Boarding Schools

Perhaps the most famous girls’ school it the country, Cheltenham was founded in 1858 and has been churning out high flying ladies ever since. The education is about as rigorous as you will find: a typical Cheltenham girl, will take over ten GCSES, play an instrument to a high standard and represent her county in […]

The school, founded in 1542, was originally a farming school, and still has a reputation for being down-to-earth with a huge spectrum of pupils from all different backgrounds. Dauntsey’s has a reputation for producing competitive academic results and a tradition of outstanding ‘westend-worthy’ drama. This all makes for ‘well rounded, talented pupils’. With the rambling backdrop

A former convent built for Spanish nuns overlooking the Berkshire downs near newbury, downe house has long been one of England’s best known and most highly regarded all-girls boarding schools. Downe house has long maintained a social, academic and sporting cachet and is a top choice for ambitious parents of daughters. There is also a

Set in the outskirts of Oxford, sandwiched between the suburb of Headington and the distinctly inspiring cobbled streets of Oxford, Headington is a happy, inoffensive school producing well-rounded girls with a perfectly decent education. Headington is big (800 girls) but has a small, highly cosmopolitan boarding contingent – 47 nationalities at the last count.Headingtons facilities

Founded in 1899 by Eleanor Beatrice Wyatt, who began by starting small schools for girls in London but, on deciding that out of London would provide a healthier environment, acquired the property and grounds on which Heathfield now lies. The school stands in 36 acres of grounds on the outskirts of Ascot, Berkshire, around one and

Established in 1851, Marlborough College holds claim to be the first major school to adopt co-education at sixth form level. Located near to the town of Marlborough, Wiltshire, the school lies in extensive grounds by the river Kennet. A mixture of Victorian mansions and new architecture, with a Neolithic mound to boot, the eclectic mix

The school stretches vastly over 100 acres of Somerset; with 1200 pupils split into nineteen boarding houses, it is not small. Yet the magnitude of the place allows for an extraordinary range of activities and exceptional facilities. Millfield is modern in all senses: buildings, education and philosophy. It takes students of all abilities and from

Within the idyllic surroundings of the Dorset countryside, Milton Abbey could not be more rural. Though the abbey is still owned by the diocese of Salisbury, the school has full access to it; the classrooms and two of the boarding houses occupy the converted monastery buildings and the pupils certainly appreciate how lucky they are

Oundle is the original all-rounder school: not in the sense that it is adequate in all areas but rather that it excels in them. Excellent sports teams and a drama department worthy of professionals stand alongside outstanding results year on year. Oundle is the third largest public school behind Eton and Millfield, though the boarding