Aethel wrote:
My question, if anyone here knows: what effect has this had on the character of Langley Grammar as a school? Is it friendlier? Less pressurised? More diverse? Does it feel like a positive learning environment for the children? Would a child with emotional sensitivity or SEN be well supported there?
(Conversely, it now seems to be Upton who have the most out-of-area targetting: is the flip side that the learning atmosphere has changed there?
Hello Aethel
This is just my opinion. I have no first hand experience of the Slough Schools.I don't see why the school environment would be any less pressurised just because it has a catchment / priority area now. As you say, the students in these catchment / priority areas are as bright as the ones that had to travel a long way to school. Unless there is pressure from the parents on the school to address this and/or the governing board has made a decision to address the situation, I don't personally see any change to the pressured (or not) atmposphere at school.
The catchement / priority area for Langley is as diverse (or not - I am assuming that you are referring to ethinc diversity. I apologise if that is not the case.) as the neighbouring boroughs of Hounslow and Reading; so again I don't see much changes in terms of diversity.
Regards