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 40 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

www.sbsa.org.uk

School	County	Region	Boarding places
Ashby School	Leicestershire	East Midlands	75
Beechen Cliff School	Bath	South West	36
Brymore Academy	Somerset	South West	150
Burford School	Oxfordshire	South Central	95
Colchester Royal Grammar School	Essex	East England	30
Cranbrook School	Kent	South East	260
Dallam School	Cumbria	North West	127
De Aston School	Lincolnshire	East Midlands	80
Exeter Mathematics School	Devon	South West	32
Gordon’s School	Surrey	South East	240
Haberdashers’ Adams	Borough of Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	100
Hockerill Anglo-European College	Hertfordshire	East England	307
Holyport College	Berkshire	South East	220
Keswick School	Cumbria	North West	53
Lancaster Royal Grammar	Lancashire	North West	180
Liverpool College	City of Liverpool Borough	North West	30
Old Swinford Hospital	Metropolitan Borough of Dudley	West Midlands	500
Peter Symonds College	Hampshire	South Central	74
Polham Hall School	County Durham	North East Yorkshire and Humber	60
Queen Elizabeth’s Academy Trust	Devon	South West	55
Reading School	Berkshire	South Central	83
Richard Huish	Somerset	South West	52
Ripon Grammar School	North Yorkshire	North East Yorkshire and Humber	95
Royal Alexandra & Albert School	Surrey	South East	507
Royal School, Wolverhampton	Metropolitan Borough of Wolverhampton	West Midlands	110
Sexey’s School	Somerset	South West	330
Shaftesbury School	Dorset	South West	104
Sir Roger Manwood’s School	Kent	South East	55
Skegness Grammar School	Lincolnshire	East Midlands	55
St George’s School, Harpenden Academy Trust	Hertfordshire	East	130
Steyning Grammar School	West Sussex	South East	125
The Duke of York’s Royal Military School	Kent	South East	722
The Five Islands School	Isles of Scilly	South West	32
The Harefield Academy	Borough of Hillingdon	London	48
The Priory Academy LSST	Lincolnshire	East Midlands	60
The Royal Grammar School	Buckinghamshire	South Central	78
The Thomas Adams School	Shropshire	West Midlands	60
The Wellington Academy	Wiltshire	South West	100
Welbeck – The Defence Sixth Form College	Leicestershire	East Midlands	375
Wymondham College	Norfolk	East England	641

Information from the Sate Boarding Forum, May 2016