As the Prince and Princess of Wales ruminate over the difficult choice of where to send the future King to secondary school, a new institution is reportedly in the running.
The Mail on Sunday reported this weekend that Kate, 42, and William, 41, have listed the prestigious Oundle School among their top choices for their eldest son, 11, who will be leaving primary school this summer.
It comes amid reports Kate's alma mater, Marlborough School in Buckinghamshire, where fees are £47,000-per-year, runs the risk of being 'flashy' with a source revealing the Princess of Wales's style is 'understated wealth'.
In contrast, Oundle School in north Northamptonshire claims to help shape its pupils into 'decent', 'open-minded' and 'ambitious' adults - but never 'arrogant'.
The institution, founded in 1556, boasts that pupils, known as Oundelians, 'share the town of Oundle' with residents as its buildings are scattered around the area in an open campus which includes a chapel and a cricket ground.
The headteacher, Sarah Kerr-Dineen, has studied at both Oxford and Cambridge, describes pupils at the school as 'intellectually curious, energetic, resourceful'.
She adds: 'There is no strutting' among pupils.
Speaking about adults who were educated at the Northamptonshire school, Ms Kerr-Dineen says: 'What I see in them is a sense of decency and an enjoyment of other people’s company; a sense of loving opportunities and challenges but not of being entitled or feeling that they are owed anything.
'In my experience, Oundelians work hard on feelings. They enjoy friendships, they enjoy relationships.'
