Prince George’s new school.

Eton has produced some brilliant actors - Dominic West, Hugh Laurie, Tom Hiddlestone, Eddie Redmayne - Not that George will need to tread the boards but drama 'ups' your confidence and trains your voice which he will need in the future.

I wish Prince George well at Eton school and hope he will be happy there. His school will have been chosen with great care and rightly so. He is a future monarch and as such his education is paramount !

I hope he is happy at his school.
I hope he does not become Prince of Wales during his time there.

I briefly taught at Eton many years ago (supply teaching post), and was impressed by the quality of my colleagues, which I don't suppose has deteriorated. In class, the boys were just like boys in any class. It is a good school. As for security, it must help those responsible for the royal family that it is so close to back-up at Windsor Castle, just down the road.

DamaskRose

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 to Merlotgran and Rosie51 for their sensible posts and 👎🏻 to paddyann for her typically nasty one! George will be well aware of his position and that not everyone likes him as will all those in public life.
I live near Gordonstoun and have friends who sent their children there when the state system let them down. I would have considered it for my children had they needed to go. It is a completely different school now than in the King’s day. Is it right for George? No, I don’t think so. At Eton he will be near his family and will be able to see them regularly and be taken out by them. His parents will have considered all possibilities before reaching this decision.
I hope George will be happy and will thrive there.

Great post DamaskRose. Says it all

paddyann54

Aren,t ALL schools supposed to be safe?
After Dunblane schools are secured from unwanted visitors doors locked and entry for everyone checked.
Maybe these royal children should see how the rest of us live and understand that they are not universally liked/loved .
That might stop the entitled behaviour of them as adults!
A good dose of reality can only be for their benefit

I doubt if any member of the Royal family for several generations, if ever, has considered themselves to be we universally liked/loved.

Considering the immense security they have to live under and the number of assassination attempts on Royalty of all nationalities, including the British, I think they are probably even more conscious than most of how ambivalent many people are to them.

A school being safe is not the same as a school being secure. Nobody can be blind to the number of stabbings there have been inside supposedly 'safe' schools. What are the chances that child would try and stab Prince George because it would make him famous. The security detail needed to keep the young Prince safe would inevitably come between him and any kind of normal school experience or building frienships.

Eton is a school attended by the sons of many wealthy people and royalty, who have serious security concerns around their children. It is a school with the necessary experience to enable Prince George to enjoy a normal education, where he is just one of many at a a school rather than one singled out one that has to be treated differently.

About 35 years ago my son entered a writing competition and the top 15 or so had the chance during the holidays to attended Eton for a fortnight to be tutored by some of the school’s
masters.
We took him on the first day and went with him to his single bedroom. I was horrified it was worse than a prison cell. The door was just a piece of jagged cloth, the bed looked like what you would find in a prison cell. We reluctantly left him there for a fortnight.
Two weeks later we collected him. He said he had had the time of his life, learned so much and it had been a great experience.
For the last 17 years he has been a children’s author in some way thanks to Eton.
I hope Prince George has an equally good experience.

Just what the average 13 year wants - a trad school uniform made up of a Victorian frock coat and stiff wing collar to match.

Still, it has to be a million miles better than recent proposals that school uniforms should get an update and pupils should be allowed to wear tracksuits.

Really? If they look like chavs the chances are they might start acting like chavs......

I hope that’s what he wants and he’s happy there. School days help to build a person. Mine nearly destroyed me.

I think both boys and girls do better academically studying in single sex schools. Our daughter was in one from 3-15 and loved it. Unfortunately, we had to move away and she really struggled in the mixed high school.

There’s more to life than academia ??