My son is now in yr4 and is excelling. I have a young son too also in carden and his reading, writing, and general life knowledge in the last year has blown me away, and that’s all down to the teachers and staff at carden. 
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I (and my kids) have become friends with so many people from all walks of life and it’s lovely. It’s a real egalitarian hub. (Plus there’s all the wonderful sporting facilities, outdoor learning and forest school, specialist art and PE lessons, camping trips on the 
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Carden is a community of parents, children and teachers; during lockdown we all supported each other. There is always so much going on through the PTA as well that only adds to the school experience such as discos, fireworks, film night, bake offs, fetes, trails, 
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Carden has a beautiful scheme of getting the Year 6 children to buddy up with a Reception child and the benefit for both is incredible. Every classroom opens up onto a playground, there is a pond, an orchard, a running track, a swimming pool and 
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It is a huge school, that is really small! The children benefit from the masses of space, but small year groups and class numbers mean the children get a lot of attention and development opportunities. As a site, it's not 'over-developed'....
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The things that was important to us was that we can walk to school, be close to school friends. My son was using hearing aids at the time, so noise was a factor too. I found Carden really lovely, the inside is so amazing, it 
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My daughter goes to Carden and it’s fantastic she is so happy there. Really lovely community spirit and the Headteacher is amazing. It’s really diverse and inclusive and that’s part of the reason I love it so much. It’s really warm and welcoming and all 
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We love Carden – I have two there and one who will go in a couple of years. It’s a real community school where being part of the school extends outside of school hours. What I love (and didn’t realise quite how important it would 
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When visiting carden for the first time with my son, I was greeted by a lovey kind lady who had already took it upon herself to know my sons name and greet him and myself at the door. On walking around I knew very quickly 
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I feel quite jealous of parents about to become part of Carden because my youngest daughter is in year 4 so I only have 2&1/2 years left of the loveliness of it all! Educationally Carden is excellent, my older daughter just started at Patcham High 
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My daughter has actually left Carden now but when she was there the school was amazing with her and can’t fault it at all.
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Carden is really truly a special school. The warmth and inclusiveness is above and beyond. It really does feel like a family rather than a school and so does the lovely community. I feel so lucky through the PTA I’ve met so many other local 
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It felt like a warm atmosphere when we went around. I found the head really inspiring and liked her vision for the school. I also feel the outdoor space and pe teaching were a draw. Finally I felt they would support my child better if 
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 It’s an amazing school. My daughter is Autistic and their Senco is just beyond supportive and actually listens. All the staff I have also found to be so lovely. The outside space the school has is amazing and they have recently opened up their own 
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We chose Carden The diversity was a big factor for me I wanted my kids to be able to relate to and be friends with who are different from them(carden is something like 45% BAME). The large amount of outdoor space was also an appeal 
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It’s an amazing school, amazingly supportive community, teachers & staff are so kind & caring & the SEN team if ever you should need it as we have found we do for emotional reasons are second to none. Yes it’s a bigger school but the 
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I can safely say from my Children’s experience Carden has been an absolutely wonderful place for them. It’s diverse, inclusive, warm, creative and the staff care deeply about the children. During lock down they were so creative with what they offered. My son has blossomed 
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