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I'm thinking about boarding school for sixth form, any advice?
I am going into year 10 in September and I have started to think about what I want to do after my GCSE's. I have decided I want to pursue a career in either science or medicine, but I'm not sure how well I could achieve this in my current school. Most of the girls at my school don't care about the classes, don't want to learn and find it hilarious I want to actually work (resulting in bullying). A majority of the teachers and the facilities are good, however due to large and disruptive classes, it takes a long time to get stuff done and if you don't understand something in class you're screwed. My school is also more focused on sports and arts. I was thinking about looking into boarding school for sixth form, as they have smaller classes and a round the clock educational environment. However, I understand this is incredibly expensive, but after researching I have found I qualify for a bursary. So, is it worth talking to my parents about boarding school for my A-levels?
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- 6 years ago
Boarding schools are very expensive, yes. Firstly, they are all private ie. fee-paying (actually, I think there might be a couple that are state-funded, but still), so you're paying a lot of money for your education alone. And because they include full board, round-the-clock security and pastoral care, etc., that obviously puts the cost up even more. And it's unlikely that the bursaries you mention would cover the entire cost, so there's most probably still quite a lot for your parents to pay.
In any case, why do you have to go to a boarding school, surely there must be day schools available in your area that would be better than where you currently are? Even if you look at private day schools, they will be considerably cheaper than boarding schools. And in many areas there are at least some state-funded schools that are very good. For example, if you happen to live in Kent, Bucks or Yorks & Humber or closeby, there are grammar schools (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_grammar_scho... many of which are excellent. If not, then you could go on the Dept of Education website (http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/in... where you can see all the sixth forms in your area (you can search by postcode etc.) and narrow down your selection by eg. the size of school, sex (girls-only or co-ed), etc. and see their A-level results and other quality criteria.
All you really need is to be in a positive, constructive environment where working hard and wanting to do well is the norm rather than an anomaly and a cause for bullying. You can find plenty of day schools with that sort of environment; no need to pay tens of thousands of Pounds to go to a boarding school for that.
Good luck, and hope you do well and get into the science or medicine field that you want! :)
