Priors’ Field

[Rosemaryandolives]

Morning,

My DD has expressed an interest in being able to flexi board in her next school.

She’s actually very academic but also loves her sport and art.

Priors’ Field is quite close to us. I liked the feel of it, even if less competitive than the Guildford day schools. I also liked how they would receive their own bed and space if flexi boarded.

Does anyone have any experience of Priors’ Field and can share their recent feedback. I know it’s not as academic as others and that worries me a bit as I do want her to achieve her full potential.

Our other flexi boarding options would be Lord Wandsworth or King Edward’s.

Thank you

Our daughter is at PF as a day student, no boarding or flexi boarding experience. It is her second year and so far we have been very pleased. Majority of the teachers have been at the school for years, they are young, enthusiastic and very approachable. If I have a question or an issue I email in the evening and receive a reply from a teacher before lunch time on the next day.

Both art and sports provisions are very good. Tennis Academy is brilliant, at extra cost though, but very reasonable.
Our daughter is quite academic, but not competitive. She would have not responded well to an inviroment full of alfa girls. She loves a friendly atmosphere of PF, really loves her teachers and achieved very good end of the school year results. There is absolutely no bullying, at least in her year group.
There are some very academic girls who are brilliant pretty much at everything, but also there are girls who need some extra help. If your daughter needs to be in a very competitive, result driven environment, probably it would be not the best school for her, as there are not many such girls. But if you are worried if she would be challenged enough, I am sure she would.
There is a new headteacher at PF, started in September. She comes from Farnborough Hill. First impression is very good, she has already implemented some changes and no doubts there will be some more to come.
You mentioned Lord Wandsworth or King Edward’s, as other options. Both of them, I believe, are co-educational, so there will be a different dynamic in comparison to PF.

Thank you @Irfe - I think happiness and friendliness counts for an awful lot in success.

Thank you for putting my mind at rest.

I hope she continues to do well and be happy.