News Category: Ask the Expert

After becoming the Principal of our partner school The John Wallis Church of England Academy during the pandemic, Damian McBeath also joined Benenden’s Governing Council earlier this year. Here, we get to know Damian a little better and share his plans for the future. Could you tell us a little more about yourself and your […]

There are many kinds of boarding schools: large, small, co-ed, single-sex, prep schools, senior schools, all-through schools, those in the middle of towns, those in the countryside. Some schools are dedicated to children with Special Educational Needs; others cater for children who are particularly keen on the performing arts. Some offer full boarding (where pupils […]

There is a continued demand for single-sex schools in the UK, so the important thing is that this choice is offered to parents and their children (nowadays children are much more involved in the decision about where they go to school, especially senior school). Most of the single-sex schools are in the independent sector (according […]

What used to be known (rather misleadingly) as public schools are now more accurately described as independent schools. However, they are all registered with the UK Government (and would be prosecuted if they were not) and are regularly inspected at the direction of the Department for Education. Most of them are overseen by their own […]

During a recent online event in collaboration with Tatler’s Education Editor Tori Cadogan and Tonbridge School, Headmistress Samantha Price answered a range of questions on boarding, pastoral care and the Complete Education on offer at Benenden. We share some highlights below. Boarding really supports your whole academic experience at school because you have so much more […]