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Ada Lovelace and William Perkin Schools in Ealing/Greenford

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bluegoosie · 14/01/2023 15:23

Hi Everyone,

I am just asking if anyone has an information on Ada Lovelace/William Perkin schools in Ealing/Greenford. We have just moved into the area and are exploring secondaries for Sept 2024 entry. I know its a bit early but wanted to see what people thought of these local schools?

We are renting and our rental term is very flexible so we are happy to move for the right school.

DD is very interested in STEM and William Perkin has a special focus on science which she's very excited about. She is competitive on the sports field and in academics. I think she would thrive in an environment that challenges her in both areas. More importantly, I would like to send DD to a school with an excellent behavioural policy (read strict). I feel DD needs structure in her academic learning and general behaviour. We are working hard at this at home but her previous primary was very loose with behaviour. If you finished your work you could walk out of the classroom and do whatever you wanted!

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Simplegal · 26/07/2023 22:20

Hi! Did you decide on a school as yet? I was also looking at Wiseman Catholic not sure if you looked at this particular school?

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bluegoosie · 02/08/2023 14:35

Hi! We looked into Cardinal Wiseman, really good school but a lot of places are reserved for kids who went to specific feeder schools and DD doesn't go to any of them. DD is also not a practising Cahtolic, and we currently live quite far from the school so she is unlikely to get a place.

I've looked at the applications to places ratios on Ealing Councils website, I think they are from 2022. There's 1300+ applications for 180 places for all the Twyford chain academies. Ada Lovelace catchment area was 0.6 miles, bearly a 10 minute walk. We think at this rate, where we live now Ada is probably out of the question but there's almost nothing to rent within its tiny catchment area. William Perkin is only marginally better with a catchment area just under 1 mile but the housing density in that area is really low as well.

To be honest we are not sure what to do in this instance competition is fierce!

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Simplegal · 02/08/2023 14:43

bluegoosie · 02/08/2023 14:35

Hi! We looked into Cardinal Wiseman, really good school but a lot of places are reserved for kids who went to specific feeder schools and DD doesn't go to any of them. DD is also not a practising Cahtolic, and we currently live quite far from the school so she is unlikely to get a place.

I've looked at the applications to places ratios on Ealing Councils website, I think they are from 2022. There's 1300+ applications for 180 places for all the Twyford chain academies. Ada Lovelace catchment area was 0.6 miles, bearly a 10 minute walk. We think at this rate, where we live now Ada is probably out of the question but there's almost nothing to rent within its tiny catchment area. William Perkin is only marginally better with a catchment area just under 1 mile but the housing density in that area is really low as well.

To be honest we are not sure what to do in this instance competition is fierce!

It’s sounds extremely difficult! I’m looking for entry for Year 10 next month and I think it will be impossible!

MurphyM · 19/08/2023 07:35

Ada has a language scholar entry for which the catchment rules don't apply..Other Twyford family schools also have music or language scholar entries.

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