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Drugs at Private Schools

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abignael · 05/04/2023 20:42

I have a DD in Sixth Form at a Surrey private school (day school) and I was recently looking at schools for my DS for the 11+ next year. I asked for her opinion on schools in the local area and was shocked that most her responses included references to the pupils there being “druggies.” I was particularly appalled when she told me that pupils at a school where I know a housemistress frequently smuggle in Ketamine and take it in their dorms. Apparently this is not uncommon at private schools - particularly boarding ones according to her. I won’t name the schools as I feel dragging their names through the mud at the behest of a teenage girl is inappropriate but could anyone enlighten me on this?

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DelurkingAJ · 05/04/2023 21:05

Going back 25 years my boarding school was one of ‘the easiest places in Xxx to get drugs’. Rich kids…go figure. Never pushy about it though, I was around it and was offered and just said no.

AngryPurpleSleepingBag · 05/04/2023 21:03

There are certainly regular searches with police dogs at the boarding school my friend’s DS goes to. Occasional expulsions for drug possession too.