Attended Rannoch, early eighties. From home in one of the largest cities in West Africa to one of the most remote boarding schools in the UK. But there, life finally clicked. Went from being an academic underachiever to straight A’s at O’ levels and Highers. Messed up my A levels a bit, but I only needed C’s for a University place to read Civil Engineering. Have great memories of all the extra-curricular activities. Summer and winter sports, countless hours sailing on Loch Rannoch and even more countless weekends hiking the surrounding hills in all kinds of weather. And then there were the crazy school traditions - 40 miler, 60 miler, Buachaille dash, Schiehallion Hill race etc. I recognise that everyone has different memories of school. I feel hugely privileged to have been able to spend some of my formative years in such a challenging and yet engaging place. I wouldn’t have missed it for the world. Gives me goose pimples just thinking about it. Shame it didn’t appeal to enough people and had to close.
@nicolahamilton15094 жыл бұрын
My late ex husband went there. He hated it. Imagine, age 7 being packed off and then to be badly bullied. His only escape was to run in the wilds. The damage done never really left him.
@doughowser4 жыл бұрын
So many badly bullied there, I was one. Horrendous place delighted it was forced to close
@lauradorsey95624 жыл бұрын
Is this the one the crown sent Philip and Charles to? I saw them get bullied in the Crown on Netflix
@Biggles24984 жыл бұрын
When I was at Boarding School a young Boy was molested regularly by the Head Boy. I was a Prefect and when I reported it to the Housemaster he said it was all part of life's rich pattern. My own Parents didn't want to know.
@lauradorsey95624 жыл бұрын
@@Biggles2498 that's absolutely horrible. It's so rampant in the elite society and even in low society and we must work on the side of good against evil
@CraftyWitch19903 жыл бұрын
Not all boarding schools are bad. I went to an all-girls boarding school from age 11 to age 18 and I loved it! Made some life long friends who I still talk to now (I'm 30) and the teachers and housemasters were wonderful! It's a time that I'll remember til my dying day as the best times of my life.
@user-od1yw9ex3t6 ай бұрын
Was there mid to late 70,s absolutely hated every minute of that time . The memory’s of this place will haut me till the day I die …
@stuartsutherland76644 жыл бұрын
I was interned there in the 1970s'. Yes, there was bullying but that was the norm in boarding schools of that decade. This film gave me the impression that the school was being run by amateurs, the marketing director and the bursar in particular. No wonder it went belly up!
@dannymcintyre38193 жыл бұрын
Was the curriculum the Scottish curriculum or the English curriculum?
@maria_haarajoki2 жыл бұрын
That marketing director going to Disneyland to "learn" new strategies was hysterical. What a waste of time and money... No wonder this school went bankrupt.
@wattage2007 Жыл бұрын
Yep, a nice little all expenses jolly for her as the school was struggling for money.
@doughowser5 жыл бұрын
Brutal bullying culture the place created back in the 80s, I hated every day ,as did many others. It shutting down has helped give us some sort of closure.
@calibrax5 жыл бұрын
It was like every other school, yes there was bullying. I certainly experienced it. The positive side of the school was that the education you got was excellent. But I totally understand your comment on closure.
@doughowser5 жыл бұрын
@@calibrax It was awful mate, I reckon the isolation might have added to it, bullying throughout from both pupils and staff(Mr Davey??) harrowing place , obsessed with rugby?!.. delighted it was forced to close..karma.
@BJGvideos4 жыл бұрын
@@calibrax You can't get any sort of decent education when you're being bullied.
@calibrax4 жыл бұрын
@@BJGvideos You can. Lots of people get bullied at school and get a very good education, because the bullying is not 24/7. I was bullied a lot, yet I came out of school having passed all my exams and went on to a very good University (Keele).
@BJGvideos4 жыл бұрын
@@calibrax Same but imagine what kind of education we would have had without the bullying.
@Marylebonian3 жыл бұрын
That marketing lady hasn’t got a clue. Went to Disneyland and then went abroad when she should have been getting new pupils through the door!
@davidredshaw4484 жыл бұрын
I don't understand how these teachers and governors think that the banks have a duty to take a chance on them and maybe lose money. There are plenty of people who can't get an account or an overdraft these days because of their straitened circumstances. Why should a school for wealthy, middle class parents be any different? Maybe they should cut their cloth according to their means and drop some of those "healthy outdoor activities". After all the state schools mostly can't afford to offer them. It's times like this that the private school sector is revealed for what it really is - a profit making business.
@Nonamenever5573 жыл бұрын
Quite a number of pupils were there on ‘government assisted places’ who could otherwise not have afforded the opportunity to attend. But as you say, you don’t understand!
