The Villa, Peckham

[Zarinea]

Anyone have any views on the Villa? We're considering it for DD, but I'm wondering if such a tiny school (once they're primary age, after nursery) is a good thing, and where the kids tend to go on to?

Leavers destinations or offers should be on their website.
You need to check which it is (or both), as some may have had multiple offers for independent schools and so the number of offers would be greater than the actual number of pupils.
Herne Hill School also finishes at the end of Y2 but has many more pupils.

thevillaschoolandnursery.co.uk/after-the-villa/

Here are the leaving destinations. Its a mixture of state schools and South London indies.

My DD goes to Herne Hill which is a terrific school and is much larger. I'd personally be concerned with such a tiny primary school. There are less kids to make friends with and the economics would make the activities on offer much more limited I'd imagine.

I would also look closely at their Ofsted reports - seems they underwent an emergency inspection in 2019 due to concerns.

Check the website

We used it over ten years ago and it was going through a very good period with a high proportion going to Alleyn’s

But the next few years I think parents weren’t as happy (the head had changed)

And DC and other schools but A was highest proportion

Thanks all. Hearn Hill would be a tricky journey for us unfortunately, but it does look good.

A key issue at the Villa is that it’s not often anyone’s first choice. Because of this, the classes are small and the children start leaving for other schools almost straight away. DC's reception class made offers to 18 children which became 12 when school actually started. By the end of reception it was down to nine, and it was five by the end of Y2. This has implications for friendship groups and gender balance generally.

They were also the subject of a non-routine safeguarding audit by Southwark council in 2017.