A quality education is considered the best investment parents can make in their children’s future. But, like any investment, it requires forethought and a considerable capital outlay to achieve high returns. The good news is that there are a number of strategies parents can use to reduce the financial burden of school fees. For disciplined […]
Australia has perhaps the widest range of schooling options in the English-speaking world, including a comparatively high proportion of single-sex schools in both the public and non-government sectors. While co-education is the predominant mode of schooling in the US and Canada, and is rapidly becoming so in the UK as well, gender-specific education remains a […]
If you didn’t attend a boarding school yourself, your impressions of residential schools have probably been formed, at least in part, by Hollywood. It seems that every decade produces an era-defining tale set in a boarding school. From the 60s counter-culture touchstone, If, to Australia’s own haunting 70s classic, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Dead Poets Society […]
Deep friendships are the overriding attraction of weekly boarding for King’s Year 12 student Eddie Poolman. “You get really close to people because you get to know them so well,” he says and while he missed home at first, he quickly bonded with his fellow boarders. “I was in a dorm in Year 7. People […]
Australia’s boarding schools are undergoing a resurgence as students increasingly embrace the advantages of living at school, particularly during the week. The popularity of Monday to Friday boarding is strongest with “HSC boarders” — senior students who have chosen boarding to allow them to focus more intensely on their studies, free of the distractions of […]