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.
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.
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.
@@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
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
@@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).
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!
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.
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.
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!
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!
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.
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.
@@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).
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.
Reddit takes me to weirdly interesting places.
What reddit page did you come from?
@@calibrax it's on the Stay at Home Reddit feed
@@calibrax r/DeepIntoCZcams
@@eddy_is_crunchy5593 yep, that's how I got here!
lol me too
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.
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.
So many badly bullied there, I was one. Horrendous place delighted it was forced to close
Is this the one the crown sent Philip and Charles to? I saw them get bullied in the Crown on Netflix
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.
@@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
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.
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 …
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.
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.
@@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.
@@calibrax You can't get any sort of decent education when you're being bullied.
@@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).
@@calibrax Same but imagine what kind of education we would have had without the bullying.
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!
Was the curriculum the Scottish curriculum or the English curriculum?
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.
Yep, a nice little all expenses jolly for her as the school was struggling for money.
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!
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.
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!
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!
The school closed in 2002 due to decline in enrolment numbers, location and remoteness :(
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.
2:04 "Popular with parents of children with a more rambunctious nature".
A rather telling comment.
this new the office season looks great
Damn reddit
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.
bad marketing be for Helen came in if must know as my dad was Alan Craig
Knew a guy who went there. Bullying was horrific.
The bit with the miniature railway can't be REAL
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.
How do you have ads on a documentary you didn't make?
I don't get any revenue from them, I guess it goes to CZcams
Came from reddit
No one cares.
@@rrss2583 kindly shut up
@@rrss2583 the fact that you are being ironic is making it worse
IS THIS HOGWARTS FOR “muggles”
Yeh aunt petunia should have gone there but dumbledore didn't give her good reference :-)
The richard branson part got me😅😅😅😅
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 😂
Brain dead
@@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).
I love this sort of stuff
The schools seems lovely but this entire documentary seems a bit bizarre.
It’s BBC so it’s going to be a hit piece on the ‘evil elites’ as usual.
WHAT UN THE HARRY POTTER IS THIS PALACE.jeez my school is built of foam
Is this a spoof?
Sadly not... just incompetence on a grand scale.
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.
Were you there when it was filmed?:)
No, I was there in the early 80s.
No, I hasn't born yet
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Helen was useless.
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.