Heber Road School any good?

[Nelson]

I am looking into putting my son down for this school and wondered what people thought of it? How difficult is it to get into it?

[mightyroar]

According to Ofsted its a 'good' school.

I have 2 kids there and I think its as good a state school as you are going to find in the area. There are some great teachers and it's a very nice community of parents & kids.

But it's oversubscribed. Where do you live?

Also they have an open day coming up in November I think, and the head does tours on Wednesday mornings sometimes, you have to book for those I think.

[fordybee]

A friend's son was at this school for Reception year - they have now moved from the area but she raved about it and thought it was brilliant.

[Joella]

I would agree with mightyroar - its a good state school and I'm very pleased with our daughter's progress in reception. However, there are plenty of other good state primary schools in the area, which I'm sure plenty of other families would agree with. The best piece of advice, is to apply to your closest community primary school (if you aren't eligible for the faith schools), otherwise, you could end up with a place at a school not so conveniently located and perhaps not your preferred choice.

[Saila]

on maternity leave i visited all the local state schools. Heber stood out as being really good. The only issue i had was the pitiful sports area/play ground but actually compared to the other (state) schools this was normal. You have to go private to get decent sports facilities... :(

conclusion: heber's a sound school that i'd personally be happy to send my kids to