Our DD is very able (has skipped a school year) and we're thinking about her next school at 13. She's currently 10 but boarding 15 miles from home as she's a cathedral chorister. She says she'd like to board again at her next school and we have no doubt she'd handle this so we've started to have a think about it, realising that there's plenty of time for her to change her mind! Ideally, we'd like to look at places within a distance from home which would allow us to get to an occasional performance/sports fixture, and to make exeat weekends manageable. Does anyone have any thoughts/experiences to share? We don't really mind co-ed or single sex (I'm a bit worried about potential cattiness in an all girl environment but that's probably unfair). As I said, she's very bright so a challenging academic environment is very important but she very much enjoys music and sport (B team standard currently). We have a couple of excellent day schools in mind but don't want to discount boarding as an option. Importantly, she'd need a decent scholarship (probably academic) as we wouldn't qualify for bursary support but couldn't pay full boarding fees.
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Boarding schools within 150 mile radius of Sunderland
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choirmum · 26/11/2012 20:59
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