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Boarding Prep Recommendations

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Intoand · 09/09/2023 01:26

Due to various reasons relating to family and work it looks like we’re going to need to consider a boarding prep school for our children DS 10 and DD 8 likely for next year. It’s not an ideal situation but would like them to have a stable environment while things are changing.

I boarded during my secondary school years but not in prep so unfamiliar with what to consider. We will probably need a school that offers full time boarding but would possibly like them to weekly board when time allows. Children are currently at single sex schools which I like but I’m also open to coed.

From a little bit of online research what I’ve gathered is schools Cottesmore, Sandroyd, Dragon School, and Windlesham house seem to have a good amount of prep boarders but not sure how accurate this is. There also seems to be quite a few more all boys boarding prep like Ludgrove compared to all girls boarding preps (did find the all girls boarding school Hanford though and it looked lovely). Any recommendations or experience?

OP posts:
TCN · 05/02/2024 19:34

@Legoninjago1 Hi, I’m looking to start him at Year 7.

Legoninjago1 · 05/02/2024 20:39

I'd look at Papplewick then and also Summer Fields and Sunningdale.

MrPickles73 · 06/02/2024 09:50

If you have a boy and a girl and they need to board I would go for a coed school so they atleast have each other. Our kids have only flexi boarded but one is more of a communicator than the other so you learn alot more from the one than the other! And they comfort each other when things are tricky. I certainly preferred mine at the same school.

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