Aethel wrote:
1) what did you think of WHS when you visited? I hope you have visited yourself before considering it as a first choice school for your child. It’s fair enough not to visit dozens of schools. If you’re willing to base choices purely on other folks views, bear in mind I have a child at Burnham GS who is having an extremely positive experience so far and loves the school.
--> we were expecting berkshire and didnt got chance to go WHS Open days. But visited BGS few days back and felt its OK and have neutral opinion. So, thought of asking others. We have more chance of getting seat in BGS than WHS.
2) Do you really need to move? It’s putting a lot of pressure on your child to perform well knowing the whole family has uprooted “just for them”... I hope you didn’t move to Langley just to get into priority cachement as that would be two house moves.. if you considered Burnham and are anywhere near the station, there are trains from Langley which will all Be direct in 2 years time (Crossrail). Apple coaches also run a bus from Langley Road to BGS.
--> Currently we are renting house and have plans to buy house and settle. So, thought to wait till march and better to take near secondary school.
3) are you sure you’re not put off by the BGS school’s Ofsted: it’s “good” rather than “outstanding” but that’s simply because the requirements for Outstanding are far more stringent since they were altered a few years ago.
--> Thanks for this. now i got bit confidence on selecting BGS. Really appreciate you Aethel. Thank you so much.
You will likely be too far away from WHS to have any hope of a place from Langley: as you know it’s all based on distance from school NOW. Look this up in the Bucks figures at the top of the section.
--> Now i got some clarity about choices. But will try to reach out to schools if i can go and visit them.
We have BHS as top priority and compared to last year my postcode distance is achievable for school place. As there is high demand for BHS, just want to know more info on 2nd and 3rd priority schools as well.
@Guest55 : Thanks for your info. really helpful...