@wattage2007 Жыл бұрын
I played in the musical “Oh what a lovely war” that Rannoch school put on in the late 80s. The head of music was a great guy, Andrew Houston if I recall correctly. Would love to know what he’s up to nowadays.
@amyhyde705 жыл бұрын
I love that school! However, having seen how the staff treat each other, and the way they seem to be back stabbing and tripping each other up, I would not want to send a child there for an education. But the dream of Hogwarts seems real, lol!
@maykesantana95324 жыл бұрын
this new the office season looks great
@andiemorgan9614 жыл бұрын
2:04 "Popular with parents of children with a more rambunctious nature". A rather telling comment.
@Nottsboy244 жыл бұрын
The school closed in 2002 due to decline in enrolment numbers, location and remoteness :(
@handcrafted302 жыл бұрын
Knew a guy who went there. Bullying was horrific.
@HughJason5 жыл бұрын
Very sorry for everyone concerned (except the bloody bank). It would have been interesting to learn more about how the school got into the situation.
@richiephoto14 жыл бұрын
bad marketing be for Helen came in if must know as my dad was Alan Craig
@t0000809a4 жыл бұрын
Damn reddit
@htcdesirexkunert4 жыл бұрын
The bit with the miniature railway can't be REAL
@Nonamenever5573 жыл бұрын
It was, I was one of the pupils who helped build it with the housemaster of Cameron House. He and his wife put their heart and soul into making it as enriching and enjoyable an experience as possible for us.
@kelvinbauti64053 жыл бұрын
The richard branson part got me😅😅😅😅
@emmasmith63864 жыл бұрын
IS THIS HOGWARTS FOR “muggles”
@Seddius3 жыл бұрын
Yeh aunt petunia should have gone there but dumbledore didn't give her good reference :-)
@christinagreaves7932 Жыл бұрын
I love this sort of stuff
@lauradorsey95624 жыл бұрын
How do you have ads on a documentary you didn't make?
@calibrax4 жыл бұрын
I don't get any revenue from them, I guess it goes to KZbin
@twinny5553 жыл бұрын
I can’t help feeling the lawyer, erm I mean marketing officer, is targeting the wrong market. It’s not the kids that have the money Helen 😂
@Marylebonian3 жыл бұрын
Brain dead
@Nonamenever5573 жыл бұрын
@@Marylebonian that is a ridiculous comment. Ultimately she did not succeed, but I was there in the school’s final year, she cared deeply about the school’s survival and made a dammed good go at it. She actually contributed far more to the school than this short documentary reveals, a real gem of a lady. (I’m the guy (boy) riding the suitcase down a hill).
@golddenshaddow37824 жыл бұрын
Came from reddit
@KoalaPlus4 жыл бұрын
No one cares.
@rhys91304 жыл бұрын
@@rrss2583 kindly shut up
@rhys91304 жыл бұрын
@@rrss2583 the fact that you are being ironic is making it worse
@JMac-27 Жыл бұрын
Wow I'd love to have my daughter going here, do they open these schools to American kids? Hell I would've loved to have gone here as a child. I wonder if they were taking advantage of the schools beautiful location and proximity to wonderful field trip opportunities and sport. The school needed more refined uniforms and dressing code. The more elite you make something look the more people will want it. You have to spend money to make it and the school needed everything they weren't doing. Putting a lot into athletics possibly, recruiting some shining athletes to get interest in the school from a sporting aspect could've helped. Gosh they needed some sort of interest point other than desperation. Could they have made it available to people who never would've perceived this as an affordable option possibly the down payment and then easier to handle payments. Did they offer some sort of multi child household discount? The school looked like an unorganized mess to be honest but it had so much going for it.
@californialinchen3 жыл бұрын
The schools seems lovely but this entire documentary seems a bit bizarre.
@wattage2007 Жыл бұрын
It’s BBC so it’s going to be a hit piece on the ‘evil elites’ as usual.
@sophiadurrani77233 жыл бұрын
WHAT UN THE HARRY POTTER IS THIS PALACE.jeez my school is built of foam
@twinny5553 жыл бұрын
Is this a spoof?
@calibrax3 жыл бұрын
Sadly not... just incompetence on a grand scale.
@mangoman34603 жыл бұрын
recomended gang
@robyntheslytherin5 жыл бұрын
Were you there when it was filmed?:)
@calibrax5 жыл бұрын
No, I was there in the early 80s.
@sleepysakamoto4 жыл бұрын
No, I hasn't born yet
@GM-qq1wi3 жыл бұрын
Helen was useless.
@SungazerDNB2 жыл бұрын
Why are they saying Bill Clinton is a woman? I don't understand why he has a strong English accent either. This show is wack.