending an utterly terrible south London state primary for the past 4 years.
The school is dreadful and now rated “requires improvement”, and she needs to get out of there immediately, the damage that’s been done is already enormous both behaviourally and academically.
We have also just moved to another area, so she need to change schools anyway.
I have applied for in-year transfers to decent state schools in reasonable distance for months to no avail, they are all oversubscribed (in Islington and Camden, EC1 and surroundings). We are on a few waiting lists.
It is now late May and I’m panicking. We need a school place by September at the latest, and it needs to be a good school that can iron out some of the damage that’s been inflicted over the past few years and plug the massive gaps in her learning because of school closures during the pandemic.
I have even looked into private schools in our area, such as City School for Girls and their new Junior School, but we are too late for the admissions process for next September I think.
Where can I go from here? Are there any decent private schools in the Clerkenwell/Islington area or even Southwark that are worth the money and with a chance to be accepted for next September in either year 3 or 4? Or any undersubscribed good state schools? (Hahaha).
Losing my mind, it shouldn’t be this hard to obtain a school place that isn’t terrible, any advice greatly appreciated.