Preparatory Schools Boarding: The Classroom: Similarity with Day Schools Characteristics
Figure 1.-- This modern boarding school classroon very much like a typical day school classrrom. The boys in boarding schools have form rooms which in some cases is a classroom.
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Many preparatory day school classrooms look much like state school classrooms with modern looking classrooms and furniture. The modern furniture tends to be lighter and more easily moved. The classrooms varied a great deal from school to school. Some schools are centered on old homes while others have like sate schools, purpose-built buildings. The boarding schools in particular often had some older looking classrooms and furniture, but this was rapidly changing in the 1980s. The boarding school classroom is not fundamentally different than the prep school day school classroom. This is particularly true in modern schools where even at boarding schools there are often quite a number of day children. This varies from school to school. Many boarding schools restict day boy numbers, but the general trend has been for increasing numbers of day boys. It is not possible to tell the difference between day and boarding school classrooms by looking at these images.
