State
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boarding schools
If you are considering boarding, a state
academies or free schools. These schools
In England there are 34 mainstream
boarding school may be an option. As
give priority to children who have a particular
members of the BSA State Boarding Forum
always, it is important to do your research
need to board and will assess children’s
(SBF) and 32 are listed here, including
and above all, see the school in action before
suitability for boarding. At state boarding
academies and free schools. For more
you make any choice. State boarding schools
schools and academies, including sixth-form
information on state boarding schools go to
provide free education but charge fees for
colleges, parents pay between £10,000 and
www.stateboarding.org.uk
boarding. Some state boarding schools are
£17,000 per year for their children to board,
run by local councils and others are run as
with an average of £12,000 per year.
State boarding schools School
County
Region
Beechen Cliff School
Somerset
South West
Number of boarders 34
Brymore Academy
Somerset
South West
150
Burford School
Oxfordshire
South Central
100
Colchester Royal Grammar School
Essex
East England
Cranbrook School
Kent
South East
260
Dallam School
Cumbria
North West
139
Exeter College
Devon
South West
78
Gordon’s School
Surrey
South East
272
Haberdashers’ Adams
Shropshire
West Midlands
100
Hockerill Anglo-European College
Hertfordshire
East England
300
Holyport College
Berkshire
South East
225
Keswick School
Cumbria
North West
53
Lancaster Royal Grammar School
Lancashire
North West
183
Liverpool College
City of Liverpool Borough
North West
Old Swinford Hospital
Metropolitan Borough of Dudley
West Midlands
358
Peter Symonds College
Hampshire
South Central
78
Reading School
Berkshire
South Central
80
Richard Huish College
Somerset
South West
Ripon Grammar School
North Yorkshire
North East Yorkshire and Humber
112
Royal Alexandra & Albert School
Surrey
South East
500
Sexey’s School
Somerset
South West
198
Shaftesbury School
Dorset
South West
108
St George’s School, Harpenden Academy Trust
Hertfordshire
East England
120
Steyning Grammar School
Sussex
South East
120
The Duke of York’s Royal Military School
Kent
South East
500+
30
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52
The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
South Central
70
The Royal School, Wolverhampton
Metropolitan Borough of Wolverhampton
West Midlands
110
The Thomas Adams School Shropshire
Shropshire
West Midlands
The Wellington Academy
Wiltshire
South West
100
Wymondham College
Norfolk
East England
650
Wymondham College Prep School
Norfolk
East England
32
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