Considering a move to Burgess Hill Girls for Year 8

[SmallWhiteFluffyClouds]

My daughter has just finished y7 at a private school. Her year is very small (around 20 children in across 2 classes). She is struggling a bit because she hasn’t made a good friend in her year. She also feels that behaviour is not very good at her school.

I am looking at the possibility of Burgess Hill Girls as an alternative for sometime in y8, offering a bigger pool of possible friendships. Has anyone got any experience of it?

She is quiet and academically bright, and not sporty. She’s a bit alternative/quirky in her personality. It would be great to hear if it would be a good fit.

Appreciate it’s an old thread and probably still too far for OP’s daughter to do each day, but for anyone who comes across this later - Mayfield has minibuses that go quite far out (and they are open to discussions about new stops). Current routes go as far as places like Haywards Heath, Eastbourne, East Grinstead and Sevenoaks.

Good luck with your decision OP! I’ve also heard good things about BH and I hope it fits your daughter well.

@ManyGigglingSquids Thank you for adding your thoughts!

We’re going for a second look round at BH Girls soon, I’ve heard nothing but good things so far so fingers crossed it’s the one for us!

@SmallWhiteFluffyClouds- I would not be concerned about the small numbers. I have had a very frank conversation with the head and also the Head of Bede’s and feel really excited about the investment and plans for the future from this partnership. It’s the reason we decided to keep our daughter there.