Hello All
I have briefly been through the discussions here but need a bit of guidance. My DD goes to a very good prep school where she joined in year 3 and is extremely happy. Although boy/girl ratio is not equal, she seems happy in the company of boys. She is in year 5 so next year is very important regarding next school. Living in North West London we have a choice of some very good and some excellent but very academic senior private schools. DD is doing well in her studies and plays piano.
Our dilemma is that we have an outstanding senior state school less than one mile from our house which offers an excellent curriculum and the headmaster cares greatly about his school. Going to this school will mean our DD will have a good education and will have friends that live very local to us.
We are not sure whether to continue the private route. Senior school will cost approxim £6k a term in fees plus very expensive school trips etc. Whilst we are not rich, we are comfortable and if DD goes to private senior, it will inevitably affect our lifestyle to some degree.
we are finding it difficult to decide what to do. Many children in the prep schools and primary state schools are being tutored which kind of goes against my belief of putting in private.
What is it like in senior private - say somewhere like St Helens or Northwood College, Habs and an outstanding senior state school? I am talking not only academics but the type of girls/families that go to these schools? Is it all academic? Are there families who care about the other important aspects of life? I'm don't want to upset anyone but I have noticed that many families only care about academics and getting their children into the school of the parents' choice rather than the choice of the child. I could be wrong but I have heard it first hand from many families.
I apologise if this is going over old ground but I desperately need some guidance from your experiences to help me.
We will be going to many of the open days this year to gauge what our DD likes.
Thank you in advance and apologies if I have offended anyone.
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ProfDumbledore · 01/01/2016 19:41
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