Evening all,
We are currently in the process of looking at schools for my son who is in year 5. We have taken him to see Oundle and Harrow and we all really like both of these schools (albeit I know they are very different).
I have previously visited Eton, Sevenoaks, Wellington, Marlborough and Canford and don’t want to take him to see any of these schools - Eton and Sevenoaks are too academic, I didn’t warm to Wellington and I prefer Oundle to both Marlborough and Canford.
Sherbourne, Bryanstone and Bedales are not schools that I would consider.
My son is middle of the road in terms of academics (CAT score of 118), but has dyslexia which does cause him to struggle in some subjects. He’s lacking in confidence in terms of academics, although he’s perfectly bright. He can be cautious about trying new things mainly because he’s worried he’s going to fail, although he’s fairly sporty. He’s an incredibly kind and generous boy and has very good emotional intelligence. He can sometimes be a little sensitive and has a strong sense of fairness and right and wrong. He will be better at a school where he can be gentle motivated and stretched a little and not left to his own devices.
He will have a brother boarding on the outskirts of London so we’d rather limit our choices to schools within two hours of London by car. We have toyed with the idea of visiting Radley and Rugby, but they seem fairly similar to Harrow and Oundle (in that order). Are there any other boarding schools that we should consider? We are due to see Charterhouse even though we realise that’s mainly weekly boarding and will require one of us to travel over every few weeks for weekends and to farm him out to London based godparents and aunts/uncles for other weekends.