What are some good boarding schools in the UK?

What are some good boarding schools in the UK?

• My friend and I are looking for boarding schools in England that would be good for us. We are 15 year old girls from USA and are literally dying to go to a British boarding school. I have good grades ( maybe a 4.0 gpa or even higher) and do a lot of extracriculum activities. Do you know any good coed boarding schools in UK?

• Answer:

  Best co-ed boarding schools offering GCSE and ALevels (AS and A2): http://www.best-schools.co.uk/league-tables/co-educational-boarding-schools.aspx Best boarding schools doing the IB curriculum: http://www.best-schools.co.uk/league-tables/ib-schools.aspx Top ranking co-ed boarding schools around here incl. Brighton College - http://www.brightoncollege.org.uk Ashford School - http://www.ashfordschool.co.uk Wellington College - http://www.wellingtoncollege.org.uk Kings Canterbury - http://www.kings-school.co.uk Sevenoaks - http://www.sevenoaksschool.org Pangbourne - http://www.pangbournecollege.com There's also my old school ( http://www.rochester-college.org/index_flash.htm ) but you have to be in the 6th form (years 12 and 13) to board so you're too young at the mo. It's a very good school though - some overseas governments send their highest achieving students to the school to do A Levels. BTW you don't necessarily need good grades to go to boarding school in the UK but you will need parents (or grandparents) with plenty of money. Current fees are around £30,000 per year, plus you'd have to buy your books, equiptment, uniforms (most schools have at least 3 - either summer, winter and sports uniform or a formal, informal and sports uniform), any additional lessons (usually in music, dance or speech), co-curricular activities, school trips and school camps; plus air fares to get here, immigration fees, guardianship fees, medical insurance, dental insurance. The list just goes on and on. Realistically sending you to boarding school in the UK is going to cost your parents at least $65,000 per year.