Preparatory schools

Long gone are the days when parents would drop their children at the school gate and wave goodbye until half term. Many schools offer a variety of boarding options – weekly, flexi or full – giving something for everyone.  For...

With the jam-packed extra-curricular programmes that are part and parcel of any school offering boarding at this younger age, children can be children and throw their energy into activities, hobbies and interests in the company of their friends, perhaps discovering...

At Port Regis we held a Kindness Month, encouraging all members of the school community to carry out random acts of kindness and thoughtfulness. This initiative was an extension of the national Random Acts of Kindness Day. Post boxes were...

Independence Independence might be the greatest gift we as parents can give to our children. Boarders are required to take responsibility for their actions and choices and, because parents are not there to shield them from the causes and effects...

Nowadays, raising a child can no longer just be the job of the ‘village’ – parents, grandparents and other family and friends. Schools need to shoulder even more responsibility in helping children become well-balanced individuals, with a holistic focus on...

There are many values to be gained and lessons learnt from being educated away from home – teamwork through living with others, taking care of one’s own physical and emotional needs with support from staff, taking responsibility for self-organisation both...

An independent education needs to go much further. Nothing is more important than inspiring children to be genuinely outward-looking, with a passion to serve and support those less fortunate than themselves. This vision needs to sit at the heart of...

Let’s be honest with ourselves, both as educators and parents. The pressures of contemporary living mean that for a variety of reasons many children spend too much time by themselves, often connected to devices through which they might be entering...