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Independent Schools or State Schools
Newest Review: ... Looking around the junior school which is from the age of 7 ? 13 years it is more like a secondary school. They have specialist teachers for separate sciences and French. This is an environment that not every primary aged school child is suited to. My youngest daughter is quite shy and not particularly competitive and she was the main reason for our change. The school we are going to is very small, and community minded and is taught in an old Victorian house. They also use a lot of the sports facilities of the school we are currently at so we get the best of both worlds. With the large private school... more |
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Independent Schools or State Schools: Its School Jim, but not as we know it! (1562 words)
by MaryanneH - written on 13.08.04 (Very useful, 195 readings)
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Everybody wants the best for their children and will go to incredible lengths to get it. When I decided to go back to work after having my first child, I looked around for suitable childcare which as everyone knows is very expensive, one of the options I looked at was a local private school that had a nursery department and takes the children from the age of 2 years 9 months, provided they were out of nappies. Having costed up a proper nursery, childminders and the school option at the time the private school was, believe it or not, the cheapest and they offered crèche facilities between 8 and 6 so that was the option we took. The ...
Am I A Snob? (1597 words)
by scuzz - written on 23.04.04 (Very useful, 249 readings)
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As someone who has attended both state and private schools I thought this would be an interesting subject to write on. ====My Background==== I went to the local state primary school from the age of four till I was seven. As my sister went to an all girl's private school, I really wanted to go there too. I did go there, but only for a term as it shut down! We were then sent to another pirvate girls school which shut own after three years. I was then sent to another one and my sister went to a mixed privatye school. ====The Benefits of State==== Now admittedly I was very young when I went there, but from what I can ...
Independent Schools or State Schools: Rating of LEAs (61 words)
by mmcoolkat - written on 27.09.02 (Somewhat useful, 175 readings)
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Local education Athority (council) % of 'A' % of 'B' % 5 A-C Av points score Average A leval points score Toatl educaton points score Total socio Pts Ratio herpothetical Independent school 85 15 95 65 30 170 285 0.596491228070175 All maintained 0 0 ERR Hartlepool 10.8 16.2 40.4 35.5 16.7 127.05 64.8 1.96064814814815 Darington 15.6 15.6 47.2 38.4 20.1 145 78 1.85897435897436 Northumbria 13.2 18.1 38.8 39.1 16.7 130.85 75.8 1.72625329815303 Gateshead 11.6 19.8 49.4 40.3 16.1 142.05 74.4 1.90927419354839 Chesire 18.8 22.2 55.8 41.6 18.9 156 100.8 1.54761904761905 Trafford 19.8 27.4 57.2 42.2 21.7 163.9 114.2 ...
Independent Schools or State Schools : Education, Education, Education from Gwenick
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