Views on Richmond primary schools?

[thetartanexplorer]

Starting to look at primary schools in Richmond for DS (just turned three). We're overseas at the moment, so don't have much local knowledge / gossip about the various options.

Our closest schools will be Marshgate, Vineyard, Darrell and Holy Trinity. On paper Marshgate looks good and is probably our first option at the moment. Vineyard also looks good, but realistically we're probably too far to stand a decent chance unless they have a bulge class. Hadn't heard great things about Darrell, but want to keep an open mind. And we're not religious, so really not sure about Holy Trinity, but don't want to rule it out.

So, can anyone tell me anything (good or bad) about any of these schools? Which ones get the best reputation at the moment, and is this deserved?

Thanks!

We live in Richmond but ultimately ended up sending DC to a school in Kew because we moved to the area while DD was already in year 1 and we weren't close enough to Vineyard to get her in (were on the waiting list) and we didn't want them at separate schools. There are several kids in our street who go there and seem to really like it. We also visited the open day and had a positive view of it from that. Marshgate is also very good by all accounts. Darrell probably does less well (but I'm sure there are some mums who probably have better insight/different opinion on that). I don't know Holy Trinity. Here is a link to the league table, for what it's worth:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/education/school_tables/primary/11/html/l5_318.stm?compare=

There are also a decent number of private schools in the area, although I think Richmond state primary schools are generally pretty good. The deadline for applying for the following school year is usually the start of the December preceding that so you might want to bear that in mind.

Thanks MLP. We're moving back before the application deadline so should be OK.