- Perched on a cliff on a 46-acre campus, the all-girls Roedean was founded in 1885 by the Lawrence sisters, who aimed to provide “a thorough physical, intellectual and moral” education with “as much liberty as is consistent with safety”.
- The 600-pupil strong school is divided into five houses and offers full, weekly or flexi-boarding. An escort service runs between London Victoria and Brighton.
- Scholarships for academic ability and in art, dance, drama, music and sport are offered alongside the Lawrence scholarship for all-rounders. Means-tested bursaries are available for girls joining in years 7, 9 and 12.
- Old Roedeanians include the journalist Katharine Whitehorn, Verity Lambert, the original producer of Doctor Who, and the Liberal Democrat politician Layla Moran.
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