Kendrick - postives and negatives
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 9:53 am
Hi All
New to this forum and have a bright, but not terribly confident, daughter in Y5. We've been told she has grammar school potential so was thinking of putting her in for 11+ at Kendrick but as well as hearing it is ridiculously competitive to get into, I have heard a lot of negativity about the school in the playground including the facilities not being very good, the pressure being immense, teachers focused on getting results rather than ensuring the girls are well-rounded, many of the girls not having English as their first language (although this clearly has no negative effect on results), and only about 20% of girls being local to Reading.
We are new to the area but I'm guessing that some of this is sour grapes. I'd really like to hear from any parent who already has a girl there to get an insider's view. I don't want my DD to sit the exam only to find out it's not the school for her anyway!
Thanks for any help you can give me.
BL
New to this forum and have a bright, but not terribly confident, daughter in Y5. We've been told she has grammar school potential so was thinking of putting her in for 11+ at Kendrick but as well as hearing it is ridiculously competitive to get into, I have heard a lot of negativity about the school in the playground including the facilities not being very good, the pressure being immense, teachers focused on getting results rather than ensuring the girls are well-rounded, many of the girls not having English as their first language (although this clearly has no negative effect on results), and only about 20% of girls being local to Reading.
We are new to the area but I'm guessing that some of this is sour grapes. I'd really like to hear from any parent who already has a girl there to get an insider's view. I don't want my DD to sit the exam only to find out it's not the school for her anyway!
Thanks for any help you can give me.
BL