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Help: Independent primary school in Reading area
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2018 11:41 am
by keeven
My son is in Year 1 at the moment. We would like to move him to a private school. We live in south Reading. Can anyone please give me some suggestions regarding the private schools in Reading area? The nearest is Crosfields, but they have a long waiting list for year1 or year2. I don’t know St Edward's Prep , and Caversham Preparatory School. Both schools are small size . Is there any other school I can consider ?
Thank you.
Re: Help: Independent primary school in Reading area
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2018 12:46 pm
by Tinkers
St Joseph’s is worth a look
Re: Help: Independent primary school in Reading area
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2018 2:08 pm
by Reading Mum
keeven wrote:My son is in Year 1 at the moment. We would like to move him to a private school. We live in south Reading. Can anyone please give me some suggestions regarding the private schools in Reading area? The nearest is Crosfields, but they have a long waiting list for year1 or year2. I don’t know St Edward's Prep , and Caversham Preparatory School. Both schools are small size . Is there any other school I can consider ?
Thank you.
I wouldn't want to make the way from South Reading to Caversham on a daily basis. Nor to St Edwards really, although it isn't quite as bad.
Re: Help: Independent primary school in Reading area
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2018 2:12 pm
by Tinkers
St Edwards prep have a minibus that picks someone up at Shinfield Park, if that into helps
Re: Help: Independent primary school in Reading area
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2018 1:36 pm
by Tinkers
I’d forgotten another (a friend worked there and children went there for a while).
Waverley school.
Re: Help: Independent primary school in Reading area
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2018 6:19 pm
by keeven
Waverley school is too far for us. How is St Edwards? Any experience ?
I just found one at three mile cross, The Vine Christian School. Although it could be full.
Re: Help: Independent primary school in Reading area
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2018 6:26 pm
by Tinkers
I don’t know anyone at St Edwards so I don’t know.
Re: Help: Independent primary school in Reading area
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2018 9:32 am
by ToadMum
keeven wrote:Waverley school is too far for us. How is St Edwards? Any experience ?
I just found one at three mile cross, The Vine Christian School. Although it could be full.
One look at
Our Vision on the school's website would have me running for the hills, but
chacun a son gout, as the French say with more twiddly bits on
.
Re: Help: Independent primary school in Reading area
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2018 10:18 am
by Tinkers
I’ve never even heard of the Vine Christian school.
Re: Help: Independent primary school in Reading area
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2018 5:42 pm
by Tinkers
Tinkers wrote:I’ve never even heard of the Vine Christian school.
Just looked at their site, out of curiously. The school use the ACE syllabus, which I’d run a mile from (from what I’ve seen of it elsewhere). They don’t offer GCSE or A level but an ‘alternative’ which I’ve never seen mentioned in Uni admissions either.
It strikes me as being a ‘church school on serious steroids’. If that’s the sort of school you’d like for your DS that it probably does that very well. From your previous posts I don’t think this is what you are looking for though.