| It seems that parents are divided about whether | | | | and this helps greatly with their learning. |
| boarding schools in England are the best option for | | | | Since the Harry Potter films, boarding school has |
| children. Opinions run quite high on both sides but | | | | actually become a more popular dream for children as |
| those that are in favour of these schools think that | | | | it is seen as a cool and fun thing to do. |
| the benefits far outweigh the drawbacks. | | | | The old image of these schools was of children not |
| It seems a logical choice for parents who are in the | | | | being allowed home until the holidays, but many |
| armed forces, and travelling abroad a lot to want | | | | children these days actually go home on a lot of |
| their children to be settled in one place for their | | | | weekends. Parents are also encouraged to come to |
| schooling. A boarding school provides a stable place | | | | the school for events such as concerts, plays and |
| of education with a lesson plan and friends and | | | | swimming galas. Some boarding schools also have |
| teachers that won't change constantly. But it's not | | | | Saturday school so that pupils get through the |
| only armed forces parents who consider these | | | | curriculum quicker and have more time at home for |
| schools to be the best option for their children. | | | | the school holidays. |
| International schools are used by many forces | | | | Undeniably, pupils are away from home for more |
| families for the purpose of boarding their children in a | | | | time than those in day schools but pupils can learn to |
| stable environment for these important and | | | | get over being homesick. They share this feeling in |
| formative years of life. | | | | common with lots of other children and this helps |
| British boarding schools are often in the countryside | | | | them to get over it. Furthermore, when the time |
| and have more facilities than city-based private or | | | | comes to go to university, pupils are already |
| state day schools will ever be able to have, all | | | | accustomed to being away from home and can get |
| housed on one site. The quality of teaching is usually | | | | on immediately with learning their chosen degree |
| very high, and children get to spend large amounts of | | | | subject - a benefit of getting over homesickness at |
| time with their peers (which is usually a good thing, | | | | an earlier age than others. |
| especially for an only child). | | | | Boarding schools can be a real benefit to pupils. Whilst |
| Boarding schools have to compete for children and | | | | they don't suit everyone, for many it can be the |
| tend to offer excellent facilities for extra curricular | | | | best time of their life, setting them up with a close |
| activities such as sailing and horse riding. Class sizes | | | | network of friends and an educational background |
| are small and so pupils get a lot of individual attention | | | | that will help them well into the future. |