Charterhouse for girls

[Francesca22]

Does anyone have a daughter at Charterhouse and if so what is it really like? My dd v keen and about to sit entrance exam drawn in by lovely architecture, charming staff and the lure of no public exams until Summer 2014. Help

Don't have a daughter there. But heard it is a wonderful school. Academics good and her social life will deifnitely flourish ( might distract her?)
Def worth considering. Is she at private atm?

My dd has just started there and is loving it. She seems to be working hard but also getting involved in plenty of extra curricula stuff as well. It's still early days but based on our experience to date it is the right school for her.

Considered a sixth form place there for DD but was very put off by the boys watching the girls walk by and awarding marks out of 10 for looks. Not what we wanted. She went to Oakham, and had a wonderful time

She is at private day at the moment and we only went to look so that we could discount it. Didn't work that way! Thanks Mrs Wobble and other posters. DD is very sociable and I am worried about scope for distraction though think she unlikely to fazed by scores from boys as seems to be a feature at a number of co-eds--I'm a bit shocked if they are doing it at open days though. No boys in sight when we went around the school, may be that's why! Oakham looks lovely but too far away for us and no pre-U.
Does everyone go home every weekend from Charterhous? Really struggling at thought of not seeing DD every day. Sniff!

We looked at Charterhouse for our son. I got the impression there was lots of going home at the weekends, although probably less so as they get nearer to exam time. They were certainly allowed home after Saturday commitments.

I think quite a lot do go home at weekends - my daughter has only been home once apart from leave weekends but i think she is the minority - quite a sizeable minority though. she seems to get a lot of work done at weekends and her housemaster invites the 6th formers for drinks on saturday evening if they are at a loose end and there seem to be quite a lot of activities going on.

i'm sure we miss her more than she misses us - it's lovely to see her when she does come home. and an unforeseen side effect of boarding for us is that she has become much more tolerant of her sisters and when she is home there is far less bickering over the remote control etc - experience of communal life has its benefits.

Thanks Mrs W and other posters. Have to say I am very impressed with Charterhouse's organisational skills as the latest missive about test day has arrived with a map of where to go. Hope there will be some boys around when they go to the houses for lunch after the exams as another all girl event might be a tad artificial!