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Brighton College or Canford School or Badminton School or Caterham School

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kerelena · 30/07/2014 15:51

Hi,um, i am new to here so i am not really sure this is the right way to post. I am sorry for any mistakes made :)

Actually i am struggling among some schools my daughter has chosen because i am not sure they fit her or not. These schools are:

  1. Brighton College
  2. Canford School
  3. Badminton School
  4. Caterham School
So, can you please give me some advice and information about these schools,especially on the bullying issue. (my daughter prefers Canford)

Thank you very much
xoxo

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happygardening · 31/07/2014 07:59

What age is your DD? What are her interests and how academic is she? Are you UK based or abroad and if in the UK where roughly do you live?
I know nothing about Caterham except that I believe it's a day school with boarders.
Frankly if you want full boarding i.e. Your daughter is going to have to stay in school every weekend then your better to choose a full boarding school of which there are not that many in the grand scheme of the things. Friends were saying the other day that their chosen senior school turned out to be primarily weekly boarding, they wanted full boarding and what a disaster it had been they're DC was often 1 of only 2 in Saturday evening and all day Sunday.

Original poster
kerelena · 31/07/2014 04:32

Re happygardening
Thanks for replying :) And yes, i am looking for full boarding for my daughter since it's too far from home.
xx

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happygardening · 30/07/2014 17:14

I take it you're looking for boarding, are you looking for full boarding? I know children at Canford, the parents really like it their DC's are very happy, it gets good reviews on here, but it's not full boarding, I recently met a girl at Badminton she seems very happy but I'm not sure about the boarding there, and Brighton is definitely weekly boarding. no Saturday school, I have a 1 1/2 hour one way driving rule, (we learnt the hard way) I would apply this to train journeys as well, and if you're looking at weekly boarding you really need this unless as I've said before you've nothing to do all day, list driving as your main passion and hobby or own a helicopter.