Is the Latymer School, Edmonton worth the hype?

I've applied to the Latymer School, Edmonton for sixth form and taken the test (not sure if I've gotten in yet) but now I'm second guessing if I should even be considering moving from my current school. I've read some reviews and some say it's full of snobby, toxic people and that the teaching isn't even that great. Can anyone confirm please?

I joined in year 12 and that seems pretty exaggerated. You'll always get some people you don't like in a year but generally when I joined the internals were very welcoming and I was able to integrate pretty easily, despite obviously the process of moving to a new school being quite stressful. When going to a new school you'll always have to put yourself forward to get to know people and be involved in extra-curricular stuff. The teachers are pretty good and are always willing to clear up anything you're stuck on, but again you have to put yourself forward (and the majority of people don't), which seems to be the case in any state school environment. Keep in mind that one reason Latymer does so well is also due to the fact that it's a selective school, and that the students generally have quite an academic attitude to begin with. Some teachers are better than others, but that goes for anywhere really. There were lots of extracurricular activities to get involved in, but obviously that's restricted quite a lot now due to covid.

Making this decision really depends on where you currently go, whether you're happy, whether you want the experience of moving to a new school etc.

I wish you the best of luck!

Thank you so much! Out of interest, do you notice a difference in teaching? Some of the teachers of the school I currently go to say that the teaching there isn't anything special - its just all of the kids are super academic and have tutors. Obviously a lot of the children will be very bright but I always assumed there would be a difference in teaching too.

I've applied to the Latymer School, Edmonton for sixth form and taken the test (not sure if I've gotten in yet) but now I'm second guessing if I should even be considering moving from my current school. I've read some reviews and some say it's full of snobby, toxic people and that the teaching isn't even that great. Can anyone confirm please?

For anyone already in latymer could you please tell me about the dress code 😭 I'm thinking about going in September but have literally no information on anything except the school day which is September 5th I'm sure. The website is useless 💀 but as well as the dress code could you also tell me about the school day so when school starts and when it finishes?

No dress code for 6th form, wear anything you want, the day finished at 3:10 from what I remember although if you had an early finish at like break time for example, you could just go home and didn’t have to hand around for anything.

Okay thank you so much. Are you gonna go latymer?

No I went to Latymer a few years ago.

Oh okay 😂 I'm starting tomorrow

Good luck, study hard

I go to latymer currently, some teachers are GOATed while others can be mediocre. I haven't seen any fights or bullying, most people are quite friendly and happy to help when you're stuck. Tests are a big thing, although a good few don't revise for them. The school is really good for getting you into University (over 10% get into Oxbridge, about 15% get into medicine or vet med, I think about 80% go to Russel Group Universities), they give mock interviews but there is no help for entrance exam prep. Overall I would say its very much worth it coming to Latymer, but you're gonna have to work HARD, especially in second year.