Boarding Schools in the UK

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1 . Rochester Independent College

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Rochester Independent College in the County of Kent, just east of London, is a progressive alternative to conventional secondary education with a happily distinctive ethos. Accepting day students from the age of 11 and boarders from 16 the focus is on examination success in a lively, supportive and informal atmosphere. Students are encouraged to be themselves and achieve exam results that often exceed their expectations. The College has an atmosphere closer to university than school. The College’s January 2008 Ofsted report judged that “the quality of education is outstanding.” Rochester Independent College is accredited by the ISC (Independent Schools Council) and a member of the ISA (Independent Schools Association).

Most full time students at the College are here to study one or two year A level courses in sixth form, GCSE courses in the Lower School, English as a Foreign Language (ESL), Visual and Creative Art courses or a combination of these. Many are taking subjects on first time courses, others may be taking resits. The average class size is eight.

2 . Cambridge Centre For Sixth-form Studies

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Cambridge Centre for Sixth Form Studies (CCSS) is one of the UK's leading independent sixth-form colleges, specialising in A-level and GCSE courses for entry into the best universities.CCSS is a co-educational college in Cambridge (situated 50 miles north of London) offering GCSE and A-level courses to 200 students (Age range of 15-20), supported by 98 staff. The college provides close academic supervision, a friendly, informal atmosphere and high levels of pastoral care. One-to-one private tutorials are an important and unique part of all A level courses on top of group lessons. Students, teachers and parents at CCSS are celebrating the overwhelmingly positive results of the ISI inspection recently conducted at the college. Inspectors said that "CCSS provides a high quality educational experience", achieving its aim of providing an individual approach to every student. They also rated teaching as "high quality" and pastoral care as "outstanding".

Two-Year A-level Course; One-year Upper-sixth A2-level courses; One-year A-level courses covering AS and A2; One-year Lower-sixth AS-level courses; A-level retake courses; GCSE course; GCSE retake courses; Easter Revision courses; English language tuition for foreign students.

3 . Loretto School

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Loretto School is a small, friendly co-educational boarding and day school for 3 - 18 years olds in Scotland. Set in 85 acres of leafy campus just outside Edinburgh, Scotland's capital city, Loretto School provides an all-round education for just over 500 boys and girls - boarders, flexi-boarders and day pupils. Loretto is 30 minutes by car from Edinburgh international airport and runs daily minibuses from East Lothian and the Borders. Loretto School also provides a renowned golf academy - current winners of HMC foursomes Championships and pupils playing at national and international level. Pupils can board from age 8 years although most boarders join the School from age 10. We have an intake each year of international students joining our Sixth Form and smaller volumes joining at all ages further down the School. Loretto welcomes pupils from around the world who bring with them a diverse range of cultures which enhance the overall culture of the School. Loretto's non-demoninational status provides a relaxed environment allowing pupils from different cultures to fit in easily and mix freely. Overseas pupils with specific cultural needs are catered for in the most appropriate and sensitive way. Wide range of scholarships available.

Junior School, Senior School: Broad based curriculum following the best features of the Scottish and English Examination systems. Pupils study GCSEs, AS and A-Levels. Consistently very high exam results with a regular number of successful Oxbridge candidates. Academic curriculum runs along side broad extra curricular and sporting programme. Strong Expressive Arts programme: Music, Drama and Art. Golf academy offers pupils an exceptional opportunity to develop their sporting talent in tandem with a first-class education.

4 . Moffats School

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Moffats is a family-owned co-educational independent day and boarding school in England that caters for the needs of boys and girls between the ages of four and thirteen. The school is located in its own beautiful 100-acre estate in the south of rural Shropshire on the Shropshire-Worcestershire border, within easy daily travelling distance of Bridgnorth, Ludlow and Kidderminster. At Moffats, boarding is fun for children 7 - 13 years of age, and there is always something going on. Moffats is a true boarding school, in the traditional sense. We offer a flexible range of daily, weekly and full boarding services, which cover all the things that parents would normally provide if they were at hand, including medical care, clothing, shoes and, of course, birthday cakes! Moffats School is a member of the Independent Schools Association (ISA) and the school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate.

Moffats delivers traditional high-quality education in small classes. The average class size is 12 pupils, so teachers can always explain work and discuss it with children, one-to-one. Music and drama are part of daily life at Moffats, as are sport, which can include riding, and a wide range of activities.

