Why the sea is the best schoolmaster
Aug 31, 2022
5 minutes
THERE is a hazard that comes with attending Roedean in East Sussex, which perches high on a cliff surveying the English Channel: Roedean Hair. ‘If you’re in the sixth-form boarding house, it’s hardly worth brushing your hair in the morning, because by the time you’ve got to school the wind will have got to it,’ laughs deputy head Ross Barrand. Indeed, girls here were familiar with the term ‘lockdown’ long before the pandemic struck, having to be confined indoors and bussed between buildings when winds reach 40mph. Netball rivals dread matches here—a shot at goal can be wildly unpredictable.
Sometimes, the most important person is the one who can make the tea in a storm
However, there was a reason the school was built in such a windswept position. The three Lawrence
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