Sedbergh and Casterton Merger

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I read about the merger; does anyone know why parents are objecting to it though?Has anyone heard anything adverse about these schools individually or about the merger? More importantly, would the merger have any speculated repercussions on the students or staff which may affect the performance of the school in general?

Crikey! :-o

I take it that is 11 senior school girls (year 9 +) as I understand almost all the prep school are moving over?

This article throws doubt on the idea that Casterton was thriving financially.

And the comments below show how skewed an article it is!

I am a parent of two girls at sedbergh, one in the senior school (she had two years in Junior) and one just completing her third year in the junior school. They were both very shy, retiring and lacking in confidence when they went to SJS. I am pleased to say that they have both found their confidence - NOT in a brash way but are now outgoing and freindly. I would thoroughly recommend sending any girls to SJS and thence to Sedbergh - I have only wonderful experience of them both. I would also point out that they were almost alone in boarding when they started and now the girls boarding house is bursting at the seams - surely this can only show how good the SJS boarding is - three years - from 2 at weekends to overflowing - it really speaks for itself.

Does anyone have any onfo on the whole casterton parents lawsuit???? All seems to have gone very quiet.

will bump this as have my choice down to Sedbergh or Stonyhurst!!

If you dont like it,you can change schools

There's not exactly a huge choice in that area, is there though?

Not a huge choice even though both are boarding but it's not that easy to change once started due to admissions deadlines, entrance exams etc. We have about 6 months to make up our minds which one to go for - its which is best overall for academics and sport - both seem very similar on the surface.

Are they? I'm too far south to have considered Sedburgh - some of DDs classmates did look at Casterton. Stonyhurst didn't seem that great academically TBH compared to others but cost way more (for day) ...gorgeous environment I guess! And being Catholic makes it a bit of a Marmite choice.

It seems particularly rough on people who'd specifically chosen Casterton because they wanted a girls' school.