Walnut Tree Walk Primary School Lambeth London

[hunkydory79]

I was wondering whether anyone’s kids attended this school? If so, what’s it like? I’ve heard that it was quite rough a few years ago but that the recent head has made lots of great changes. Lots of art and music and play while learning. While this is great for younger years, how does this work out for older kids preparing for secondary school? Also, is there any trouble with bullying?

Archbishop Sumner is supposed to be better, but I haven’t heard anything terrible about Walnut Tree Walk.

Thanks for your reply. In which way is it supposed to be better?

Have you looked at the Ofsted reports? Archbishop Sumner consistently gets outstanding, and is more in demand, but we had friends whose kids went to Walnut Tree Walk who were very happy with it. I would try and visit both and see which “feels” the better fit for your child.

Oh that's good to hear that your friends kids were happy with it. It's hard to know what to expect from walnut tree as it sounds like their approach to things is all very new. I'm creasing class sizes etc. So I'm trying to get a feel for what current parents think of it.

@hunkydory79 would love to hear what school you went with as we’re looking to go for walnut

We ended up going to Walnut. My child has been very happy there and it’s improved a lot since we’ve been there as well. They’re not academically driven but a lot of children are coming out with a good education. If you’re looking for a strict, orderly environment, walnut is a bit more free range. There have been some questions regarding bullying and how it’s been dealt with but from my child’s perspective, the school have been dealing with things well. The parents are very sociable and lots of bonds formed in each year group. The staff are also v happy. We will miss it!

Thank you so much for replying! This has helped a lot. Was really impressed when we visited and Lambeth have invested quiete a lot in the school.I saw my son there were still looking at others but it’s defo high on the list.