High School in England

With our move to England in a few short months we are now looking at schools for our children. Our intention is to have them at the same school since they will both be in high school. Our other goal is to make sure that the high school has an accredited American Curriculum so our oldest (who will be a Senior) will graduate with an American diploma. Yesterday we spoke with a representative from Bloxham School and today we spoke with a representative to Kingham Hill School. We have one or two more schools to do a phone interview with, but at this point I'm pretty sure that we're going to be sending the kids to Kingham Hill School. They are the only school to offer an American program and from everything we heard today, they really do seem to have our children's best interests at heart. The programs they offer PLUS the fact that they are the only private school NOT to have school on Saturdays (that starts this September) is a HUGE plus for all of us. Then there's also the fact that the kids will be having a much shorter day at Kingham Hill than they would at Bloxham. There is a bus that will pick the kids up in Caversfield (we are on the border between Caversfield and Bicester) and bring them home again. Of course there are the little issues like school uniforms, but I personally see that as a plus- no more will I have to listen to teenagers saying that they have nothing to wear, :-) That should cut down greatly on what they have to have in their closets and my wallet! Ssshhh don't tell the kids I said that.

One school had the kids getting done with school by 9pm- Holy Catfish my kids would crap themselves if they had to be at school that long! Not to mention that I would miss them terribly. Dinner time is when we sit down and tell one another what has gone on in our day. We catch up with what our kids have going on at school and so forth. I would have a hard time adjusting to my kids coming home from school and immediately getting ready for bed. I like to have time with them, talk to them be with them. Oh and lets not forget about school on Saturdays getting done by 5 pm- YUCK! So with our kids attending Kingham Hill School we could do the day trip thing on the weekends- YEA!!!