Editorial from the current Boarding Schools & Colleges

A sample of the editorial from the current edition of our Guide to Boarding Schools & Colleges. Whether you are a prospective parent, a prospective boarding school pupil or a teacher or pupil already enjoying the independent school lifestyle, there should be something of interest to you here.

Many of the contributors are heads of independent boarding schools themselves. Others have worked or been educated in an independent school or boarding school and others are members of one of the many educational associations overseeing the independent school sector, or are leaders in the field of independent education.

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Choir Schools: The best bargain in education
Choir schools are unique and widely loved, and rightly so... More details >>
Growing at their own pace
Frances King, headmistress of Roedean, looks at what makes girls boarding special.
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Support about the house
It is the relationships within the boarding house, and between house staff and parents, which make boarding a rich experience for young people. Delyth Draper, a housemistress at Wellington College, describes how it should work at its best.
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A well-kept secret no longer
The tide has turned for state boarding schools, says Melvyn Roffe, headmaster of Old Swinford Hospital, who in September 2007 becomes principal of Britain’s largest state boarding school, Wymondham College, Norfolk

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Board? In the 21st Century? Why?
Hilary Moriarty, Director of the Boarding Schools Association, has some answers for people who think that boarding has no place in the modern world.
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Why consider a boarding school?
Boarding schools represent about a third of the accredited schools in membership of the Independent Schools Council: in 2007 more than 67,000 pupils boarded at accredited independent schools throughout the UK. In addition, there are approximately 4,000 bo More details >>