state secondary school option in Clapham

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sparkletiger
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state secondary school option in Clapham

Postby sparkletiger » Mon May 08, 2017 2:00 pm

I'm looking for any feedback from parents who have children/a child in secondary in Clapham - so Chestnut Grove, Lambeth Academy...

Are there any others that Clapham parents access?

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Re: state secondary school option in Clapham

Postby Wheresmyschool? » Mon May 08, 2017 2:14 pm

Hi
Hope this helps...

Chestnut Grove is a great school, definitely on it's way up. New building will only help with this process. They're doing more sports, more extra curricular activities and I suspect it will become very very desirable in the years to come.

Bolingbroke: this is a big big year for them. Their first set of GCSE results will come out in August and then we'll be able to see how well they can do academically. They are very very strict, which suits the parents but, ironically I've heard of a number of cases of pretty bag bullying. It could be, and I think it is, that there are more middle class parents in the parent body and so they're more likely to complain but I haven't heard great things about the way they handled the cases I was aware of.

Graveney - amazing reputation but I think it's results aren't what they were. They used to run a grammar stream - not sure if they still do.

Ernest Bevin - boys only and very diverse but I've a lot of respect for the teachers I've met who teach there. Great school.

I don't know enough about any others - good luck but I'm sure you'll be fine - we have a lot of great schools.
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