Boarding Schools Explained - The Right Choice?
Members of a boarding house are encouraged to feel like an extended family. Boarding school pupils literally live in their houses during term-time: they sleep in dormitories or study-bedrooms, study in their studies or in a communal study area and relax in a television or common room.
A range of independent, fee-paying, public and private schools, (together with approximately 40 state schools) provide a boarding school education.
Many boarding schools offer flexible boarding options, ranging from an occasional overnight stay to the traditional full-boarding model. Sleeping arrangements vary too as we explain below.
To board or not to board – is that the question?
Harry Potter and Hogwarts have propelled boarding school life firmly into the spotlight, with a whole new generation...
Would your child benefit from a boarding school education? Are you put off by high fees? If so, state boarding schools may be the answer.
State boarding schools are cheaper...
Each school as unique as your child? Give a great deal of thought to what sort of character you want your child to turn out to be.
Boarding schools, because they enfold your child...
Is there a perfect age to become a boarder? The younger the better, a year before senior school, sixth-form, when family circumstances dictate or not at all?
‘If the child...
It's not just the financial outlay... Most people are aware that, for the vast majority of boarding schools hefty fees and extras are a given, but what about the hidden costs? The...
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