by ClaphamCommon_Mummy » Tue Nov 23, 2021 10:05 am
Morning all,
My DD has offers to start at both these schools from next September. We love Newton Prep (the facilities, the warm and dynamic teaching staff, the forward-thinking ethos and the co-ed element). The downside? It’s a 20-25m walking / scooting commute (or bus ride) down the busy Queenstown Road, when EHTM is a 5-10m walk. I also worry about the catchment size for play dates etc.
EHTM is a lovely school with a great headmaster and very convenient, but is a lot more traditional (compulsory ballet etc.!) than Newton Prep and the single sex element at primary level concerns me - particularly as I have two daughters who won’t otherwise have much ‘exposure’ (!) to boys. I am also not sure whether we want a co-ed or single sex senior education for our girls and I fear that, by sending them to a single sex primary, I would be limiting their options at senior level.
Any advice / thoughts from NP or EHTM parents would be very much appreciated. Thank you.
Morning all,
My DD has offers to start at both these schools from next September. We love Newton Prep (the facilities, the warm and dynamic teaching staff, the forward-thinking ethos and the co-ed element). The downside? It’s a 20-25m walking / scooting commute (or bus ride) down the busy Queenstown Road, when EHTM is a 5-10m walk. I also worry about the catchment size for play dates etc.
EHTM is a lovely school with a great headmaster and very convenient, but is a lot more traditional (compulsory ballet etc.!) than Newton Prep and the single sex element at primary level concerns me - particularly as I have two daughters who won’t otherwise have much ‘exposure’ (!) to boys. I am also not sure whether we want a co-ed or single sex senior education for our girls and I fear that, by sending them to a single sex primary, I would be limiting their options at senior level.
Any advice / thoughts from NP or EHTM parents would be very much appreciated. Thank you.