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Charles Spencer’s brave memoir reveals him to be a survivor of ‘boarding school syndrome’
It is well known that British boarding schools are favoured by the aristocracy and deemed to confer social advantage on their alumni. It is also widely acknowledged that some have historically fostered a tradition of brutality and emotional deprivation among their pupils, with long-lasting effects.
With the publication of Charles Spencer’s courageous memoir A Very Private School, there is likely to be renewed debate around the neglect and privations that have haunted generations of children who were abandoned at the age of seven or eight to a childhood of institutional care.
Unlike those who are taken into the care of the local authority, however, children in boarding schools are considered to be privileged.
