Anyone have knowledge of Ampleforth?

[Tinkerboo]

Any Dh's go there? or DS's or DD's now?
We looked around. Out of our league price wise I think, but we were impressed with the young people and the ethos, were we duped?

Ahhh Cod,
no wonder your anti,
that explains your cold hard exterior,
hiding a warm snuggly kiiten soft one. maybe.

lol
i escaped after 4 years
ah the stories i ocudl tell

Oh by the way I'm Tinkerboo, changed name as quite new and have noticed there's already an older more experienced Tinker about.
I get the pecking order.

Several members of my family went there. My uncle even married there. Beautiful grounds! Family members who went now successful and as far as I know had a v good time there.

mind oyu if they hADNt beeen there they be on the streets surely?

of course

So just to widen the debate a liitle (or alot), Cod are you just anti boarding or anti private.And I've gathered fron other threads we live in the same area so presumably you have to through the Middle class Sutton anguish of 'grammar or not?'
Any bad experiences at a grammar? that would lead you to conclude everyone hates them?

Moving to Yorkshire and sending them to amplforth is one, admittingly drastic, way of avoiding this.

smileys- i live in yorkshire and have childrenat grammar schools feel free to quiz me

Every time I read this thread title I just envisage huge norks

I am just relieved we had a girl as dh's family have about 300 generations who all went to the same school and I'm sure I would get hell for refusing to continue it.

Oh they do take girls now too (but curiously the girls in his family escaped boarding most of the time as did I (apart from short spells)but my brother had to go)

As I said though, Ampleforth seemed very nice from an outsider's point of view. The wedding did go on for 3 hours or something though which was VERY dull

Well CCM I do have rather an ample shapely bosom, but not the primary reason for considering the school.

Where are you in Yorkshire are you Otter, in the north near the moors? That's another big reason for considering the school, we just love it up there and would love to live there.

How does it compare with Sedbergh then..that's a nice place for a Winter holiday

North Yorkshire is gorgeous, I'd love to live up there. I love it around helmsley, where are you Otter?
Amplforth is in a beautiful setting, a wonderful environment in grow up in.
Would beat the West midlands anyhow.

wlel i woudlnt have kdis if iw as going ot send them to board
althoug i can see ofr parents who work that it must be easier for allwhen they are teenagers.
but i think it REALLLY depends ont he kid and a lto of parents do tno shoose the right school fr hteir kid( in state too), but they choose it for them or results or whatever.

i think tis a pity we have such a large private sector in this country. I wish wer were more egalitarian and until Mps send their kids to state schools NOTHINg will hcange.

adn yes am hoping ds willg et into teh state grammar here
btu am relaly not convinced he will be able to TAKE care int eh test!!!!, academically hed be fine if he got in,

You do not suffer from the liberal Sutton angst I see so often around here then?
Disapprove of the grammars until yr4, then start the tutor and sheepishly admit to friends 'you can't hold your principles against your children.'
see it time and time again.
And (sheepishly) that will be me in a few years if we don't end up going the private route.

We all do whats best for our children i the end. I send mine out of area but thats because the grammar school system ( which i think is fabulous) exists there and not closer to home. we are disadvantaged at the 'getting-in' stage but once that is overcome i think we are very lucky'
I am on the border of west and north yorkshire - ilkley

lucky you Otter what a fabulous place to live.

Anyone with Ampleforth info: what I'd really like to know is what kind of people go there, is it totally hooray, or could my nice middle class boys fit in (once I'd eradicted the Brummie accent obviously)
I've met some of the monks and hey were wonderful inspiring people. also know though there's a few older dodgy ones, but they keep them well away from students, locked up in the monastry!

my mate worked at king eddies asotna dn thoght in fact MROe disadvantaged kds got in that n you realsied

GG but they won't be happy if their parents send them away. That's the basic problem with boarding school although I accept on the thread day pupil at the school was considered and ti's going gone to day pupils because they can;t full the pupil numbers boarding because their results aren't good and because most parents realise the emotional damage boarding does. It's rejection. It's saying my influence is rubbish. I want the influence of others because I have failed as a parent.

"Eton has no such thing as a "provision for Catholics"." Not true. Eton has been targetting Catholics and some of the Catholic boarding schools are none too pleased. It's a flight to quality and academics I suppose.

Eton - "Roman Catholics have their own Chaplain who offers Mass on Sundays and every weekday evening. The Sacrament of Reconciliation is regularly available and Confirmation is administered once a year. Roman Catholics take part in all daily School services of a non-sacramental nature."

Cod my nephew goes to KE Aston and they do seem to take from all over the city. Also v ethnically diverse. But of course what all they have is parents who prioritise education, that's the biggest advantage not socio-economic status.

xenia, you've fallen into the Cod trap, over over generalising and therefore invalidating your point.

I was a boarder, I loved it, I didn't feel rejected, it seemed the norm to me, I was and remain V close to my parents. I also know LOTS of people like this.
Obviously there's also LOTS of people who have a negative experience (like Cod).
Bur sweeping statements 'they're all bad'
'or all good', can't stand up.'

LOTS of people think full time WM do damage and make chilfren feel rejected. (not necessarily me) but that's not your experience so you know it not to be true all the time.
In very situation there are more complex circumstances and relationships that mean a situation can't be pigeon holed.

Your debating are powers are flawed for a lawyer. I'm thinking your not a barrister?

it could be inferred from "provision for Catholics" that they had a quota of places for them..

It is simply not true that all children who go to school and board are being rejected or feel unloved or miserable

and there are good and bad schools in all sectors

to some people the ethos of the school and the happiness of the child in a suitable school rather than one which the parents have other reasons for sending them to is the most important thing

Ahh Zippi, reasoned logic at last. What a breath of fresh and fragrant air at this early hour.

I'm Tinkerboo by the way,(name change for reasons explained earlier) I believe we met yesturday?

the only thing I know is that Rupert Everett went there - think that it was him rather than Rupert Graves, who is actually v.down to earth and not at all like the floppy haired posh boys he is known for portraying.

so no useful info for you other than a disturbingly detailed knowledge of actors named Rupert...