State boarding schools

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State

boarding schools

If you are considering boarding, a state boarding school may be an option. As always, it is important to do your research and above all, see the school in action before you make any choice. State boarding schools provide free education but charge fees for boarding. Some state boarding schools are run by local councils and others are run as academies or free schools. These schools give priority to children who have a particular need to board and will assess children’s suitability for boarding. At state boarding schools and academies, including sixth-form colleges, parents pay between £10,000 and £17,000 per year for their children to board, with an average of £12,000 per year. In England there are 34 mainstream members of the BSA State Boarding Forum (SBF) and 32 are listed here, including academies and free schools. For more information on state boarding schools go to www.stateboarding.org.uk

State boarding schools

School

Beechen Cliff School Brymore Academy Burford School Colchester Royal Grammar School Cranbrook School Dallam School

County

Somerset Somerset Oxfordshire Essex Kent Cumbria

Region Number of boarders

South West 34

South West 150

South Central East England South East North West 100 30 260 139

Exeter College Gordon’s School Haberdashers’ Adams Hockerill Anglo-European College Holyport College Keswick School Devon Surrey Shropshire Hertfordshire Berkshire Cumbria South West South East West Midlands East England South East North West

Lancaster Royal Grammar School Lancashire North West

Liverpool College Old Swinford Hospital Peter Symonds College Reading School City of Liverpool Borough Metropolitan Borough of Dudley Hampshire Berkshire

Richard Huish College Ripon Grammar School Somerset North Yorkshire

Royal Alexandra & Albert School Surrey

Sexey’s School Somerset

Shaftesbury School

Dorset St George’s School, Harpenden Academy Trust Hertfordshire Steyning Grammar School The Duke of York’s Royal Military School Sussex Kent North West West Midlands South Central South Central South West North East Yorkshire and Humber South East South West South West East England South East South East

The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe The Royal School, Wolverhampton The Thomas Adams School Shropshire The Wellington Academy Wymondham College Wymondham College Prep School Buckinghamshire

South Central Metropolitan Borough of Wolverhampton West Midlands Shropshire West Midlands

Wiltshire South West

Norfolk Norfolk East England East England

78 272 100 300 225 53 183 21 358 78 80 52 112 500 198 108 120 120 500+ 70 110 64 100 650 32