Primary schools warwick/ l.spa

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Interested to know anyone's thoughts and experiences on both Arnold Lodge and The Kingsley schools in Leamington Spa. Our daughter is due to start reception next Sept and we're looking around. Daddy wants private education, I want co-ed not single sex and the combo is proving tricky to find! Our LO is bright and picks things up quickly but is on the shy side. I'd always had a dream of living in a village with a school within walking distance but due to work and where we live (despite failed attempts to move house) thats just not looking likely to happen hence a non catchment area school seems best.

For co-ed have you thought of Crackley school in Kenilworth? Feeds into Princethorpe. It is by all accounts a lovely school. Kingsley being part of Warwick Foundation has changed its ethos I think. The sixth form is closing down from next year. It’s a good school and prep is very gentle, nurturing and small, so good for quieter and more unsure girls. A new head of prep has recently started. Arnold Lodge, I have heard, is a lovely school too with a hands on head and ‘family’ environment

As pp states Kingsley is now part of Warwick, kings high and “squirrels” so the ethos of the school will have changed over the last couple of years.

get a new house 🏠 on the asps estate with a developer buying your house and you’d get into barford village school

Further to travel but have you considered The Croft in Stratford? Lovely warm and welcoming school with a great ethos, good results and happy children.