Good state school in NL

[Kizza2]

Hi whats a good state school in North London?

I am trying to find somewhere for my son to start in 2014 and the reputed ones are private- anyone recommend any good schools which arent private?

Er, North London's quite a big place. There are thousands of state primaries in the 100 square miles that it covers and many of them will be great. I think you need to be more specific.
Also what do you mean by good? Do you mean good pastoral care or inclusiveness? Or good results? What's your priority?

Torriano in NW5 is great. Older son moving from Infants to Jnrs; middle son going into Nursery.
Lots of good state primaries in Camden, Crouch End, Muswell, Stoke Newington - you name it.

no need to go private - esp if you do lots of fun stuff with your kids and keep an eye on their learning x

Can only speak for Islington area: DD1 is about to start reception in William Tyndale (recently became an academy but I know that's considered a drawback for many) ? meant to be pretty good but ask me in 2 years! Canonbury also has a good reputation and Thornhill is v popular.

A lot of our friends have sent their kids straight to private schools. Couldn't work out why no-one would even look at the state primary options but it seems to be for the most part just fear of the unknown that motivates it. That said you might find me blubbing on here a few years from now about how far ahead those kids are... I doubt it though.