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Tom Dawson has been headmaster of Sunningdale School, in Berkshire, since 2005. It has 110 boys aged from eight to 13 and feeds major public schools. It celebrates its 150th anniversary next year; Dawson’s family bought it in 1967. Its alumni include Prince Michael of Kent, Henry Blofeld and the late Bamber Gascoigne. Now, like all independent schools, it faces jeopardy.

The grand piles that once taught Princess Diana and Boris Johnson are closing down due to financial difficulties. Here’s how they’re being turned back into homes

A second talk on the Craven family was held at Ramsbury on Sunday afternoon.

Sally Romero, who works at MIT's Ashdown House, took ESL classes, earned a facilities certificate, and became a U.S. citizen with the help of MIT support services. She now wants to help teach ESL classes for others at MIT.

Residents in St Leonards have raised concerns over air pollution in their area, which they say is being caused by demolition work at the former Ashdown House site.

Martin Haigh, 73, was jailed in 2017 for 11 offences against four boys as young as seven while teaching at Ashdown House during the 1970s.

Many other private schools are struggling to survive following the pandemic, cost of living crisis and, in some cases, sanctions against Russian oligarchs living in the UK.

With February's HDB BTO 2023 season upon us and Valentine's Day on Feb 14, we thought it would be apt to share the love stories of four different romantic partners whose love for their other halves transcended a simple candlelit dinner and roses on V-Day itself. Indeed, from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet to that recent tear-jerking episode of Bill and...

A retired teacher has been charged with sexually assaulting a child after an investigation revealed several allegations during his time at a Sussex…

Yet more revelations from inside Boris Johnson’s No 10; the great Prince Harry debate; an update on Alex Renton’s investigation of abuse at public schools; and Shamima Begum’s story in her own words