Please recommend Private Schools for Black Boy

[SqueezyDiva]

Can anyone recommend a private prep school which has been good for their son (black or mixed race).

While I'm at it, any schools you would avoid?

I've seen a school I like but it is so 'Olde Worldy ENGLISH'in it's presentation that I wonder how they will actually deal with a child of colour.

whereabouts are you looking?

West London or home counties west of london

Thanks

Could you drive by schools and see the mix of children in the playground?

Also, some of these schools advertise all over the world - eg the school my brother teaches at particularly advertises to the chinese market and lots of his kids fly over for the terms. So a school like that would be well used to a mix of children.

SqueezyDiva Go and visit the schools. We have just signed for our son to go to a local small private school. This was out of the blue as we didn't get the state school we wanted. I was pleasantly surprised that there were more black/mixed race kids at the private school than the state school. I shouldn't have been surpised as a lot of parents from various backgrounds can afford private now. I wouldn't recommend the one we are sending our kid to as it's basically a girls school with boys until 8 years and no sports facilities. The state schoolwe are on the waiting list for, is superior. Could I be cheeky and say don't think about colour, if you want to go private and can afford it go for the best for your boys personality. I know this is odd but Emmanuel Secondary School in Battersea is very mixed. Could you give them a call and ask which are the feeder schools?

ring all the schools you have on your list (buy good schools guide for local schools) and ask them what their ethnic mix is - they are obliged to keep such stats then visit the schools that sound most promising on paper.

IME most schools within London will have a reasonable ethnic mix (though often more biased towards ASian children than black) but possibly less so once you move past M25

There is a company called

Gabbitas.co.uk

they sound posh, but they are there to help parents find private schools. They based in london regent street.

they fimd schools for international people, of all colour.

They have a book you can order called the indepent school guide it has a list of private schools.

Alos the can carry out a free serach for a SCHOOL, let them know you want a place your child can thrive in and the school shold be mxied or intenational. they will look for what you require.

I work there but im on mertan ty leave, Im also black so I understand how you may feel.

Is it the ethnic mix you're interested in, or are you primarily looking for a school with a positive attitude? (Most likely you'd have to have the former in order to have the latter, I suppose)