I am going to boarding school next year for college and have applied for a few but I have not found one that I really like. Does anyone go to or know of any good boarding schools in england preferably with sailing or horse riding.
Also what is it like at boarding school and what do you do in your free time if the school is no where near a town?
Tags: good boarding schools, K through 12, time
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Boarding schools are pretty boring
You’ll have to take up a hobby or sport to pass time like table tennis
Eton is the best boarding school in the country I think, but you have to be very rich
I think it is £26,000 a term. My cousin went there, he said it was vital to take up a hobby or you’ll be bored. And yes, they have sailing but I’m not sure about horse riding. And that it might get boring but you’ll be thankful that your education was so good. Hope I helped:
Go to a normal school. They’re more fun. You get to have a bit more freedom in lessons. Its not as boring. You get to go home afterwards and do sociable things.The education is JUST as good. And THEY ARE FREE!
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I assume you are thinking of boarding just for the last two years? If so, entry is super competitive for the better schools as they boost their A’level results with their sixth form intake giving generous scholarships.
You don’t say if you want all girls or mixed and you don’t say whether you will be a weekly boarder or not. Many (maybe even most) boarding school children go home at the weekends. If you do, you will not have time for riding or sailing.
The Times publishes the ranking of the best private schools in the country. Not all offer boarding but most do. Some (Eton for instance) have no Sixth form intake at all. They also take only boys so forget that one.
For an amazing last two years, it would be hard to beat Westminster which is boys only till Sixth form and is located in the heart of central London. Very hard to get into. No sailing or riding.
If you want all girls, Wycombe Abbey or Cheltenham Ladies would be pretty good choices. Wycombe Abbey is in the centre of High Wycombe and walking distance from a 30 minute train journey to London so you won’t be bored. They have sailing but it is a joke because it is on a lake and the riding is not serious either.
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