Hi just wondered if anyone can tell me what they think of St Dunstans school?
We are planning to move down to Glastonbury this July from Essex and my daughter may go to the school in 2012. Other than this we I may home school her as I have heard alot of children are home schooled in Glastonbury, and so get together for activities. Does anyone know if this is the case for high school children, and where I may find more info.

Many thanks

Michelle

By EarthAngel8 at 12:24 on 14/03/11

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My Daughter loved going to St Dunstans and My Son time at St Dunstans can't come soon enough for him. He is doing his GCSE this summer. It's OK it's not the best but it's not the worst. There's not much choice, You have Crispins in Street or Wells Blue in ....Wells.

Don't know about home schooling ,don't know anybody who home schooled.

I think it'sprobably down to your Child and their attitude to schooling.

By mendipstokie at 13:41 on 18/03/11
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Thankyou so much for your message, it gives me an idea. All children are different and you don't really know if they are going to like a school until they go there. I appreciate your reply. (-:

By EarthAngel8 at 17:17 on 19/03/11
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All 3 local state schools (St Dunstans in Glastonbury, Crispin in Street and Blue School in Wells) seem to applying for acadamy status. I have heard mixed reports on all three so the best advice to give you would be to research each one on line to find out where they specialise and what they offer (for instance St Dunstans promotes itself on Arts but many parents like the sports facilities on offer to boys), then take your children for a visit to all 3 schools in one day and seek their opinions. I know of children who catch the local bus (supplementing this with shared lifts via friends once they get established) to Wells and Street; Street can also be cycled to and hosts the nearest local 6th form college. Having a teenager now and listening to friends who already have teenagers of various ages, socialisation is important so home schooling might be better as a fall back position if the local schools are not to their liking.

By VegaStar at 10:30 on 27/04/11
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Where does your teenager attend school then VS, as reading between the lines it appears s/he doesn't attend any of those 3 state schools?

By cardinal_sin at 13:05 on 27/04/11
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Thankyou for the help (-:

By EarthAngel8 at 13:22 on 27/04/11
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CS as a parent I would be unlikely to indicate that he/she did attend one of the schools; too much information in the public domain can be a dangerous thing - internet safety considerations, etc.

By VegaStar at 07:37 on 28/04/11
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