Northside/Shaftesbury - where do your kids go to school? Post Reply

[zandj]

We too live on Gowrie Road and our daughter has just started Reception in the Bilingual stream (through Wandsworth Council). We also have friends whose children have started this term in the Classic stream and they are really really impressed by the school, the evidence so far is that the teaching is excellent, the children are happy and are doing very well. As others have said, the French culture runs throughout the school, making it truly unique.

We don't have direct experience of the nursery but hear extremely positive things about it also, and will certainly be applying for our youngest child. Hope this helps and good luck!

[shp]

I move to England a few years ago and put my daughter entered the Wix English section halfway through Reception year. A year later she moved to the bilingual side of the school as she is half French and I wanted her to have a bilingual education. I can only say that I feel very lucky on both accounts. The school has an excellent level of teaching both on the English side and in the bilingual stream and there is a great mixed community. Of course quite a lot of children with a French parent (as is the case for my daughter) and this adds to the diversity.
I can but only recommend it.