My question is:
- If anyone has feedback on Luckley House or might be willing to reach out to friends and family that might?
- Recommendations and feedback on other senior schools that has a strong focus on creative arts & design and drama.
- Recommendations for a Primary school in Wokingham (Holding school as such for 1 year, Year 6).
- Share your thoughts on living in Wokingham, Berkshire. Or if there might be a better area to live in that would be under an hour's commute (door to door) to Chiswick Park. Wondering about.... Reading, Windsor, Maidenhead from a cost of living vs. Wokingham (4 bedroom house).
Thank You!
Below I am asking the same questions but just with more information on our situation, so continue reading if you don't mind me boring you with my long sob story.
We are a German/South African family, currently living in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. We are in the process of trying to figure out a very sudden/unplanned move that has to happen over the summer. Getting into a state school at this late stage seems impossible. I've done research to try and find a school for our Year 9 and Year 6 daughters that focus on creative arts. I've narrowed down some state schools (Chestnut Grove, The Norwood School, Chiswick School, Waldegrave, Greycourt), as well as independent schools (Emmanuel School, Kingsley Academy, Alexandra Park)((may have mixed up which is which here). If you have any other suggestions for STATE and/or PRIVATE schools that have a strong ART & DESIGN, DRAMA focus, that I may have missed, please share. My husband's office will be at Chiswick Park but he is happy commuting 30-40 min (1 hour if he has to). Because we won't have an address until probably mid-July I can't imagine even being able to register them for any of the state schools and some of the private schools responded saying I can register after the 4th of July and follow the enrollment process which means they probably won't be able to start school at the beginning of the school year, which is not great. And it could also be that they get a place at a school that we didn't choose and that wouldn't be a good fit for them academically. A lot of these and other independent schools have waiting lists so chances to get in there are not good either.
I came across Luckley House School in Wokingham which looks like it would be a good fit for our Year 9 daughter and they indicated that they have space. It's a very small school though and I can't find a lot of reviews on it, but we don't mind that. We will try and find a primary school for our Year 6 daughter (that hopefully has space) and then enroll her for Year 7 at Luckily too if we are happy with it.
Thank you.