5 . Queen Ethelburga's College

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Queen Ethelburga's is a Private Day & Boarding School in England for Boys & Girls aged 5-19 up to A-level. Queen Ethelburga's College in York welcomes pupils aged 11 to 18 who share our philosophy of 'To Be The Best That I Can With The Gifts That I Have' and who seek a better quality of life at school as day pupils or residents on campus. We have a history of being a Sunday Times Top UK School for GCSE Results and A-Level Results. Living on Campus: Benedict house or Abbey Chambers is home, and we go to great lengths to make it as homely as possible. For example, pupils may, within reason, bring their small pets such as a rabbit, gerbil, hamster or goldfish, to school. There are cosy kitchen / common rooms with remote control 20-channel satellite TV /video and music centre. Although every bedroom incorporates a study area, an additional study area is provided, complete with Pentium computers.

Those pupils who join us aged between eleven and thirteen will enter a board-based programme of lessons including English, Mathematics, three Sciences, Music, the Arts, Languages, Information Technology and the Humanities. Careers lessons, Sport and PSE are also included. GCSE, Sixth Form A-Level Preparation.

6 . Kent College Pembury

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Kent College Preparatory School & Kent College Pembury is a leading independent girls' boarding and day school with a Senior School (ages 11-18) and Prep School (ages 3-11) sharing the same site in Kent, in the south-east of England which had good communication networks. London is just 40 minutes away by train, Gatwick and Heathrow international airports are less than an hour away, and seaports and the Channel Tunnel are within easy access. As well as providing an excellent learning environment, Kent College offers a secure and happy home for boarders. At KC, the 'traditional' image of boarding could not be further from reality. Family-run boarding houses provide spacious, comfortable accommodation and there is a friendly, relaxed atmosphere in all houses. Our boarders come from all over the world and we maintain a good balance of British and international girls in houses and classes.

Students in Years 7, 8 and 9 are usually aged 11 to 14 years old. The curriculum is planned with due regard to the Key Stage 3 (KS3) National Curriculum, although we provide a greater variety of subjects. Students in Years 10 and 11 are usually aged 14 to 16 and follow the two-year GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) course with public examinations at the end of Year 11. Sixth Form - A-levels.

7 . Hordle Walhampton School

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Hordle Walhampton School is a forward-looking, independent boarding and day school for boys and girls from 2 - 13 years old. We are located in Lymington, Hampshire on the Southern edge of the New Forest. Lymington lies on the south coast of England halfway between Southampton and Bournemouth and is only 90 miles south west of London. It can be reached in about 90 minutes by train from London Waterloo or by car (via the M3, M27, A337) in about 2 hours. Lakes, woodland and extensive games fields surround the main school house, providing wonderful facilities for traditional games, sailing, riding and fieldwork. There are three boarding houses: The Lodge, Clockhouse and Mainhouse, with warm, comfortable bedrooms in family atmosphere. We offer flexible arrangements to suit home and child.

In the Prep School there are two classes per year group and, if numbers dictate, sometimes three. In Years Three and Four, children are in forms of parallel ability but set for English and Maths. From Year Five the forms are streamed and children continue to be set in English and Maths. Children are prepared for 13+ CE and scholarships to senior Independent schools.

8 . Stanborough Secondary School

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Founded in 1902, Stanborough Secondary School in Stanborough Park, Watford, Hertfordshire, is an independent, co-educational school with a strong and established academic tradition The Seventh Day Adventist Christian roots of the school make it welcoming to all faiths and pupils from around the world. With over 40 nationalities (age range 318), Stanborough School is referred to as the United Nations. Our spacious boarding school provides accommodation for over 60 boarders. It is not unusual for students to share a room with someone who comes all the way from Australia, Asia, Africa, America or other parts of Europe to seek the benefits of a British education. Located in over 40 acres of beautiful parkland and only 30 minutes from London, the school provides the ideal setting for learning. By placing emphasis on a wide range of cultures and curriculum choices, we aim to develop our pupils in as many ways as possible. The School offers a balanced and challenging education, which will stand our pupils in good stead in their future careers and within the community at large.

K-12: Nursery Year Two to Twelfth Grade Secondary School, International School for students aged 11 to 18, International Baccalaureate from the age of 16, Summer English School for students aged 11-16, Study Course - Students from 11 to 18 can experience British culture by enrolling in an English Literature, English History or English (ESL) course.

9 . EduKick Academic Year Soccer Boarding School, UK

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EduKick International Soccer Boarding Schools. Available in Italy, Spain, France, England, Mexico and Brazil. Professional Soccer Development Academic Year Boarding Schools: Training and studying abroad in an EduKick international soccer boarding school equips young student-players for life’s challenges in a way no other experience can. Not only will they be prepared for a competitive international soccer environment, they will learn a deep appreciation for a new language and culture as well. By participating in an EduKick Soccer Boarding School Program, a player distinguishes himself from his peers as a soccer player by committing to a year-long soccer development training course abroad. Players learn that the world is much bigger than their neighborhood and they begin to consider their potential within this "bigger" world!

