Dear Freezzze~
I'm pleased you came here. Although it was a fair while ago I remember very well boarding schools, some in the UK and one here in Australia. I was a day boy but as these schools were basically boarding facilities I had a very good idea of what went on as it spilled into daytime classes and activities. Many of the boarders in that last school were from the country, basically children from privilege.
Kids are cruel and tribal and seek out someone to bolster their juvenile inadequacies by bullying, either with outright violence or by voicing contempt and generally making the outsider's life intolerable. It's something that often drags in those that would wish to be neutral, particularly other boarders who cannot distance themselves.
For someone who is a boarder the situation is much worse than at a normal school, as there is no escape or relief. I'm not sure from my own, dated, experience how well steps to remedy the situation work. Concerted underhand bullying in a boarding situation takes a lot of supervision and imagination to control. An awful lot depends on how rigorous the response is, how willing the staff are to take comprehensive action.
So I guess as a first step you can report incidents to staff or school counselors, you will soon get a feeling if you have enthusiastic support and things are followed up in a competent and effective manner or if, as is possible, matters go further underground and get worse.
Another possible avenue is the Kids Help Line (1800 55 1800) which talks to young people that are being bullied.
Leaving the school may be a last resort option but any such decision has to include your parents. Do you have a sufficiently good relationship with them that you can expect a serious discussion and support?
I've not given a reply that says much other than you expected. Would you like to come back and say what you think?
Croix
