Lafontaine versus Bickley versus St Mark's primary school

[trixy123]

Dear all,
Does anyone have children in the Lafontaine school and could tell me how they like it? I heard from a mum that they were very strict - is this good or bad? My eldest daughter will start primary school in September 2017, and I have the choice between Bickley primary, Lafontaine and St Mark's. My daughter is already bilingual (German - English) and I wonder if it is too much to add another language, although myself I am fluent in French...
Any thoughts on these three schools would be greatly appreciated, as I feel I cannot make an informed decision, because the new headmaster for Bickley will only start in January 2017, and the Lafontaine school will only move to the new site next year.

I can't help you a great deal as, although I live in the area, I don't have a child at any of these schools. I have, however, heard very good things from different sources about Lafontaine. Plenty of people seem to rate it quite highly. Obviously, you know your own child, but from what I have heard, it is often easier for a child who is bilingual to pick up a third language than for a child who only speaks one language to learn another. .

I do have friends with children at Bickley and they seem very happy with the school. People are a bit worried about how things will work once Lafontaine and Bickley are effectively on the same site, but I guess that is more about the logistics of drop off and pick up than anything else.

I don't know St Mark's - are you sure you are not thinking of St George's? In which case, I understand that has also improved hugely in recent years.

What I came onto suggest is that if you haven't already, you also post this on the main site under Primary Education - there are plenty of people on there from the area and you might get more response.