The Charter School

[hilili]

Just had a long chat with a friend who is having problems with The Charter - feel a little concerned as she is such a positive person who has always supported our local state schools - has anyone else had issues with the school? - should state that I don't have a child there and have no personal issue, just appalled with their approach to pastoral care and lack of communication

[womanofdulwich]

I really think it depends what you are comparing it with. Communication falls away naturally at secondary school and state schools are not so well resourced as private schools. We did not get into Charter school, but from speaking with friends there i wouold say its communication is better than some other state secondaries by quite abit- although the student can be the breakdown in communication sometimes.

[Vik]

Hi hilili,

Obviously I can only comment on my own experience but my son is in year 7 at Charter and I have no problems at all, Infact I am very impressed with the comunication from the school, We quite often get texts and letters in the post regarding various matters and always feel very 'in the loop' so to speak.

[Mamma Mia]

In my experience the communication was very good about general matters but not so with individual student problems. I have no children there at the moment but will be starting again with year 7 in September. I have reservations about going back to Charter but I have heard from current parents that things have improved.

[hilili]

Thanks for the comments - I'll share these with my friend and hope that her issues are resolved soon ... Thanks again