Open mornings/evenings: Maiden Erlegh, Forest and Bulmershe
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 12:32 pm
Hi All,
As the CAF deadline is approaching, I wanted to get opinion of other parents who attended open mornings/evenings at these 3 schools: Maiden Erlegh (either Silverdale Road or the new one), Forest School/ Bulmershe.
Apart from ease of travelling we want a school with good maths teachers/department because that is my DS's favourite subject.
Maiden Erlegh is our closest school and would like my son to go there in case Reading school does not work out but the school seemed overcrowded and not sure if he will be able to get the attention of the teachers with such large intake.
I was pleasantly surprised by Bulmershe. I attended an open morning there and found children to be very well behaved and facilities were great and more on the way thanks to £6 million investment. Teachers were very responsive, straight and clear in their explanation when we asked specific questions. About maths, they have a special teacher with maths expertise to give extra lessons for 10-20 children that are at the top of the top set and those who come it at level higher than level 6 in Maths. I am not sure how much of it is true.
At Forest school I was impressed by the children giving us the tour. It also seemed like a very good school but again like maiden erlegh no extra lessons for children who excel in Maths.
Just wanted to check how other parents felt about these schools, may be you have children in these schools already and may have first hand experience. Would you lean one way or another for academic or other reasons?
As the CAF deadline is approaching, I wanted to get opinion of other parents who attended open mornings/evenings at these 3 schools: Maiden Erlegh (either Silverdale Road or the new one), Forest School/ Bulmershe.
Apart from ease of travelling we want a school with good maths teachers/department because that is my DS's favourite subject.
Maiden Erlegh is our closest school and would like my son to go there in case Reading school does not work out but the school seemed overcrowded and not sure if he will be able to get the attention of the teachers with such large intake.
I was pleasantly surprised by Bulmershe. I attended an open morning there and found children to be very well behaved and facilities were great and more on the way thanks to £6 million investment. Teachers were very responsive, straight and clear in their explanation when we asked specific questions. About maths, they have a special teacher with maths expertise to give extra lessons for 10-20 children that are at the top of the top set and those who come it at level higher than level 6 in Maths. I am not sure how much of it is true.
At Forest school I was impressed by the children giving us the tour. It also seemed like a very good school but again like maiden erlegh no extra lessons for children who excel in Maths.
Just wanted to check how other parents felt about these schools, may be you have children in these schools already and may have first hand experience. Would you lean one way or another for academic or other reasons?