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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 £12,000 and £15,000 per year for their children to board. In England there are 41 mainstream members of the BSA State Boarding Forum (SBF), including academies and free schools.

For more information on state boarding schools go to www.stateboarding.org.uk

School	County	Region	Boarding places
Ashby School	Leicestershire	East Midlands	66
Beechen Cliff School	Somerset	South West	32
Brymore Academy	Somerset	South West	123
Burford School	Oxfordshire	South Central	97
Colchester Royal Grammar School	Essex	East England	29
Cranbrook School	Kent	South East	233
Dallam School	Cumbria	North West	128
De Aston School	Lincolnshire	East Midlands	50
Exeter College	Devon	South West	16
Exeter Mathematics School	Devon	South West	30
Gordon’s School	Surrey	South East	232
Haberdashers’ Adams	Shropshire	West Midlands	89
Hockerill Anglo-European College	Hertfordshire	East England	375
Holyport College	Berkshire	South East	181
Keswick School	Cumbria	North West	50
Lancaster Royal Grammar School	Lancashire	North West	156
Liverpool College	City of Liverpool Borough	North West	32
Old Swinford Hospital	Metropolitan Borough of Dudley	West Midlands	415
Peter Symonds College	Hampshire	South Central	67
Polham Hall School	County Durham	North East Yorkshire and Humber	22
Queen Elizabeth’s School	Devon	South West	20
Reading School	Berkshire	South Central	76
Richard Huish College	Somerset	South West	74
Ripon Grammar School	North Yorkshire	North East Yorkshire and Humber	84
Royal Alexandra & Albert School	Surrey	South East	450
Sexey’s School	Somerset	South West	165
Shaftesbury School	Dorset	South West	92
Sir Roger Manwood’s School	Kent	South East	55
Skegness Grammar School	Lincolnshire	East Midlands	18
St George’s School, Harpenden Academy Trust	Hertfordshire	East	118
Steyning Grammar School	Sussex	South East	123
The Duke of York’s Royal Military School	Kent	South East	501
The Five Islands School	Isles of Scilly	South West	17
The Harefield Academy	Middlesex	London	23
The Priory Academy LSST	Lincolnshire	East Midlands	42
The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe	Buckinghamshire	South Central	70
The Royal School, Wolverhampton	Metropolitan Borough of Wolverhampton	West Midlands	108
The Thomas Adams School	Shropshire	West Midlands	60
The Wellington Academy	Wiltshire	South West	59
Welbeck – The Defence Sixth Form College	Leicestershire	East Midlands	347
Wymondham College	Norfolk	East England	570