I went to Lancing College. It could be brutal for some at times. Depends on the definition of hard. Being a boarding school, one is at mercy for 24 hours a day.
My sister teaches at Falmer and from some of the tales regaled, I would suggest that it is still up there.
I played rugby against Hove Park, I think Hurst could not fulfil their fixture, so it was a late arrangement. They seemed intent on making an example of us. Gouging, biting, hacking...