My old primary school is the heart of the community. Merton Park, is at best described as a landscape without shops, but with quality services. It even elects its own councillors in the local elections, such is the continued strength of community and lack of faith with polictians. So much so that Gordon Brown visited this school two days before the recent general election to try and turn Merton Park's independent voters Red.
The safe suburbia of tree lined houses makes Merton Park a desireable place to bring up your offspring. As the elder of two sprogs that attended this school many moons ago I see young children heading for Merton Park First school with the same enthusiuam I used to head for Merton Park Primary school back in the last century. It is for this reason I will not mention current teaching standards.
Apart from being the social glue of the community of many families, along with the church, doctors and denist surgary. Merton Park primary is a fantastic, tiny school. Built in a shape it has a small intake each year of around 30, whom can start at the pre-school level which has its own section seperated within the small complex and takes pupils up to the age of 11. There are excellent play and security features in this school to entertain and captivate your children.
I cannot promise that attending this school will turn your child into a world-beater (like me), or super popular (again like me) or a modest well rounded indiviual (like my little brother), but it will place you in the community, allow you and your child to make friends and allow you to acheive the desired results of living in one of London's most Independent piece's of state run suburbia. read more