St Clement Danes - sixth form

[janeyjane38]

Hello. DD just got a conditional offer here for sixth form. Threads about this school are quite old so wondered what the latest thoughts on their sixth form was. Thank you!

Ds2 chose to go there for sixth form from a Bucks grammar school. Really enjoyed it, felt academically supported and appreciated being in a more educationally diverse community. Suspect my youngest may do the same.

Hi all,
Urgent advice needed regarding St Clements Danes school.
I got place for my kids in year 7. When we went to look for some bus route and asked one person for help, he told us it's the worst school don't send your kids if you still have chance because we are local and we know about school. He didn't mention details as he was in rush but made us very confused. Now anyone living there or know someone in that school can you please advice us. Ofsted rating of school is old (2011 I think)but outstanding nowhere on internet I can find anything bad about school except this one website Snobe which gives school D rate. I'm so much worried about this person's review, if it's because of bullying or drugs please advice me. Any help is appreciated.

Pretty much guarantee that the responses you will get will either be that's it's fantastic or that it's awful. It truly is a marmite school.

I think that it suits confident children, and to an extent, confident parents. I know families who are very happy with it, and their children have done well.

I also know families who have had a terrible time of it. There is definitely bullying, which seems to be accepted as the norm so is never challenged. The children grow up very fast, in my opinion. Drink, parties, drugs. But all in a very middle class way.

My dcs had a choice, and chose different local schools which suited them better, and definitely grew up more gently and in a more "wholesome " way, if that makes sense.

Bullying is accepted as the norm? That's so sad. We were considering a move to Chorleywood for the school but this worries me. Any one else gave children there? Thanks.

I have a child in the lower year groups, they have been doing fine, and have a nice group of friends who are busy with clubs and activities etc. I don't know that many parents as we are not from the area but the ones I know seem to be happy with the school. It is a popular school so people do move for it and a fair few travel some distance to go there. A few teachers I know (some work there, some work at other schools) chose to send their children there.

I don't know about drinks and drugs as DC is still quite young, guess I will find out as they move up, but I am more concerned about social media these days. I have been told my DC is in a lovely supportive form group with a good dynamic. I am reading between the lines for that to mean some form groups might not be as nice.

It is a big school, so people will have different experience. Locals normally are most critical of their local schools, as they see the students coming out of the school gates and messing about in the local area. I have heard same things being said to schools local to me, some would say they would never send their children there, but you have others moving to get in.