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Hi ED :)


Does anyone have any experience of sending their child(ren) to Alleyn's or St Dunstan's? DS has received offers from both to start Reception, but due to COVID we haven't been able to tour St Dunstan's at all... We want a nurturing and happy environment, with great opportunities for him to achieve his personal best. We also hope our younger daughter will be able to attend the same school. Rankings aren't as important as teachers actually helping each child to achieve their individual best.


Hope we can get some ideas from people with real experience of these schools :)


Thanks!

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We have friends with children at Alleyns who are very happy.


Alleyns is regarded as an excellent school, but as it is very hard to get into you could end up with your children at different schools which was one of the reasons we didn?t apply there in the end. I also wanted a school where classmates would be within a smaller distance than Alleyns tends to be.


We had an offer at St Dunstan?s for reception (but chose Sydenham High). I liked the head and teachers we met at St Dunstan?s and the grounds are amazing. Downsides were commuting down the south circular (especially as we had a nanny with a younger one in a buggy to negotiate on the bus) and the buildings at Prep seemed a bit tired but I believe they?ve updated some of the classrooms since we visited.


Don?t underestimate logistics depending where you live/work/younger child is at nursery. One big plus for St Dunstan?s for us was that they had a nursery year which Alleyns/Sydenham don?t have and getting the kids in the same place a year earlier would have been great!


Feel free to PM me if you wanted to discuss further!

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