Weekends at Pennwood - a students view

"At the weekend we have Saturday school followed by games. We then go back to the boarding house and change into home clothes and go into the village with Matron, or the gap students, to spend our pocket money.

I like to spend a Saturday afternoon with my friends, playing games or reading a magazine or just relaxing. We have tea at 5:30pm and then we might watch some TV or go outside and play in the grounds. I'm into skate boarding and so are my friends. I think it is good there is a lot of space at the boarding house to explore.

Bed is later on a Saturday night, with lights out at 9pm. On Sundays we tend to have a joint activity with the girls' house. My favourite activity this term was the trip to Cattle Country. We have also had trips to the theatre, ice skating and to Thorpe Park".

Work was completed in September 2010 on the boys' and girls' boarding houses to create a further sixteen  spaces. The new development  includes a separate boys’ and girls’ prep study area/ computer room, music room, girls’ common room, kitchen and a large communal games/gym area for indoor play.