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At the age of ten, White was sent to [[Tudor House School]], a boarding school in [[Moss Vale, New South Wales|Moss Vale]] in the [[Southern Highlands (New South Wales)|Southern Highlands]] of [[New South Wales]], in an attempt to abate his asthma. It took him some time to adjust to the presence of other children. At boarding school, he started to write plays. Even at this early age, White wrote about palpably adult themes. In 1924, the boarding school ran into financial trouble, and the headmaster suggested for White to be sent to a [[independent school (United Kingdom)|public school]] in England, a suggestion that his parents accepted.<ref>{{cite book|last=Marr|first=David|title=Patrick White, a life|year=1991|publisher=Random House|location=Milsons Point, NSW|isbn=0091825857|pages=57–66}}</ref>
White struggled to adjust to his new surroundings at [[Cheltenham College]], [[Gloucestershire]], England. He later described it as "a four-year prison sentence".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/pwhite.htm|title=Patrick White|website=Books and Writers ''(kirjasto.sci.fi)''|first=Petri|last=Liukkonen|publisher=[[Kuusankoski]] Public Library|location=Finland|archiveurl=https://
While at school in London, White made one close friend, Ronald Waterall, an older boy who shared similar interests. White's biographer, [[David Marr (journalist)|David Marr]], wrote that "the two men would walk, arm-in-arm, to London shows; and stand around stage doors crumbing for a glimpse of their favourite stars, giving a practical demonstration of a chorus girl's high kick... with appropriate vocal accompaniment". When Waterall left school, White withdrew again. He asked his parents if he could leave school to become an actor. The parents compromised and allowed him to finish school early if he came home to Australia to try life on the land. His parents felt that he should work on the land rather than become a writer and hoped that his work as a [[Jackaroo (trainee)|jackaroo]] would temper his artistic ambitions.<ref>{{cite book|last=Marr|first=David|title=Patrick White, a life|year=1991|publisher=Random House|location=Milsons Point, NSW|isbn=0091825857}}</ref>
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