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| | School days at Sherborne |
 | | I don't doubt that the school has changed radically for the better since I was there in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and that there is now greater respect for intellectual, cultural and artistic activity, but I would be astonished if much of the old ethos had not survived. |
 | | When I last looked at what the Good Schools Guide had to say about Sherborne, on the Web a year or two ago, it was clear that it had greatly improved since our time: mixed-sex Sixth form, more flexibility as to courses of study, more sensible clothes, de-emphasis on sports and religion, and so on. |
 | | In the Sunday Times list of the top 500 secondary schools in the UK (21 November 2004) ranked according to A level results in 2004, Sherborne was ranked 163rd (128th out of 340 in its sector). |
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