Grasmere School

Grasmere        29-Jan-10            30 max    1    Spanish    yes    yes lots        Absolutely tiny and almost impossible to get into I'm told    yes lots of sports clubs    lovely small school, clean, loads of art on the walls, clean comfortable classrooms,  loads of outside space, separate nursery playground and a big playground for bigger kids    no uniform, kids very bohemian looking (looks a bit too relaxed, but very happy)    didn’t ask    seems like a lovely small school. Biggest advantage how small it is and its reputation. However, my feeling was that it was quite chaotic-  no organised open day, took forever for someone to see me. Open day started with assembly where yr 6 did a presentation about Anne Frank. The whole school was there, seemed very contained, small and manageable. Kids seemed happy and confident. Good discipline.Head teacher nice but very business like man, very rushed off his feet. Said nursery will only be funded for part time places from next year. Also said, all kids will be starting Reception in Sept 2012 which is when Munch will be of Reception age (this is across the board)    Both kids that showed me around wanted to go to Stoke Newington school where the previous yr six had gone. Seems the school of choice.