Albyn school or Robert Gordon's college

[Tenny09]

Hello everyone, my 5 yr old got offers at both Albyn school and Robert Gordon, I need advice on which one to choose. Anyone out there who can help? Thanks.

My son and daughter went to Robert Gordon's College and both loved it. My DD's fiancé works at Albyn and to be honest I don't see a lot of difference. I would check out the subject choices, for eg. RGC have a big a Drama department whereas Albyn don't.

It's harder to get into Gordon's, I often think the boys who go to Albyn do so because they didn't get into RGC. Not in every case obviously.

If it's a boy you have RGC, if it's a girl any of them.

The boys tend to be bit gentler at Albyn.

Forgot to say congratulations.

Thank you for your response, from what I have heard it seems RGC has more facilities than Albyn. This you also confirm with the drama dept you mentioned. Guess i will be taking the RGC offer for my boy I have till tomorrow to accept it.

Thank you once again,you've helped me in my decision.

You won't regret it.

Both my children ( one B one G) are at RGC both love it, are happy and are doing very well.

Oh that's great. I hope my boy will love it there too. Can't wait for him to start in August.

Both my daughters are at RGC, I recommend it, though I have no current knowledge of Albyn. I do know RGC had a record amount of applications this year so well done for getting an offer of a place.

hi we are moving to aberdeen soon,i have applied for robert gordon for P1 AND p3 PLACE ,5 YEARS AND 7 YEAROLD KIDS.any one know what sort of assessment they need to do?

thanks

My kids are all at Albyn and love it. Three of them are boys and I didn't even consider Gordon's.

I've heard negative comments from more than one source about Secondary Maths at Gordon's. Albyn's Maths department is very strong.

Which school did you go for in the end Tenny?

I went for Robert Gordon.

Good choice.

Hi, Congratulations on your places. Next weekend my two girls are sitting for places at RGC and Albyn. Would you mind giving me some advice on the tests? My youngest will go into nursery which I'm not worrying about but my eldest is looking for a place for P4. Thank you.

Hi Tenny, how did your son and you find about RGC after a year time. We are now facing the same choice as you did for my boy and any advice or comment would be appreciated. Thank you.

Hi folks, We are looking at moving to Aberdeen possibly next year all things going well. We have a had a look on the RGC website for fees but was wandering if anyone could advise what the average cost of extras would be per year per child? I am thinking uniform, extra sports, trips kind of stuff. Thanks.

Uniform supplier is Aitken & Niven, you'll get an idea of prices on their website. John Lewis also do a few bits but IME their blazers don't last as well as A&N. Jumpers, boys trousers and shirts can be bought from anywhere as there are no logos. The PTA organises 2 second hand uniform sales a year also, though I've never been.

My eldest had 2 residential trips last year (different school years). Together they were in the region of £500. There have been a couple of day trips, they were a few quid each.

Most clubs are free or low cost. Mine don't do extra hockey so I'm not sure of costs there.

Thank you so much for the information.

I often wonder what Gordon's is like now. I went there was in the first intake of girls and Albyn was still all girls.
When I was working in aberdeen I looked at Albyn for ds1 starting school had visited Gordon's junior school and actually really
Didn't like it. We moved in the end so it was a decision I never had to make.

My little boy goes to albyn, although the school doesn’t really have a big drama department, it has a lot of equipment for science,music ect.. also from what my friend told me (her girl goes to rgc) rgc is wayyy to big and she herself found it hard to navigate. She transferred to albyn after the first year because of this.