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Re: State Secondary Schools Offer Day - waiting list info and how places were offered

I am not sure how accurate these reports are, my son was offered a place last year at Bolingbroke Academy before August and we live 3700m from the school, although the figures for 2021 states 1764m as the furthest distance for Belleville Wix. Regarding waiting lists, they seem to move a lot quite q...
Forum: Schools
Topic: State Secondary Schools Offer Day - waiting list info and how places were offered
Replies: 12
by FatTony1960
Tue Mar 05, 2024 9:40 pm

Re: Would you pay for primary or secondary education if you can't do both

NVNV - look up contextual applications/contextualised recruitment. There are ways at looking at applications holistically to ascertains skills and talents in context. So the child who has been to an expensive school with all the bells and whistles won’t necessarily get the spot because they have be...
Forum: Great British Schools Guide
Topic: Would you pay for primary or secondary education if you can't do both
Replies: 13
by FatTony1960
Tue Dec 12, 2023 8:11 pm

Re: Hornsby House, White House, Telferscot or Henry Cavendish

I agree on both points. But you can also see Hornsby House's accounts on companies house and you notice even though it is a charity it doesn't spend anymore on staff (per student) than do any of the other preps in the area (excluding the Dukes schools which is much less). The smaller schools are vul...
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: Hornsby House, White House, Telferscot or Henry Cavendish
Replies: 13
by FatTony1960
Wed Oct 11, 2023 9:57 am

Re: What age is it appropriate to leave children at home if you pop out for a few minutes?

My daughter was travelling 40mins each way by train and or bus to school from age 12 to 18, I think she would have survived for 20mins at home on her own, probably the safest place for her to be.
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: What age is it appropriate to leave children at home if you pop out for a few minutes?
Replies: 4
by FatTony1960
Fri Aug 04, 2023 4:28 pm

Re: Thomas’s Clapham

Can’t speak to this specific location, but we are at another Thomas’s. Not sure about reception tutoring but our class which is in lower upper prep is all tutored. At £9.5k a term and still paying for tutoring. Run, don’t walk from Thomas’s unless you have buckets to spend on the brand I am curious...
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: Thomas’s Clapham
Replies: 12
by FatTony1960
Sun Jul 02, 2023 11:39 am