If you could get into Woodroffe, would you not bother with private?

[houseofboys]

Woodroffe in Lyme Regis, that is, which is meant to be good school and lovely setting etc etc. When I say get in, most kids in our village seem to get in on appeal, so its not absolutely certain I suppose. The reason I ask is because DS is very bright (according to school) but not the right sort of personality for Colyton grammar (not competitive or terribly motivated at things he doesn't like, ie maths) and for these reasons we wonder if he'll just drift through secondary, even a good one, and wonder if he's be better in a smaller class size and a setting when there was more pressure to succeed. I've sent for a few private prospectuses - some hopelessly out of our league, but could possibly manage Exeter School or Wellington (where his cousins are, but hear it is quite sporty and DS not sporty). When I say 'manage' it would be a big struggle so obviously need to feel is absolutely worth it for him. Would appreciate anyone's experience of any of these schools.

Actually, I wouldn't mind an apology from you, oakman.

"On the whole, I think if you feel that Colyton would be too pressured for your son, then Woodroffe would be perfect for him."

Apoligize when I you clearly stated the Colyton would be more pressurized than Woodroffe, can I ask you how can you give that point of view?

You have no experiance of Colyton, so how do you know?

You are just adding to the myths, that come from non Colyton parents.

If you are to give advise stick to a topic you can speak of first hand and not hear say.

Methinks the lady protests too much. You are excessively rude.

Your just full of myth and mischeif, speaking on subjects you know nothing about.

Sorry about that houseofboys, my views on Colyton have quite needlessly been misrepresented on this thread. Ignore the elephant in the room!

I wonder if I'm being stalked

If you do want to know a bit more about Woodroffe, just ask.

To be fair to Jux I think you did misunderstand her reference to pressure oakman.

As a Colyton mum I've seen Jux post a number of times and she's unusual in being a mum of a DD who didn't get in but at the same time always being pretty positive about the school. I'd say that was magnamimous in the MN context. Especially since her DD clearly had a rubbish time in the immediate run up to the 11+.

Jux is actually pretty unusual and should get the credit.

I don't think I did misunderstand her referance to pressure, simply because Jux made a comment that there would be more "pressure" at Colyton than at Woodroffe.

My point is how does she know that? her child is at Woodroffe now if Jux has a child at both of these schools then she iwould be in a possition to make that comparison.

The comments made on this site are designed to help and inform, with information from people with direct experiance,

I would not dream of commenting on a school that I have no diirect knowledge.

My reading of it was that OP has been given the impression, wrongly, by the teachers at her DS's school that Colyton is pressurised and pupils need to be 'competitive' to flourish there.

And that Jux was merely saying, if you do feel that that's the case, then Woodroffe might suit.

It's those teachers who should be castigated, not Jux. They're the professionals, doing their bright pupils a disservice. For what reason -ignorance, laziness, politics- God only knows.

Are those "professionals" on this site making comments about schools that they know nothing about?

Don't start laying the blame of myths and misinformation on this site on the hardworking and highly valued primary school teachers that are responsible for supplying most of the Colyton intake.

Didn't mean to do down the primary teachers who do a good job oakman. But reading through the education threads, Jux is a good guy, there are plenty who aren't.

Know your enemy etc.

Agree that it's mostly parents not teachers who do most harm.

Agreed, but giving misinformation on a thread is dangerous as reader of posts do not read all threads across the whole network.

[sigh] oakden,you are coming across as rather unhinged and defensive; you are searching desperately for a reason to believe that every one is misrepresenting your school of choice. Is my comment to the op the best example you can find to illustrate how wrong everyone is in their view of the place, that you have to worry at it like a dog with a bone?

Now, seriously,leave it alone or you risk having precisely the opposite effect of that which you wish.

I will not be responding to you again.

Beechbabe, thank you.

Ditto to the first sentence Jux. I think I've hit a raw nerve here!!!!

I don't post comments on this site to provoke a reply, just to inform from a position of first hand knowledge, not hear say and gossip.

Oakman I know that this was written quite some time ago but I used to go to colyton and I was bullied and pressurised to get high scores or else. I never felt comfortable in that school or that I belonged there, and had no friends the whole day.

Oh yes, sorry but I think this counts as first hand knowlage. So SUCK IT

I guess the fact he isn't sporty is one of the things we worry about at Woodroffe, as our friends whose children go there are v sporty and rave about how sporty it is.
I can't advise on Colyton or Woodroffe, but dd goes to a sporty comp (in Surrey) and she is academic but not sporty and it isn't a problem at all. She still quite enjoys PE despite not being good at it and isn't made to feel inferior by either kids or teachers. She behaves herself and tries and the teachers seem quite happy with that! I don't think a comp would expect all kids to be good at sport. They'd be used to dealing with all levels for all subjects.

Oh didn't realise this was an old thread