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boarding school

[bawr-ding skool] / ˈbɔr dɪŋ ˌskul /


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He was at boarding school when he stepped on a cobra in the playground.

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For years, I’d literally count the days, awaiting his return from boarding school so we could resume our adventures.

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Lady Smith published her findings in relation to residential care at the school as part of an overall case study into Scottish boarding schools.

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As a child, she also read Enid Blyton's Malory Towers books, which follow the lives of girls at a Cornish boarding school in the 1940s and 50s.

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Somerset's Royal High School Bath, a private day and boarding school for girls, also announced this month it will close its nursery to Year 4 classes.

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