Bolton, England - EduKick England Academic Year Football Studies Course

Also: Aquas de Lindoia, Brazil – Year-Long High School Boarding - Cannes, France - Academic Year French Soccer Boarding School - Perugia, Italy – *Italian Soccer Boarding High School - Perugia, Italy – *Academic Year “University” Soccer School Option - Puerto Vallarta, Mexico - *Spanish & Soccer Academic Full Year
Madrid, Spain - Academic Year “University” Soccer Boarding School & Academic Year Soccer Boarding High School

10 . Taunton School

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Taunton School is an independent boarding and day school for boys and girls aged 2 and 1/2 to 18 years. Located in the heart of Somerset in the south west of England, it is the quality of the human relationships that marks out Taunton School from other schools and is the reason why we are rapidly becoming acknowledged as one of the leading schools in the region. Close friends on hand, abundant sporting and cultural activities, access to extensive resources and the opportunity to develop skills and friendships beyond those offered in the home environment are just some of the advantages of life at Taunton School. We offer a friendly, relaxed but well controlled environment that gives an enormous range of advantages to pupils in our care.

11 . Aysgarth School, York

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Aysgarth is one of the country’s leading Prep Schools for boys, incorporating a full boarding focused, boys’ Prep School for 8 to 13 year olds, and a Pre Prep and Nursery for boys and girls aged from 3 to 8. Aysgarth School is situated in the foothills of the Yorkshire Dales, just ten minutes drive from the A1 and 50 minutes from the nearest airport, Durham Tees Valley.

The Prep School, for boys aged eight to 13, is the only all-boys boarding and day prep school in the north of England. Aysgarth is still boarding focused but now also welcomes day boys. In the north, the school has an umatched record of sending boys to Eton, Harrow, Radley, Shrewsbury, Stowe, Uppingham and Winchester, as well as Ampleforth and Sedbergh closer by. OFSTED completed a Boarding Inspection in October 2008 and awarded Aysgarth 'Outstanding' as its overall assessment, placing it amongst the best in the UK.

Prepatory Program for boys aged 8 to 13 years; Boarding Programme; Day Programme; General Curriculum including subjects such as Latin, Greek, French, History, ICT, English, Geography, Mathematics, Religious Studies, Science; Music and Arts Programme; Sports Programme; Pre-Prep and Nursery Program for boys and girls aged 3 to 8 years.

12 . Atlantic College, Cardiff

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Atlantic College is an Independent International Sixth Form College situated at St Donats Castle, Glamorgan Vale, a 45-minute drive from Cardiff in Wales. It was one of the first colleges in the world and first in UK to follow an international curriculum. Atlantic College continues to lead the way in pioneering new options for the broad-ranging International Baccalaureate Diploma.

Atlantic College admits 170 students a year, aged 16 to 18, from more than 75 countries, with the aim of fostering respect for diverse cultural, social and religious backgrounds. Students from diverse nationalities live together for two years in South Wales, and study for the International Baccalaureate Diploma, a pre-university qualification which was piloted at the College.

Boarding Programme for boys and girls 16-18 years old; Day Programme; International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme choosing from subjects such as Literature Course in Mother Tongue Language, Foreign Language, Humanities, Natural Sciences, Art, Music or Theatre Arts; Integrated Development Programme; Extra-Curricular Activity Programme.

13 . Plymouth College Preparatory School, Plymouth

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Welcome to Plymouth College, one of the South West's leading independent day and boarding schools for boys and girls aged 3 to 18 years with boarding facilities for Senior School students aged 11 to 18. The school is based in the bustling maritime city of Plymouth with close proximity to Dartmoor, magnificent countryside and the coastal landscapes of Devon and Cornwall. As well as boarders from the UK, Plymouth and the surrounding area, we welcome pupils from all over the world including Europe, the Far East, Asia and the Americas.

We have a wide curriculum which helps us prepare pupils fully for secondary education and this is supported by a diverse range of extra-curricular activities. Activities include team practices for sport (both competitive and non competitive) as well as clubs for ballet, modelling, computing, philately, fencing, sketching, gymnastics, modern dance and adventure training to name but a few. We have a strong community spirit in which every child combines a desire to achieve with an awareness of the importance of tolerance and consideration for others.

Boarding Program for Senior School students aged 11 to 18+. Day Program; Preparatory School; Reception; Kindergarten; Lower School; Senior School; Sixth Form; Core academic subjects include English, Maths and Science. We also offer a wide range of creative subjects and sports such as drama, dance, music, ballet, fencing and sketching.

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