Black Parents with DC in independent Schools in London

[Slumberlabd1]

My DC is of African Caribbean descent and has happily been educated in schools with majority white cohorts all of her school life. As my DC is looking at a number of new 6th forms they are considering the diversity of these schools when making a choice. For those BAME parents with DC in similar school settings how has this shaped, affected, benefited or burdened your child? Was this a conscious effort or was this something that you have no thought about
or was it just circumstantial?

White/non BAME parents would you/do you educate your children in settings where they are an ethnic minority? Is this something that you think about when choosing a school?

Honest answers would be appreciated.

Thanks

I'm a white parent of white children and we live in an area where there is zero chance of my children being in a minority group at school, so I've never had to consider it. I don't think it would worry me. (I would certainly hope not for sure but I won't get the chance to test that)

What DID worry me was how white my children's state primary was and also the local state secondary. I went to school in an inner city and had friends from loads of different backgrounds. Moving to our current area I felt (and feel) like half the people are missing.

Fwiw the independent school DS1 goes to is much more mixed, ethnically, than state and I really value that. It's not so diverse in terms of income which is a shame but there are so many factors to consider and that isn't the deciding one. (But then again some kids are on full bursary whereas DS' primary friends who went state were all driven round in 4x4s and when I took them on a bus as a group they peered out of the top deck windows playing "spot the chav" until I read them the riot act so......)