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6th form colleges

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SurreyMum05 · 14/07/2025 19:02

DD will go to year 11 in September. She goes to an all girls private school and had a friendship fallout from the group 2 years back. She has been trying to make new friends but most girls have had their group for years and she feels she is imposing. so she is alone most of the time, though she says she is happy being alone and saves all the drama. But it breaks my heart, friends at school play such an important part in one’s life in these years.
she is excited at the prospect of changing in 6th form and getting a new start.
Any feedback on Esher, Farnborough or Godalming colleges? She wants to study medicine, do these colleges have a good support for applications to med schools? A great scenario would be an academic environment (she is academic) with some healthy friendships and I would want to be able to give her that opportunity.

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Runningismyhappyplace50 · 14/07/2025 19:11

I live local to Esher and it has a great reputation. Esher (I’m my opinion) is academic with self motivated students. The students travel from all over and lots are from private schools.
I have also heard positive feedback about Godalming (but it isn’t an option for us as too far away). Don’t know anything about Farnborough.

I hope your DD finds her people at college. School is hard.

SurreyMum05 · 15/07/2025 13:12

Runningismyhappyplace50 · 14/07/2025 19:11

I live local to Esher and it has a great reputation. Esher (I’m my opinion) is academic with self motivated students. The students travel from all over and lots are from private schools.
I have also heard positive feedback about Godalming (but it isn’t an option for us as too far away). Don’t know anything about Farnborough.

I hope your DD finds her people at college. School is hard.

Thanks @Runningismyhappyplace50. I will visit the college as well. Good to know there is a good mix of private and state school pupils.

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TeenToTwenties · 15/07/2025 21:05

You may get more responses on the Secondary education or Further Education boards, especially if you include Surrey in the title.

kittybloom · 15/07/2025 21:14

My DC is about to swap from indie to Esher. We live locally and heard good things. I know someone’s child who recently went from there to study medicine and apparently Esher was very good with the application support as neither parent is a doctor. I think it suits either a child who is independent for academic study as previous poster said or those going a different more vocational route. Anecdotally, some kids in the middle can get a bit lost but probably that’s the same anywhere.

Admissions - you need to be in guaranteed postcode, after that it is lottery style so not done on distance. I believe the waiting list does move though.

I’ve heard good things about Godalming. I think they share the careers fair with Esher so I imagine a similar vibe.

I thought Farnborough more vocational but could be wrong.

SurreyMum05 · 16/07/2025 11:31

TeenToTwenties · 15/07/2025 21:05

You may get more responses on the Secondary education or Further Education boards, especially if you include Surrey in the title.

Thanks for the tip. I’ll post this message on those boards as well.

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