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Graduates’ destinations

A highly suitable destination school for every child

By the age of seven, a child’s personality, strengths and needs have transpired sufficiently to enable us to advise parents on suitable future settings for their child. Many good options are available, including some single sex schools which many parents are happy to consider from 7+, with their child having benefited from a co-educational environment in their most formative years.
2024 Year 2 pupils at their graduation celebration in July 2024

2024 Year 2 graduates

Although the 7+ landscape in the locale has evolved somewhat in recent years, our 47 Year 2 pupils who graduated in July 2024 have once again achieved extremely well.

After their Year 2 tenure as the oldest children at Herne Hill School, it was evident to all that, having honed their leadership skills and social responsibilities to such a high level, they were fully ready to move on to their next schools.

Many congratulations to them all for having become such fine young people! We are immensely proud of them and look forward to welcoming them back for their Year 3 alumni party in spring 2025.

Many good options are available

We are fortunate to be located in an area with a wide range of exceptional Year 3 destinations for our graduating Year 2 pupils in both, the independent and state sector.

By 7+, they are fully prepared and ready to move on to the next stage of their education. Indeed, Year 3 is a natural point in the English education system for them to transition to a bigger school suited to their unique abilities, which by the age of seven are largely established.

Having seen their child flourish at Herne Hill School, some parents naturally find the prospect of changing to another school somewhat stressful. Yet we know that by moving on at 7+ at the natural end of the Early Childhood Education period, and having been prepared so well academically and emotionally, the change is occurring at the right time and is actually beneficial for them.

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Peace of mind for the future

Our Headteacher Mrs Telford and the Year 2 teachers work closely with every family, supporting and advising on the options and application strategies most suited to their child’s situation. We benefit from strong relationships we have forged with each destination school. These links, coupled with our excellent knowledge of our children as individuals, ensure that all of them secure places at schools that are appropriate for them.

At many schools we achieve a high offer to application ratio, reaching 100% in some cases, giving parents peace-of-mind that there will always be at least one good option for their child. The vast majority of children receive several offers (on average about two in 2024), enabling their family to choose one that is particularly well suited for them.

Please see below the destination statistics for boys and girls over the past five years.

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Year 2 graduates’ destinations (2020-24)

Total

The following table shows the destinations of all of our graduating pupils at the end of each of the past five school years.

2020-2420242023202220212020
Sydenham High41 (18%)6614123
Rosemead36 (16%)813267
Dulwich College26 (12%)65735
Streatham & Clapham22 (10%)75118
Alleyn’s Junior School18 (8%)10953
Dulwich Prep London14 (6%)13352
St. Dunstan’s14 (6%)35033
JAGS Junior School12 (5%)41322
Oakfield4 (2%)02200
Various other independent schools9 (4%)32004
Local state schools16 (7%)55222
Out of area12 (5%)32232
TOTAL 224 (100%)4749454241

 

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