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Academic, full boarding, south of England- Marlborough ?

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yotty · 02/06/2011 14:46

I am genuinely interested in peoples opinions of Marborough College. I have visited Canford which I like, but was wondering if Marlborough was worth a visit. Previous MN threads seem to make guarded negative comments about the school which I am not sure I quite understand. My son is not sporty, so how would he fair at Marlborough ?

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yotty · 03/06/2011 17:56

Thanks 101lil, interesting that you thought Canford more pushy. I had always assumed that Canford would be less academic than Marlborough until I looked at last years A level grades. The percentage of pupils getting A*s As and Bs seemed to me, to be almost the same. Admittedly I haven't done the maths on the previous years, but I was pleasantly surprised by Canfords results. If it's tougher to get into Marlborough than Canford, I would say the teaching at Canford must be superior or they must be doing something different.
I was wondering what the difference between them would be on the pastoral, boarding and social side. I know Marlborough have far more boarders, but does that equate to plenty of stuff going on at a weekend or not. Also would a non sporty boy hate it?

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100lilgreen · 03/06/2011 00:26

heard it is a fantastic school not as pushy as canford

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