Downe House School

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DD will be attending Downe House for Sixth Form in the coming September. I was wondering if anyone knows anything about the school or if anyone has any advice for her.

She had also applied to/been accepted by WA, CLC and Badminton, but in the end we did choose Downe House for her. Do you think that was a wise choice? How would you describe DH in comparison to those other schools (or any other independent all-girls boarding school for that matter).

Thanks!

Although I prefer DH to the schools you mention I would have chosen WA for the sixth form. It is a tremendous academic prep for uni and by that stage the girls have grown out of their bitchy attitudes. I know CLC very well and Badminton and e latter is a waste of time if you have offers from the other three and the culture of CLC is not nice.

We were quite torn between DH and WA but since my DD was offered an academic scholarship along with her offer of a place (she did not apply for scholarship for WA), we opted for DH. I would think that more people known of WA and CLC, and although reputation isn't everything to us, I was just worried whether DH is 'on par' to the other two schools.

Thank you for your opinion!

For interest why are you not impressed with Badminton? I thought it was supposed to be very good.

Hi, would be grateful if anyone can share their recent experience with Downe House, especially for Sixth Form? Our daughter is attending Sept 2013.

Another vote for Wycombe. Impressive sixth form set up, girls are very independent when they leave.

My DD had an excellent time at Downe. She was well supported with her music, sport and extra curricular activities eg D of E. She has gone on to a RG university with excellent grades and very independent.

Many thanks for your feedback.