Benenden School

Benenden School is a traditional boarding public school, which remains exclusively all-girls. It is located in heart of the Kentish countryside, between Cranbrook and Tenterden. Approximately 480 girls are enrolled, between the ages of 11 and 18, and all are boarders. Current fees stand at £7,450 per term. The headmistress is Claire Oulton, (previously head of St Catherine's School, Bramley, near Guildford) who took over from Gillian duCharme in 2000. The school was founded in 1923 by three mistresses from Wycombe Abbey who aimed to create a "happy school with personal integrity and service to others always in mind, where everyone would be given the chance to follow her own bent". It hence maintains sister school ties with Wycombe Abbey, as well as Godstowe Preparatory School, High Wycombe, and St. Leonard's, Scotland.

Related Topics:
Public school - Cranbrook - Tenterden - St Catherine's School, Bramley - Guildford - Wycombe Abbey - Godstowe

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