Hi,
My daughter is 13 and bright academically - potentially Oxbridge material I am told depending on how things went (and how she felt about this etc)
However, she is dead set on applying to the Purcell school as from September (Year 10). There is a good chance she would get in - the school have indicated interest in her - and obviously she is pretty good musically.
However I do worry that she is way too young to make a decision on what she wants to do in the future, now. She is adamant that she wants to be an orchestral musician - and the Purcell school would be a fabulous stepping stone for this, an amazing opportunity. But they very much prepare children for careers in performance and openly state that their focus is not on the academic.
On the one hand I don't want to deny her what she sees as the opportunity of a lifetime (if she gets in) and it is hugely flattering that they regard her as having the right potential.
On the other hand I don't want her to look back and regret that she didn't take the academic route when she could have done so.
Has anyone experience of this kind of thing (especially of this kind of school?) What did you do?
Thanks!