Overstone Park School in Northamptonshire

[justpreeing]

www.overstoneparkschool.co.uk

Anybody been too or heard about this school. What are your thoughts?

Started by a West Indian couple and has been going for 40 years. They’re daughter has vv brown (en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_V_Brown)

I had not heard of it before.

Its latest ISI report grades it as ‘Good’ in all the areas I noticed.

(I find it odd that the fees are not set out plainly on the website as I would expect.)

One or two spelling and grammatical errors on the website - but I wouldn’t necessarily judge the whole school on this.

It would be hard for me to form an opinion without spending a good deal more time reading about the school.

What is your own interest in it?

(Please forgive me but if you are considering an application you might prefer to write been to and Their daughter.)

Your second link leads to a Wikipedia page with no content.

Thank you @Edmontine

here’s the link: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_V_Brown

hope it works this time

But why are you showing this link?

What is the purpose of your thread? Do you have a child for whom it might be a suitable school? Do you have some other pertinent question?

Are you trying to publicise the school?

Or are you a journalist hoping MN will write your column for you?

Please be clear.

Don’t understand the hostile tone.

I saw a musician ask on Twitter why she’s not popular here. I looked her up and saw that her parents had set up a private school in the 80s. I wondered why I’d never heard of the school before (seems like something people should be proud of and publicise).

So I’m asking others if they’ve heard of it before.

Also, publicising it because lots of women come here for

1. School recommendations
2. Areas outside london they can move too where their little children will be safe

i personally think a forum of black mums should in fact share information about schools started by black mums

It’s a really small faith based school

snobe.co.uk/schools/overstone-park-school

Not hostile - just wary. On an anonymous forum people might have all sorts of reasons for wanting to talk about a school.

I was surprised not to have heard of it, but I suppose there’s no reason why I should have.

Locally, it's marketed as a private special needs school. They have services for ASD and the LA names it on EHCPs.

It's a great school, the head teacher is absolutely brilliant as she listens and makes adjustments for all the children. It's not just a Sen school, it's mixed. All the children are included in activities, my children love it here.

Is the school well known locally, @Beanzy78? Or amongst parents of children requiring SEN teaching? The OP is right, it’s surprising it’s not a household name nationally.

It's a tiny school in comparison to other schools in northampton. The year groups have about 15 children in a year or less.

Not sure if it's a known school as it's private, and most of my circle frown that my children go private and do not like the idea that paying for an education. It works for us, like any school you will get mixed reviews, it's always worth making contact with the school and get the feel for yourself.x

@justpreeing this part of the MN is often subjected to posters trolling it so if it isn't clear in the OP why a thread has been started others are suspicious.

@CalmConfident @Beanzy78 @SleepWhenAmDead ahh thank you very much for the info. Good to know that they’re doing well

We had a child join our school from this school. She had many gaps in her learning and her parents said that she had not been taught by a qualified teacher for the past 2 years.