The Eton Group

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It's so tragic, and yet so true...

Sorry to sidetrack the thread, but does anyone know anything about Tonbridge school? My family will be moving to the UK and my brother will attend it but the whole multi-tier school system is a bit odd. Is it considered academically strong etc.?

Reply 22

henryt

Not to my taste, but it's certainly a reasonably good school: http://www.tonbridge-school.co.uk/

Good school.

henryt

Not to my taste

Any particular reason? Its more the negatives Im interested in... (my parents arent that familiar with the British school system so Im digging around a bit :redface:

..)

Reply 25

henryt

No reason really, just that I prefered other schools when I went to look around.

Reply 26

Manellowzworth

Ah ok, I thought that there was something particularly negative which struck you.

Reply 27

tenjon

I go to a school (Shrewsbury) which is in the Rugby Group, I believe it's pretty similar. I've no idea how it effects my schooling, other than the fact that heads of faculties go off for a meeting once every few terms so I get a few extra free periods on those days... we were also fined for that 'price-fixing' scandal, but it was a pretty pitiful amount tbh in context of the fees themselves, as shown above.

Reply 28

*River

^A lot of my friends' brothers go there... I haven't heard anything awful about it. It's quite sporty from what I hear.

Reply 29

tenjon

Yeah, very good rowing (best in the country at the School's Head this year) and pretty sharp at football, cricket and fives. Heninacoop, whereabouts are you?

Reply 30

ghtrevgy

I go to one of them! But I'd prefer to not say which!....

Reply 31

zoea85

Good old Thomas Tallis comprehensive was good enough for me. Gave me an experience of the real world and certainly makes me feel that I deserved my grades.

Reply 32

Champagne Breakfast

zoea85

Good old Thomas Tallis comprehensive was good enough for me. Gave me an experience of the real world and certainly makes me feel that I deserved my grades.

That's great.. Maybe if you'd gone somewhere better you might realise that the 'real world' is not limited to comprehensive schools, nor is it limited to school time. I can't believe the number of idiots on this forum who feel the need to say what you've just said.

Reply 33

tenjon

Spot the chip on the shoulder.

Reply 34

jeffreyweingard

Tonbridge is quite good academically. I was going to apply there for sixth form, but didn't like it at all visiting it. Prepare to be surrounded by rich foreigners who usually only socialise with fellow countrymen and hardly speak any English outside class.

Reply 35

Champagne Breakfast

I'm sorry I just find self-righteous inverse snobbery rather hypocritical and it pisses me off. Can't help it.

Reply 36

tenjon

The Ace is Back

I'm sorry I just find self-righteous inverse snobbery rather hypocritical and it pisses me off. Can't help it.

If you're directing that at me, then I was directing it at zoea85, not at you.

Reply 37

ThornsnRoses

President_Ben

Do you or did you go to one of them? Does it matter to you? What are your thoughts on it? What about the HMC?

The Eton Group are...

* Eton College
* Bryanston School
* Dulwich College
* Highgate School
* King's College School, Wimbledon
* The King's School, Canterbury
* Marlborough College
* St Paul's School
* Sherborne School
* Tonbridge School
* University College School, Hampstead
* Westminster School

Highgate?!

Reply 38

cksjohns

I drool over Tonbridge's cricket pitch when we play there. Schweeeeet