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Weekly Boarding with no Saturday school?

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mazzamoo123 · 23/08/2020 13:16

Hi,

I am probably looking for something that doesn’t exist but I’m looking for a boarding school that has no Saturday school and is predominantly day/weekly boarding. I went to a boarding school and the day pupils were massively ostracised so I want to know that if my DS was a day pupil, he wouldn’t be in the minority and that most boarders were weekly anyway. It doesn’t matter where it is!

Thanks for any advice :)

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Wanderer1 · 23/08/2020 15:34

I think so many boarding schools have Saturday school because the terms are so short. My sister works in one and has nearly 7 months a year holiday.
In her school the teachers kids are much more like boarders because they are around in the evenings and weekends because their parents are involved in extra curricular activities and as they live on site they often eat in the rec and hang out with the boarders

Rachellow · 23/08/2020 15:32

Honestly, just keep an eye on TES and then when boarding jobs come up you can investigate the ins and outs of it.

BaseDrops · 23/08/2020 15:24

If you aren’t doing boarding or other duties that require you to be on site the accommodation is not tax exempt.

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mazzamoo123 · 23/08/2020 15:13

Easier, yes, cheaper, no! If I live on-site I’ll be given accommodation at a low rate. I just want to make a list of ideal schools so that I can look out for jobs - I don’t need to move right away.

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JoJoSM2 · 23/08/2020 15:10

However, wouldn’t it just be easier to get a job in a day school and live nearby?

JoJoSM2 · 23/08/2020 15:07

I think that might doable in some of the edge of London schools? It’s mostly day pupils with a small proportion of mainly overseas boarders so you could just be lucky with a 5-day working week.

BuffaloCauliflower · 23/08/2020 15:04

Surely those schools would need to be advertising for teachers though? They might need any roles filled.

Bishybarnybee · 23/08/2020 15:02

That makes sense now! Sorry, have nothing helpful to add, was just curious! Good luck with your job search.

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mazzamoo123 · 23/08/2020 14:43

It’s a bit confusing, I know! I’m a teacher and want to work at a school that my children can go to - I’d like to live in site (hence the boarding) but my children would be day pupils and I don’t want to have to work at the weekend :) I should have explained this in the first place!

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BaseDrops · 23/08/2020 13:37

Do you mean a school that
Is predominantly day pupils but does have boarders and does not have Saturday school? I can’t imagine there would be many boarding schools that were mostly weekly boarders.

Are you wanting flexi-boarding for your son?

Bishybarnybee · 23/08/2020 13:36

Why do you want your son to be a day pupil at a boarding school? Why not find a good day school?

And if you want him to be a day pupil, is it not a case of looking through the ones near your home?

Or have I misunderstood something?

Nquartz · 23/08/2020 13:33

Stamford endowed schools, lots of day children, weekly boarders & less termly boarders. No school on Saturdays, it's two single second schools but they link up to do stuff, more so than when I went

Blossomgate · 23/08/2020 13:31

What about this?

Www.ripongrammar.co.uk

A state boarding grammar school. Many pupils are state grammar pupils who attend daily, with a lesser proportion boarding.

Fees are only for the boarding part of the offer.

WeeMadArthur · 23/08/2020 13:18

Where about are you? Our local school, Wrekin College in Shropshire, has about 25% boarders and the rest are day pupils,

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