Recommendations for co-ed boarding schools

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I'm thinking about options for DD who loves being outdoors, gets on very well with boys and girls, and often better with boys as she is quite sporty and likes to be able to run around. Hence why I am thinking co-ed might be a better choice than an all girls school. Also needs to be academic, but with friendly atmosphere and good pastoral support. Any ideas please, as I'm not that well versed on co-ed boarding schools that take girls from 13.

Have you looked at Sevenoaks? Great academic record and good facilities. My eldest will be going there as a day pupil -

The problem is that you will always find someone out there who will tell you either that St Elsewhere is the best school in the world and someone who will be delighted to regale you with a horror story. We know loads who were/are at Kings Canterbury all very different children all were/are very happy. We also know one girl who hated it and seems to have been badly let down by it her parents would tell a different story from all those others. My own DS hated his prep to such an extent it at times seemed to make him ill. But many of his friends loved it! Some will say that this is caused by the other DCs in the in take but I suspect it's more complex than that I believe it's ethos. The ethos at my DS prep was fine but it didn't suit him and as a full boarder he was unable to escape it. Was this there when we first sent him? No there were different house parents/ head and he was significantly younger and it probably didn't bother him at first. But he and the school changed over the 6 years he was there. This is why housemasters/mistresses are so important particularly at senior level. Dogs and electronic games don't set the overall ethos people do. At a recent Win Coll function every parent I spoke to raved about their HM all believed theirs was the best. HMs at Win Coll have a huge amount of autonomy so there is a lot of variation between houses but amazingly we all believe we chosen the right house (and of course the best house in the school although we know we've chosen the best house!) for our individual DC's so many said "he's just like us" and as I've said before if we're happy that happiness rubs off onto our DCs and they feel happy then we're happy because they're happy and so on.

So basically - it might be best not to see my DD on exeat weekends unless I want to be bankrupted :o

I need to confirm a boarding school for my 14 and 15 years old boy. Please can someone give me advise on Sedbergh, Christ's Hospital and Kingswood ?

Start a new thread with those words in the title. It will be very hard to find a new school in the middle of GCSEs. What is wrong with his present school? If he is unhappy or being expelled they will help find a place at a new school.

We are looking at Sedbergh for 2 x DS and it is a very exciting school. The new head is academic, dynamic and forward thinking. He really seems to care about the children. Sport is excellent but most of all you have to meet the physics teacher..exceptional!
The houses at. sedbergh seem the best of all we have seen, home from home with genuine caring house parents as opposed to a HouseMaster! We are having our 2nd look this w/e so happy to answer any ? Via PM.