A growing number of overseas families, including Catholics, are choosing to educate their children in Britain. The popularity of British boarding schools among foreigners has revived an educational way of life which had been in decline, reports Jeremy Sutcliffe Among independent Catholic schools, the rising number of foreign boarders has been largely welcomed. For many, it has meant the difference between survival and being forced to close in the face of shrinking demand from British families. Some have tapped into this new source of income by adopting sophisticated marketing techniques to attract pupils from abroad. They point out their historic roots with other countries dating back to the days when they were established in mainland Europe to provide a Catholic education to the childre