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Cranbrook school, Kent

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feelingfedup · 28/09/2007 20:10

What is it like for boarders?

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Cammelia · 08/10/2007 14:31

Thanks for all this wonderful information.

You are in Paris aren't you? Is the Lille school connected to a Paris one?

SparklePrincess · 08/10/2007 14:28

Ive just been looking at the Cranbrook catchment area map online. Spooky
We are also out of catchment, but only just Dh`s parents live in Hawkhurst though & thats definitely in catchment. Perhaps we should move in with them? Maybe not.
Have no idea what its like for boarders. Similar to all boarding schools I assume. If you think your dc would like to board then its worth a try.

Anna8888 · 08/10/2007 14:16

Cammelia - how about your daughter applying for Ecole Active Bilingue Jeannine Manuel boarding school in Lille? Very academic school. Not expensive. You can move to Northern France in due course.

www.eabjm.com

Anna8888 · 08/10/2007 14:11

IB is always full fee-paying in France as it is not supported by the French Ministère de l'Education Nationale.

Anna8888 · 08/10/2007 14:09

Yes, I will most probably be in France forever

The current plan A is:

  • daughter stays at Ecole Active Bilingue until end of primary school (modified French curriculum, small annual fees). Daughter spends one year in England at boarding school (poss Sevenoaks, poss KC Pembury). Daughter goes to Ecole Active Bilingue Jeannine Manuel (a different school) for secondary and either does IB (at vast expense in two final years only) or French OIB (French international baccalaureate) (normal small annual fees).

Plan B

  • daughter not academic enough for Ecole Active Bilingue Jeannine Manuel. Stays at Ecole Active Bilingue and does normal French bacc or French OIB.
Cammelia · 08/10/2007 14:01

Your parents house will be worth a bomb now then Anna8888 being in that school catchment area.

Out of interest will you be in France when your children go to senior school and if so what are your options ?

Anna8888 · 08/10/2007 13:55

Cammelia - I lived in Sevenoaks for the first seven years of my life and my family still has plenty of connections there.

And my parents live in between Cranbrook and Tenterden.

I used to go to Tonbridge Grammar School (which also recently introduced the IB).

Had an aunt and a cousin at Benenden, two cousins at Judd, two cousins at Tonbridge Grammar etc etc.

Also lots and lots of friends and family around in the area.

And I'm very interested in alternatives to A-levels - my sister and I did EB, my sister's children are in an IB school, my cousin's daughter is just taking her IB.

Cammelia · 08/10/2007 13:51

Glad you're keeping up with my school quest posts Anna8888

I don't know if Cranbrook is more socially mixed than Sevenoaks but its a lot cheaper !

I know its because its a hybrid of state grammar for day pupils (we're not in the cathchment area) with private boarding (ie you pay but its cheap)

Both are academically selective, not sure how the entrance criteria compare but dd's school advises to put names down at more than one school.

FioFio · 08/10/2007 13:43

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CountessDracula · 08/10/2007 13:42

I suspect it of being a Truman Show style film set in fact

The ducks were sent out as they knew you were coming fio

FioFio · 08/10/2007 13:40

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CountessDracula · 08/10/2007 13:39

Cranbrook makes me come out in hives it's sooooooooo perfect!

I know a few people whose kids go to the school and they all think it is fantastic

FrightAttendant · 08/10/2007 13:38

Sorry that was a really unhelpful post!

FrightAttendant · 08/10/2007 13:37

Ds1's dad went there. So did lots of his friends/our mutual friends. They all seemed to love it, and the impression I got was that even if you were thick as f*ck like he was, you would turn out well-to-do and polite, with an a-level or two (even if you had to take it 5 times)

Plus they are all big partyers. Massive in fact. And well into their wine and ghanja.

That would have been about 1979 he left, though.

QueenofBleach · 08/10/2007 13:32

Have a friend whose twins go there and as far as I know are enjoying it as boarders.

FioFio · 08/10/2007 13:22

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Anna8888 · 08/10/2007 13:20

Cammelia - don't know what it's like for boarders but Cranbrook is more socially mixed than Sevenoaks.

Cammelia · 08/10/2007 12:35

I want to know the answer to this question as well

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