South west London parents of secondary kids this mummy having a meltdown needs your help!

[sparklymumSW4]

Hi all,
I’m having a mummy meltdown over picking the dreaded secondary school I’m particularly finding this stressful task challenging as we can’t view most and the virtual videos are not the same as viewing the school.

We live in Clapham and our local school is Lambeth academy is a 10 min walk it’s had some bad publicity over the years but I'm trying to look past that and focus on the improvement, they were doing a tour so decided to attend and surprisingly didn't hate it! In fact I rather liked it Obviously it’s still not as it would normally be due to Covid restrictions but seems well run & quite strict and I personally think strict is good teaches discipline & hopefully respect

I have just over a week to make our choice I’m so anxious as my baby is going off to school and so scared I’m going to make the wrong choice so I’d really love to hear the thoughts & views from secondary parents in the south west London area of your kids schools or parents of kids currently at Lambeth academy to Hive me feed back from a parents point of view

Thanks xx

I'd like to mention Saint John Bosco college - my DC goes there and it's a lovely school that is also undersubscribed.

Have experience of Graveney. Second to none if your child is academic. One of mine is very academic so really suited them. It's a big school which I find daunting but kids seem ok with that.

Hi OP - I know this is an old post but we are in a similar position & I just wondered whether you went with Lambeth Academy in the end? (now Elms academy - perhaps they read your suggestion!)

@londonlurker yes we did go with the elms academy and I don’t regret it at all,