Carmel Jewish College MOST EXPENSIVE BOARDING SCHOOL IN UK

Carmel College was, from 1948 to 1997, a British, Jewish boarding school, modelled on British public schools. Founded as a boys' school, in later years it was, to some extent, co-educational, and there were a few non-Jewish day pupils. It was one of the UK's only three Jewish boarding schools, the others being in Gateshead and Whittingehame College in Brighton

Carmel College alumni are known as "Old Carmelis"; in 1973 the school was referred to as the "Jewish Eton by The Observer correspondent, Chaim Bermant.

The school was founded in 1948 by Rabbi Dr Yaacov Kopul Rosen; "there were about 25 pupils." It was first situated at Greenham Common near Newbury, Berkshire, and then at Mongewell Park near Wallingford, Oxfordshire. When it moved, it had "about 200 pupils."[3]

It was closed in July 1997,[3] mainly owing to diminishing pupil numbers and severe financial difficulties, having been seriously affected by the termination of government assisted places by the Labour government and the rise of the Jewish Day School Movement. The grounds were sold to property developers for an undisclosed sum. The sale was overturned by the Charity Commission, however, following significant pressure from parents and former students who claimed the land was undersold. The distinctive concrete synagogue, with its stained glass windows created by Israeli artist Nehemia Azaz, the dining hall, and the amphitheatre, designed by local architect Thomas Hancock, are Grade II listed buildings; the Julius Gottlieb gallery and boathouse, designed by Sir Basil Spence, is Grade II* listed.[4]

When it closed, the school was attended by children from the age of 11 to 18 – although earlier there had been a preparatory school which took children from around the age of 8. Later a girls' school was built about a mile from the main campus, although the buildings were never actually used for this purpose. Instead, it was turned into a junior school in the late 1960s for children up to the age of 13, when they moved to the main school. The junior school was closed down several years before Carmel, and the buildings sold. Girls were later admitted into the main school, starting at the sixth form in 1968. Daughters of teachers at the school had been admitted before this, including the daughter of Rabbi Kopul Rosen.

The principals or headmasters were: the founder, Kopul Rosen, until his death in 1962; David Stamler, 1962–71; Kopul Rosen's eldest son, Jeremy Rosen, 1971–84; and Philip Skelker, until the school closed.

Upon closure of the school, many pupils were transferred to another boarding school in Bristol, Clifton College, which had, until May 2005 a Jewish boarding house, Polack's House.

Typical boarding fees in 1996 were £10,000 per school term (i.e. £30,000 per year). From 1990 it was the most expensive boarding school in the country. There were many students from abroad, especially in later years, and some scholarships.

The school practised a mainstream Orthodox Judaism,[5] more Orthodox than the practice of most of the pupils' families.

There is a history of the school's early days: Carmel College in the Kopul Era: A History of Carmel College, September 1948-March 1962.[6]

In October 2015 former housemaster Trevor Bolton was convicted of abusing boys at the school over a period of 20 years.
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