Lingfield College v. Woldingham School

[NeuroMum888]

Truly in a quandary here. When looking at schools, my daughter and I were pretty sure Lingfield College was her first choice, but after all the visits to Woldingham have put us both on the fence as it is a lovely school. Would love to hear from anyone who has any experience with either school. She is a very bright, ADHD girl with a very social personality.

One school is co-ed and the other is girls only obviously. That would completely influence my decision. Woldingham School has had a lot of money spent on it recently and I believe it is a very musical school. But if you are choosing a school for a child with ADHD, my advice would be to look very closely at the additional SEN support they offer there.

Our daughter is at Woldingham.

ADHD/possible ASD. Very bright. Struggled in primary socially.

Been over the moon with Woldingham generally. Even more so since speaking with the new head.

She really seems to understand ND girls/women and I think the 'bubble' atmosphere of the school, along with (for our daughter) the lack of loud boys, has hugely helped her confidence. She's made some lovely friends who are similar to her and there seems to be a real spirit of building one another up.

Of course it's totally down to your daughter's preference too. Ours was absolutely set on Woldingham and so we knew if we'd have tried to push her somewhere she wasn't as keen on we'd have been starting on a bad feeling anyway.

My daughter goes to Woldingham and absolutely loves it. She is also bright with possible ASD and has a group of friends with similar needs that she has gravitated towards. All are happy and feel supported. As a school they do well at engaging with the kids without being punitive and the encouragement academically is tremendous. As a parent they are very communicative and I always feel the teachers know their students well, unlike our previous school! Not having boys around means the girls have a go at everything without a care.

It's a lovely happy place and from what I can see does better academically than Lingfield? They have around 6 sets for most subjects, so there is usually room to improve or be among like-minded peers, so friendships form fast, and so many clubs for the niche interests (tea club!) she will find something she enjoys.