UK boarding schools have a longstanding reputation for excellence. Those who attend them benefit from a first class educational experience and are given a real head start in life. Pupils can attend from the ages of five to eighteen, and can be from any country in the world. Some of the UK’s best boarding schools attract pupils from all corners of the globe; their parents being attracted by the high academic success rates amongst other things.
All boarding schools in the UK have to be registered with UK government education department, and are subject to minimum standards of facilities and teaching. These minimum standards are above and beyond those typically enforced in many other countries. You can find out particulars relating to a boarding school’s past results by visiting their website, and you can also find league tables on independent websites that rank schools on a range of performance factors.
Boarding schools in the UK educate pupils by following the standard British curriculum, which is revered and copied by lots of other countries. At eighteen, pupils gain their A-levels, which are, according to Cambridge University and Oxford University, the highest form of pre-university qualifications available. Having achieved good A-levels grades, pupils can attend the best universities anywhere in the world. The grades that pupils at boarding schools achieve for their A-levels are well above the national average, with lots of pupils achieving straight As.
Though some boarding schools educate children as young as five, it is more common for them to focus on just secondary education, which is for children between the ages of eleven and eighteen. The standard procedure is for children to take an entrance test for a boarding school when they are eleven, and to then stay at that school until they pass their A-levels at the age of eighteen. Pupils are accepted at any stage during that time, but the transition process is easier for them if they start at the school at the same time as most of their peers.
Before deciding which of the many UK boarding schools to send your child to, you should do the following…
- Browse the website of each school and request a detailed prospectus from the ones you like best.
- Visit a few of the schools if it is feasible to do so.
- Show your child details of each school and ask for their opinion.
- Check what is, and what is not, included in the institution fees.
- Find out if any grants or scholarships are available.
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