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We will also be on the look out for teachers. The open days/exam/interview didn't provide many glimpses of the teaching staff. For us as parents, we are really paying for intelligent, well educated adults to influence and guide our DD. We are 99% willing to take this on faith, but a little conversation with a few teachers would be reassuring.
They partly group the classes with girls who live nearby so that travel buddies are possible and some travel in with a nearby sixth former for as long as they wish to, but of course you will need to decide on this.
We've taken the plunge and put our deposit down. She chose it over a quite academic coed school that she could easily walk to, with green …
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My DD has a couple of friends in y6 at the prep both of whom are moving up to the senior school in Sept. FWIW they are both really lovely down to earth girls and are very happy there.
It was a lovely morning. The teachers, students and headmistress all come across really well. The adjectives I'd use: intelligent, thoughtful, enthusiastic, kind, happy, competent.
Our DD joined clsg yr 7 last year and our concerns were matched by yours. Happy to say no regrets whatsoever!
Our DD also came from a co-ed school so we were on the look out for it to seem weird. She has blossomed in this environment, but we are careful to maintain our old friendships, this has been a cornerstone to her feeling co…
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My DD has an offer at CLSG and is very keen. We will attend the open morning on Wednesday and are brainstorming what to watch for/inquire about.
We are about a 25 minute tube journey from CLSG, but we are not in a "feeder area." I am slightly worried about the commute. I know she will grow into it and love the freedom, but the first couple of years in the winter do niggle me.
Also, unlike the more local…