BOARDING ON INSANITY: The Impact That Boarding School Has on The World

A Film Exploring The Impact That Boarding School & Those That Attended It Has On The World.

With So Many Global Leaders in Business, Politics, Legal, Military & Media Having Been To Boarding School What Is The Impact on The World?

The documentary Boarding On Insanity is now live!


In this film we explore boarding schools and the impact that it is having on the world.


We will be looking at:

  • How many of the UKs leaders and the world in so many fields went to boarding school.
  • From Richard Branson to David Cameron and from Boris Johnson to the former Head of the English Church what is the impact of boarding school on those who attended?
  • How has boarding school and the leaders who attended impacted global decision making over the past few hundred years?
  • Has it had any impact on slavery, human rights issues, and children's welfare?
  • What about on the working classes?
  • The film will also look to interweave my own story of life at boarding school.
  • We will also look at the solutions.


We began in September 2022 by going down to London to film  one of the leaders in this field, Nick Duffell  to start creating the trailer for the documentary.


We have now filmed many interviews  with some of the leading figures in the trauma, child development and boarding school syndrome world from Dr Gabor Mate to Nick Duffell, from Dr Suzanne Zeedyk to Prof Joy Schaverien.


As of 2025 the FILM is now live.  You can now watch it.


Trigger warning:  Please note that the trailer contains reference to abuse and suicide.





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