279 kidnapped girls are freed following their abduction from Nigerian boarding school 

Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls abducted last week from a boarding school in the northwestern Zamfara state have been released, the state’s governor said Tuesday. Zamfara state governor Bello Matawalle announced that 279 girls have been freed. The government last week said 317 had been kidnapped. Gunmen abducted the girls from the Government Girls Junior Secondary … Read more

Priyanka Chopra says she felt ‘abandoned’ when her mother left her at boarding school in third grade

Priyanka Chopra Jonas felt ‘abandoned’ when her parents left her at boarding school when she was in third-grade. The Indian actress, 38, spoke about her childhood away from home, and what it meant to look back on that time, in an interview with Elle ahead of the release of her autobiography Unfinished. ‘Being sent away to … Read more

Army major, 47, ‘defrauded MoD out of £40,000 to pay boarding school fees’, court martial hears

Army major, 47, ‘defrauded MoD out of £40,000 to pay boarding school fees for his two children by falsely claiming his estranged wife was living with him in Cyprus’, court martial hears Major Lloyd Hamilton allegedly misused taxpayers’ money to pay school fees  The Royal Engineer is accused of fraudulently defrauding military out of £38,892 The father-of-two, … Read more

Inside the £110k-a-year Swiss boarding school taking pupils from nations in lockdown

One of the most exclusive schools in the world has seen a rise in demand from parents who are living in countries in lockdown – with skiing, robotics and creative thinking on the curriculum.  One of the oldest and best known schools in Switzerland, the Institut auf dem Rosenberg, is situated in 100,000 square meters of … Read more

British expats flying home to Spain are stopped from boarding BA flight from Heathrow to Madrid

British expats flying home to Spain are stopped from boarding BA flight from Heathrow to Madrid after airline staff claimed their ID documents are no longer valid Nine passengers were not allowed to board on the flight to Madrid on Saturday    British journalist and photographer Max Duncan reported the incident on Twitter The Embassy replied … Read more

British expats flying home to Spain are stopped from boarding BA flight from Heathrow to Madrid

British expats flying home to Spain are stopped from boarding BA flight from Heathrow to Madrid after airline staff claimed their ID documents are no longer valid Nine passengers were not allowed to board on the flight to Madrid on Saturday    British journalist and photographer Max Duncan reported the incident on Twitter The Embassy replied … Read more

Roedean old girls ‘come to blows’ over plan to let BOYS into £40,000-a-year boarding school

It is a bastion of female learning, an elite boarding school perched dramatically over the English Channel, that prides itself on nurturing the character of its girls as much as its enviable educational achievements. But Roedean’s reputation for gentility and decorum is now under threat because of a bitter squabble between its trustees and a … Read more

Roedean old girls ‘come to blows’ over plan to let BOYS into £40,000-a-year boarding school

It is a bastion of female learning, an elite boarding school perched dramatically over the English Channel, that prides itself on nurturing the character of its girls as much as its enviable educational achievements. But Roedean’s reputation for gentility and decorum is now under threat because of a bitter squabble between its trustees and a … Read more

Elite girls’ boarding school Roedean rewrites it history syllabus

A private girls’ boarding school has rewritten its history syllabus in order to challenge the ‘white western narrative’ following the Black Lives Matter movement.  Roedean School, near Brighton in East Sussex, it set to move history classes away from Britain’s ‘island story’ and instead teach students about world events in a wider context. Pupils aged 11 … Read more

Elite girls’ boarding school Roedean rewrites it history syllabus

A private girls’ boarding school has rewritten its history syllabus in order to challenge the ‘white western narrative’ following the Black Lives Matter movement.  Roedean School, near Brighton in East Sussex, it set to move history classes away from Britain’s ‘island story’ and instead teach students about world events in a wider context. Pupils aged 11 … Read more