Bodiam Manor School was founded more than 50 years ago and was an
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Preparatory
School
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for
children
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aged 3 to 13 years old, very close to the
East Sussex
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village of
Bodiam. It was
co-educational. Set in of land, and housed in an old
Manor House
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, (hence the name) the school closed, 11 August 2010 due to falling pupil numbers and an inability to meet financial commitments.
It was succeeded by Claremont Senior School.
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