11+ Decision (Kings/LU/DC/Alleyn's/Emmanuel/Hampton)

[ThatNoisyZebra]

Hello,

My DS is fortunate to have offers from Kings/LU/DC/Alleyn's/Emmanuel/Hampton, including academic scholarships at DC and Alleyn's. We are pretty set on Kings, but are going to the offer events there and at LU.

DC was our other top choice, but it is further away, still a simple school bus from Parsons Green, but weekends and school visits will be more challenging. We loved the school and have friends whose kids are very happy there. If we didn't have Kings and LU, it would be a no-brainer.

Does anyone have any insights or experiences to consider before we commit to King's next week? It's such a big decision, and we feel very grateful to have the choice.

Not sure why King's deposit is 2x everyone else??

Hi OP, which school did you decide on in the end? I only have experience of LU and we love it for our son, now Y10.

We went with Kings in the end.

Hi @Gladitsover22 - My DS is preparing for 11+ and LU is one of our preferred choice as well . The school highlights the exchange programs , language trips , sports facility etc However in reality would all the kids have opportunity to experience that ? or are they very few seats where not all the kids have oppurtunity ?

Kings is a no-brainer in my view, just a quick cycle to putney bridge and #93.

Hi, quite honestly, only the A teams and maybe the top players from the B teams will go on the overseas sports trips so it’s not something which is available to everyone. If your child is an average player, they won’t get as many fixtures either. My son is C team football and A/B cricket. He rarely has football fixtures as the coaches are focussed on the higher teams, which is understandable so if this is a big part of your decision making, it’s worth considering. In terms of other school trips, there’s something for everyone. The Classics students will go to Athens, German and History students can go to Berlin, Spanish students to Spain and so on. There will always be limited spaces, especially in such a big school, but my son has had trips to Spain, Netherlands, France etc in his time there, plus the UK residential trips of course.