St Bede's inter-church school cambridge/ linton village college cambridge

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Hi
Just wondered if any of you lovely parents have any knowledge or experience of either of the above schools.
Any information is greatly appreciated .

We toured St Bede's in Sept 17 and were impressed. DS1 has been awarded a place for Sept 2018. Do book tours (if you have time), and go to open evenings. Check on extra criteria for St Bede's if you haven't already, as it's over-subscribed.

Hope that helps. You may get more traffice on MN local.

Thanks Blue. Will look into the book tour thing.

No direct experience but I know three people with DC at St Bede's and they are all very happy with it. One of these people is an experienced teacher at another school and if she gave St Bede's the thumbs up, it must be pretty good.

Good to see a school during its working day, rather when it's showing off for an open evening. We found it useful to go without DS too.

Are you be applying for Sept 2019?

I see I can't type traffic ...

Lots of local kids been to or are at St Bede's (we live in SW Cambs) and have been extremely happy and thrived. Particularly good for kids who are slightly sensitive, shy, emotionally young for their age, perhaps don't fit in with their primary school peers very well, or have a mild disability which requires extra help and understanding. Amazing pastoral care and academically, children I know have achieved far more than Y6 Sats predicted.

Catchment area has decreased massively the last 3 years and the only kids that got places this year from Melbourn/Foxton/villages were those with older siblings still at school. Church attendance seems not to confer privilege over distance from school.

DC in Yr 7 at St Bede's. Very good with his minor disability. He doesn't qualify for a statement but help with learning to type with a view to typing exams was easily available. The head of PE contacted to discuss how he'd integrate in sports with his hip probs in advance of him starting.

It is very good for academically inclined kids and also for sports. The pastoral care is superb. I know of a mum whose child had a minor bullying issue and there was an appropriate assembly topic within a week as well as good follow up to the actual incident.

They are about to change their uniform to blazers, shirts and ties but - annoying as this is - that's a fairly minor thing.

We live locally. Our tiny primary sent 6 of its 40 children there this year. Distance is now a lower criteria than church attendance, it's also significant which church one attends as it is a Church of England and Catholic foundation. In my son's Yr6 at his primary, 2 kids who attended no CofE/Catholic churches weekly didn't get an offer, 2 Catholic pupils who attended church infrequently were also denied a place. Having siblings at the school is still top of the list and a non CofE child from United Reformed church with sibling at the school was awarded a place.

As with all schools the testing is way over the top in frequency, but that is just how it goes these days.

I meant 'non Cof E' not 'no Cof E' by the way