Sienna Miller recalls the 'completely traumatic' experience of being packed off to pricey boarding school at the age of eight following her parents' divorce
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Sienna Miller has recalled the 'traumatic' experience of being packed off to boarding school following her parents' divorce. The actress, 42, was just eight when her American art dealer father Edwin and former model mother Josephine split and she was sent to the £42,489-per-year all-girls Heathfield in Ascot.
![[The actress, 42, was just eight when her art dealer father Edwin and former model mother Jo Miller split and she was sent to the £42,489-per-year all-girls Heathfield in Ascot (pictured (with dad Edwin in 2020)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/03/09/72291369-14246573-Sienna_Miller_s_father_Edwin_is_battling_Alzheimer_s_Disease_His-a-5_1735895677794.jpg)
The swanky school boasts a swimming pool and sprawling grounds with fellow famous alumni including model Amber Le Bon, socialite Daphne Guinness and TV star Susannah Constantine. Speaking on Ruthie’s Table 4 podcast, Sienna said: ‘I was tiny, and it was too young, It was, on paper, a really idyllic-looking place. It was a manor house and there were only 52 girls.
![[The swanky school boasts a swimming pool and sprawling grounds with fellow famous alumni including model Amber Le Bon, socialite Daphne Guinness and TV star Susannah Constantine (pictured with mum Jo in 2019)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/03/09/18360694-14246573-Sweet_Sienna_also_attended_the_premiere_of_her_film_American_Wom-a-6_1735895793360.jpg)
‘But that first night you’re in a room with ten girls you’ve never met, in metal beds with tweed blankets over the top, and it’s lights out at seven. It’s traumatic, it’s completely traumatic'. The mother-of-two also said it was far from the gilded life when it came to the school’s meals: ‘They used to feed us Spam on Tuesdays and you’d have to finish your plate, you’d have to eat everything.
![[Speaking on Ruthie’s Table 4 podcast, Sienna said: ‘I was tiny, and it was too young' (Heathfield Boarding school pictured)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/03/09/93703113-14246573-image-m-2_1735895358665.jpg)
Sienna Miller, 42, has recalled the 'traumatic' experience of being packed off to boarding school following her parents' divorce. The actress, 42, was just eight when her art dealer father Edwin and former model mother Jo Miller split and she was sent to the £42,489-per-year all-girls Heathfield in Ascot (pictured (with dad Edwin in 2020).
![[Edwin and Jo are also parents to Savannah, 45(left) while he is father to sons Stephen and Charles and as well as daughter Natasha from previous relationships]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/03/09/93703211-14246573-Edwin_and_Jo_are_also_parents_to_Savannah_45_left_while_he_is_fa-m-10_1735896499445.jpg)
