In our experience, strong independent schools and effective inner -
city academies tend to have complementary strengths: the depth of subject knowledge and extensive co-curricular programmes in independent schools; the pedagogical skill and highly efficient systems for tracking and monitoring progress in academies.
Gemma Doyle is looking forward to a holiday from Spence
Academy, spending time with her friends in the
city, attending ritzy balls, and on a somber note,
tending to her ailing father.