Day or Boarding?

Choristers at about 20 choir schools are day pupils. These days only a dozen or so require all choristers to board. Others offer the choice if parents can demonstrate they can get their children to and from school in time for choir practice and services.

Sadly, many parents refuse to explore the possibility of boarding. It won’t be right for every child, but the majority will enjoy and benefit from the experience. Gone are the days when children were sent miles from home for weeks at a time. Today’s boarders usually come from within a small radius of the school and parents are more actively involved. For many it enhances the quality of family life by eliminating the stress of a daily school run – traffic, parking and remembering kit and homework!

Please don’t be put off by the many misconceptions about boarding. You will find 21st century boarding schools have many more home comforts and are lively, fun places to be. Go and see for yourself!