Urgent advice needed on primary schools in Dulwich

[polingc]

Dear all,

We have relocated back to London since July and now live in North Dulwich at Red Post Hill.

It was always our intention to send our children to the nearby Charter School and that's why we moved to here. However, I just found out that my youngest daughter who will only turn 11 in this October will not be qualified for secondary school admission in September (although she did finish primary education in June before our relocation and was the youngest in her class). Anyway, I have to start the primary school search from scratch as previously I only focused on secondary schools. I found Dulwich Hamlet Junior School quite a good school but the admission office of Southwark Council said the school is full now and will have to put my daughter on waiting list only. The admission office asked me to name a few other primary schools that we prefer and they shall contact the schools to find out if they have space. Can any parents here share any insight about other good primary schools in the Dulwich area, especially the ones that are near to Red Post Hill? Do you any good schools that may have space for in-year admission for Year 6?

Grateful for your advice. And many thanks in advance.

Best,

[Gooders79]

Bessemer Grange-well worth a look, excellent school IME (although only early years experience to date).

[cactus]

Rosendale?

[Vik]

Bessemer Grange.

A genuinely lovely school, my oldest will be starting year 6 in September, very close to Red Post Hill.

[polingc]

Thank you very much for all of your messages! What about Judith Kerr Primary School which seems to be the closest to where we live. Does anyone have any comments about this school?

[Vik]

No personal experience, but know of one family very happy with the school who have been there since the start.

[DuncanW]

We have two at Bessemer and are very happy with it.

[katgod]

I don't think Judith Kerr has Year 6? It is a new school staring and building up gradually.

[LondonMix]

I know someone very happy at Judith Kerr but also am not sure they have a year 6 cohort yet as its a relatively new school

[Lacey]

It does have a year 6 starting this year (when it opened it went up to year 2).

[lillyanginger]

Our neighbours children all went to St Faith school on Herne hill.

[polingc]

OK. All noted. Many thanks for your kind advice.

[Renata Hamvas]

Hi Polingc,

I hope you found a suitable volleyball club for your daughters. Judith Kerr has one year 6 class. It's a bit different to the other schools as it's a bilingual English/German school. I've heard positive reports about it and the other schools mentioned above. Heber may be another school to add to your list. All of these are popular schools with local parents.

Good luck.

Renata

[Digbina]

Also near you are Dog Kennel Hill and Lyndhurst primaries.

[hammerman]

lillyanginger Wrote:

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> Our neighbours children all went to St Faith

> school on Herne hill.

Do you mean St Saviour's Primary School which is just off Red Post Hill on Herne Hill Road?

St Faith's is the local church on Red Post hill.

[lillyanginger]

Hammerman - I do. Really sorry for the confusion...no idea where St Faith came from. St Saviours it is!

[cactus]

Fantastic head teacher at St Saviours, definitely worth a look.