Avon House, Woodford Green - Closing

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Another smallish prep school gone

Staff and pupils informed in the middle of summer holidays 4 weeks before new term starts

The usual crowd will be along to make excuses but I’ve never seen it this bad before VAT.

Oh no, whats happening, is it just a rush to find school places? Terrible for staff too.

I know this school well, and the staff. It was a big shock for everyone. The children are being allowed to apply to the other prep schools in the area but the poor staff!! So sad.

That’s shocking. Hadn’t they recently linked up with Bancroft’s and St Alban’s?

Just found the information. It was Bancroft’s, St. Alban’s and Woodford Prep. Am really sad to hear the news as I was a pupil there many years ago. Hope all pupils and staff find somewhere to go.

@Liverpoolxxx no, it was WGPS and St Aubyn's that joined the Bancrofts 'family'. Perhaps the owners of AH knew that the end was close. It was unusual though that they didn't join the family as they are so close and have lots of already established links with them!

I am a Avon house parent and been looking into WGPS and St Auybn's. I get the impression that WGPS is slightly more academic, with a "stricter" culture compared to St Ayubns which seems better rounded but also potentially less academic in the earlier years. Is that the best way to think of both schools?

My DS attends WGPS phenomenal school.I have had my older children that went to avon house and it has been awful.
I pulled them out as soon as I spotted the red flags with their teaching and standards overall. Do your research and read ISI reports it gives you a good indication to what will benefit your child.

My older children went to Daiglan prep and flourished and got into Chigwell and Brancrofts.

Next Loyola preparatory will be closing down their numbers are low though they claim they have limited spaces this is absolute false! taking advantage of the closure of Avon house. Loyola focus mainly on relgious education behaviour of the pupils are poor as found on ISI reports.
No diversity at Loyola only the south Asian community which is very noticable. Parents always communicating in urdu punjabi. Very unprofessional makes us non south Asians uncomfortable.
Poor teaching and a year one teacher got sacked this year after throwing a pencil at a child's face and this was only taken seriously after the parent took legal action.
AVOID LOYOLA PREPARATORY SCHOOL IF CONSIDERING as a back for avon house.

Why is parents communicating in Urdu unprofessional?