Do you know about Christ's Hospital school? It's sometimes called the Bluecoat School. It was founded in 1552 by King Edward VI, established as a charity school to give an education to disadvantaged children. It's in Horsham, in West Sussex (I live in East Sussex).
When my children were little I had vaguely heard of Christ's Hospital, but didn't know what it was like or where it was. I didn't know that they still wear the 16th century school uniform, or that it was a superb example of the best of multi-ethnicity without the nightmare of multiculturalism.
If I'd grasped as a young woman what that school was like, I'd have moved heaven and earth to get my kids a place there.
Here they are, the children of Christ's Hospital, marching in to lunch.
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