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Indies without entrance tests

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Are there any indies in North London which might take secondary school pupils without entrance exams?
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King Alfred's in Golders Green. They are mixed ability and don't think there is much of an exam, just some tests to see levels.
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I don't know if this helps? I googled "North London independent schools"
http://www.borehamwoodtimes.co.uk/educa ... nt_schools" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Odd list as it has Grieg City Academy on it, a not to good comp and definitely not independent.

There is also St Martha's a small Catholic indie for girls in Barnet. Said to have good pastoral care.
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copella wrote:Odd list as it has Grieg City Academy on it, a not to good comp and definitely not independent.

There is also St Martha's a small Catholic indie for girls in Barnet. Said to have good pastoral care.
Academies are sometimes classified as 'independent', in the sense of not being run by the LEA. A little bit confusing.

I met a very nice girl from King Alfred's back in the mists of time when we were both on a language course run by the Anglo-Austrian Society near Salzburg. (Obviously, I may have met many since, just not knowingly :) ).
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Most of the 700+ independent senior schools at not that selective but may have a nominal exam- more for the purpose of internal assessment as opposed to select acheademacily .

If you were an alien and happened to stumble onto this rarified forum you would think that all private schools are as selective as the state grammars-this is far from true, you just never hear about them on this selective(histrionic) forum :wink:
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Post by loobylou »

Is it for a girl or boy?
St Martha's in Barnet for girls.
St John's in Enfield for mixed
St Columba in St Albans for boys.
I think St C and St J have an exam but they are not selective...
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Thank you for the responses

It is for a boy - clever but very easily stressed (in year 4 still) and parents would prefer an indie
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St John's have a VR, Maths and English exam but the main filter is VR
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