| Topic: | Re:Re:Falcons Pre-Prep or Orchard House for boys | |
| Posted by: | Liz Combes | |
| Date/Time: | 21/04/15 16:39:00 |
| I am a very satisfied ex-Falcons parent. My son was at the school from nursery at the pre-prep to year 8 (13+) at the Prep and they are both great schools. Happy boys and some really dedicated teachers. .."The facilities at local state schools tend to be better and the teachers are generally more experienced." I realise you got this information second hand as you have no direct experience yourself, but I have experience of both systems with my children and don't agree. I have been very happy with my children's schools, both state and private, but there is a far bigger budget in the private schools for facilities and equipment. And from what I have seen, there is a complete mix across both systems of new inexperienced teachers starting out and those that are older and more experienced (Falcons has plenty of the latter). I also think it is a little unfair to state that all private schools will just dump any child that "presents difficult challenges". Rather too much of a generalisation and certainly not my experience. I have seen troubled children handled with great care in both sectors. |