by happydad » Fri Jul 20, 2012 4:30 am
Our daughter is in the Junior Dept, joined from a local state primary at 7+ ... it's outstanding in most areas - academic, sport, music etc and very balanced, we could not praise it highly enough. As mentioned, although the entrance process is quite low-key, it is pretty selective with maybe 1 out of 3 getting in at 7+ with a small 8+ intake. That includes a core of kids "groomed" by Jack and Jill and other local feeders - so you want to know more about your DDs level at 5-6 - as there is some competition to get in!
Buses run from all over and I'd say at least 50% of kids use them, more in the Senior school.
Most of the junior intake is pretty local i.e. Kingston, Coombe, Teddington, Richmond areas etc. In my daughter's class I would say 18+ of 24 are pretty local so do think about practicalities of visiting friends after school, parties in weekends. Maybe there are a few kids more centrally, some further out in Surrey but most are probably within ten miles of the school.
Travel aside, if your daughter is a bright type and you wish to avoid the mega-stress at 11+, LEH Juniors with most of them getting into the Senior school cannot be recommended too highly -- and I don't think you'll find too many comments to the contrary from either mums or daughters, which is quite amazing. Quite a few of the mums are ex-LEH and have chosen to send the next generation there ... the school inspires real affection beyond the pure results treadmill.
Hope that helps ...
Our daughter is in the Junior Dept, joined from a local state primary at 7+ ... it's outstanding in most areas - academic, sport, music etc and very balanced, we could not praise it highly enough. As mentioned, although the entrance process is quite low-key, it is pretty selective with maybe 1 out of 3 getting in at 7+ with a small 8+ intake. That includes a core of kids "groomed" by Jack and Jill and other local feeders - so you want to know more about your DDs level at 5-6 - as there is some competition to get in!
Buses run from all over and I'd say at least 50% of kids use them, more in the Senior school.
Most of the junior intake is pretty local i.e. Kingston, Coombe, Teddington, Richmond areas etc. In my daughter's class I would say 18+ of 24 are pretty local so do think about practicalities of visiting friends after school, parties in weekends. Maybe there are a few kids more centrally, some further out in Surrey but most are probably within ten miles of the school.
Travel aside, if your daughter is a bright type and you wish to avoid the mega-stress at 11+, LEH Juniors with most of them getting into the Senior school cannot be recommended too highly -- and I don't think you'll find too many comments to the contrary from either mums or daughters, which is quite amazing. Quite a few of the mums are ex-LEH and have chosen to send the next generation there ... the school inspires real affection beyond the pure results treadmill.
Hope that helps ...