Single sex secondary school options in North London for Hendon families

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Dear all, currently in an independent school but looking for sounding board/advice on schools in North London - single sex, reasonably academic. We are based in Hendon. We have seen Haberdashers (felt so far away though great facilities), Channing, Francis Holland (felt almost too small/too central). None have jumped out at me yet.

Habs - a lot of girls have MH problems due to the pressures etc

South Hampstead , Queens college but the same small feel as FHS. NLCS or SPGS if very bright . Queenswood lovely and bus service to door

STAHS in St Albans, an easy train ride from Hendon.

Hii @tooloololoo , isnt this the same in many schools? I liked the school but felt very far away.

Also, am I mad to worry about distance? Habs felt such a long way away.

One sided view - they have excellent pastoral care and give the girls individual attention. Queenswood isn’t as academic and is further away from Hendon than Habs.

Not at all - travel logistics was the starting point for us when we started looking. But that’s not quite the same as pure distance or as “feeling far”. It’s more a question of how easy and quick (or otherwise) the commute would be for your DD - does it involve you having to drive her, getting a school coach (some routes are much more direct than others), a combination of tubes, a train and long walks either end or what?

A school could “feel far” and even be quite far but if there is good/quickish/straightforward transport it shouldn’t matter.

However I wonder if your feeling about Habs was that it was remote, rather than far per se. It is an absolute pain to get to by anything other than school coach or car, and obviously well away from any other transport connections. But if there is a decent coach route for you it should be fine.

But I’d still say check out STAHS 😊

@BarqsHasBite hi - its more that the only way there is via coach or car, there's no bus etc. DD would be needing to go early by coach. Im sure many kids dont mind, but i wasnt sure Habs was worth that. Then again NLCS is closer and is near bus routes etc

NLCS is amazing