John Donne Primary School Peckham

[TrishOchia]

Hi,

I?m currently considering primary schools for my 3yr old near the peckham rye area. I?ve been looking at:

John Donne

Bellenden Primary

Harris Primary Academy

These all have nursery schools and I would let him start from mow then go into reception.

I?m struggling to find any comments/reviews of these schools. Can anyone let me know what these schools are like?

Many thanks

[MarianaTrench]

Bellenden has a very small catchment area by now so you need to live pretty close to have a chance at getting a reception place!

[alex_b]

MarianaTrench Wrote:

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> Bellenden has a very small catchment area by now

> so you need to live pretty close to have a chance

> at getting a reception place!

Do you mean The Belham Primary (corner of Belenden Road and Maxted Road) which has a catchment of less than 400m? Bellenden Primary (corner of Nutbrook Street and Troy Town) offered places to all applicants for the 2017/18 academic year.

[GG governors]

Hi there, just a quick post to mention that at Goose Green we joined John Donne Primary School as part of the Communitas Education Trust last year and our Headteacher, Simon Wattam, was co-head of John Donne prior to joining us.

We'd love to welcome you on one of our parent tours if you'd like to take a look at what we can offer at Goose Green. We have a long standing commitment to a broad and exciting learning experience, which includes specialist art and music teaching, and the hard work of everyone at the school has been reflected in significant improvements in our SATS results last year (https://www.goosegreenprimaryschool.org/files/news/newsletter-13th-july-2018-july-2018.pdf).

We also have really active parents and carers who support the school through exciting activities like the annual carnival which they run in Goose Green every summer and the amazing Green Screen which went up around our perimeter last spring. You can see more about our school on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/ggprimaryschool.

Good luck whichever school you eventually choose, we're really lucky in East Dulwich to have so many excellent schools. And do let us know if you'd like to find out more about Goose Green.

Rob

[MarianaTrench]

Ah you're right ... Bellenden Primary catchment should be OK, I was thinking the Belham.

[eMac]

I would second the post above about Goose Green Primary. I have daughters in years 3 and 4. We have been very happy all the way through and I love that the school has dedicated teachers and facilities for Art & Music. Recent SATs results were also massively improved under the new headteacher.

[TrishOchia]

Does anyone have children at John Donne or Bellenden primary? It would be good to get some thoughts on both schools. Many thanks.

[Renata Hamvas]

Hi these two schools are quite far apart in primary school terms. Have you also looked at Rye Oak, St Mary Magdalene and Hollydale? Hollydale is a small school with no nursery, but there is St Mary's pre-school very close to it, and many Hollydale children go there. I would suggest visiting all the schools when they have open days and attend their Christmas fetes. I would check the last place offered distances in the Starting Primary School brochure on the Southwark Website

Renata

[TrishOchia]

Hi Renata,

Thank you for the tips. I have narrowed my options down to these schools base on their results and proximity.I will take a look at the schools you?ve mentioned above.