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School Reviews
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Truro School
Muddy says: An inclusive and forward-thinking co-ed, day/boarding school in beautiful Cornwall, with amazing results and a seriously impressive co-curricular programme.
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St Petroc’s School, Bude
My grumpy teens are at secondary school now, so its been a few years since a prep school went under the Muddy Cornwall microscope. I spend a day at St Petroc’s School in Bude last week, nosing around, meeting staff, chatting to the kids and generally doing a bit of, well, ‘digging’. There’s a new(ish) head at the helm (two […]
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Truro High School for Girls
Muddy says: A single sex school with boarding in the heart of the county. Actually, this is the ONLY independent single sex school in the county. If you have girls between two and 18, read on – you won’t be disappointed. TRURO HIGH SCHOOL, TRURO The setting: Truro High School for Girls was founded in 1880 by Edward Benson […]
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St Joseph’s, Launceston
As an out of county family, we were totally clueless about the education provisions available in Cornwall. So I did what we all do – googled the school websites (mostly biased), looked to official sources (mostly subscription-only) and trawled message boards (mostly arguing and snobbery). If I’d blindly followed their comments, I’d probably be home-schooling the mudlets. Believe […]
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