Wealden Times | WT226 | March 2021 | Interiors supplement inside

Education News
Welcoming Day Boarders
Benenden School explains how, from September
2021, day pupils will also be able to enjoy
the school’s offering alongside its boarders
Benenden School, one of the UK’s leading boarding
schools, is introducing day boarders for the first time.
In an announcement described as “exciting” by the
School’s Headmistress, Samantha Price, from September
2021 Benenden will welcome a small number of day
boarders – a standard industry term for a pupil who attends
on a daily basis rather than boarding – in Years 9 and 12.
Samantha Price said: “We know from families living locally
that there is a strong demand for girls to join us as day
boarders and we are delighted to be able to welcome some of
these girls to Benenden for the first time next academic year.
“In many ways this is an historic moment for
Benenden – and a very exciting one for the School. We
have planned this approach very carefully indeed and are
confident that our day boarders will integrate seamlessly
into our wonderful, happy boarding community.”
The School opened in 1923 in a beautiful 25-acre site
in the village of Benenden, Kent. It educates 550 girls
aged 11 to 18 who can enjoy an array of superb facilities,
including a purpose-built Theatre, state-of-the-art Science
Centre, swimming pool, all-weather sports pitch and a
beautiful Eco-Classroom. It is currently constructing a new
School Hall and Music School, a development which will
create one of the South East’s foremost concert halls.
Benenden’s innovative teaching and learning experiences
include the highly-regarded Benenden Diploma for Years
7 and 8 and its Professional Skills Programme teaching
Sixth Formers professional and life skills. It also offers
a first-class pastoral support programme and regularly
welcomes high-profile speakers on a range of topics.
Does you child have a passion for STEM, Humanities or
Languages? Benenden School is offering two fully-funded
day places in the Sixth Form to local girls as part of its
initiative to introduce a limited number of day boarders.
These will be awarded to girls joining the School’s Year 12
day boarders in September – one to a girl with a particular
interest in and talent for STEM, and a second to a girl
whose enthusiasm lies in Humanities or Languages. These
places are fully funded by the School for the Scholars’
two years at Benenden and are subject to means testing.
To find out more visit benenden.school/day2021.
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