Colchester Royal Grammar School

Colchester Royal Grammar School
School type: Grammar School
Age range: 11-18
Gender: Boys 11-16. Girls and boys in sixth form

• Judged “outstanding” in every category by Ofsted
• Top school in the country for A-levels (DfE 2007-2012)
• A Science and Languages Specialist School

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Cranbrook School

Cranbrook School
School type: Grammar School
Age range: 13-18
Gender: Boys and girls

• Rated as 'an outstanding school' by Ofsted in April 2015
• Enviable academic results: 98.9% A*-C at GCSE, 76% A*-B at A Level
• Excellent pastoral care, superb facilities,75 acre campus and strong sporting tradition
• Oxbridge and Medical School Success

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Gordon’s School

Gordon’s School
School type: Academy
Age range: 11-18
Gender: Boys and girls

• Ranked best non-selective state-boarding school in England & Wales (Sunday Times 2016)
• Ranked second best school in England & Wales for GCSE results (Daily Telegraph, 2016)
• Ranked 5th best school in England & Wales for A-level results (Daily Telegraph 2016)
• A Tatler recommended school
• A-level results equal to top 3% in the country (ALPS, 2016)
• Awarded the ‘World Class Schools’ mark, 2016

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The Harefield Academy

The Harefield Academy
School type: Academy
Age range: 11-18
Gender: Boys and girls

• Elite sports academy linked with Watford FC
• Beautiful rural location within the M25 and close links to London
• "Good with Outstanding features" OFSTED July 2011

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Hockerill Anglo-European College

Hockerill Anglo-European College
School type: Comprehensive School
Age range: 11-19
Gender: Boys and girls

• The country’s top performing state school post 16 (The Independent, six successive years to 2012)
• The Sunday Times IB School of the Year 2011/12
• OUTSTANDING in ALL JUDGEMENTS - OFSTED 2012

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Holyport College

Holyport College
School type: Free School
Age range: 11-19
Gender: Boys and girls

• Ofsted Outstanding in every category (May 2017)
• A Tatler recommended school
• In unique partnership with Eton College
• A huge range of sport, musical and other activities
• Close to London and Heathrow Airport

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Reading School

Reading School
School type: Academy
Age range: 11-18
Gender: Boys

• Ofsted – “outstanding”. Excellent results at both GCSE and A level
• Broad and academically demanding curriculum with specialist humanities status
• Weekly boarding in two on-site boarding houses

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Royal Alexandra and Albert School

Royal Alexandra and Albert School
School type: Voluntary Aided School
Age range: 7-18
Gender: Boys and girls

• Ofsted OUSTANDING in boarding. 
• Situated in 260 acres of picturesque parkland near London, Gatwick and Heathrow airports.
• A true boarding school with a vibrant community where boarders constitute nearly half of all pupils.
• The only state boarding school to offer boarding from Year 3 (age 7). 
• The top non-selective state school in the area with 82% of GCSEs graded 4 - 9 in the summer of 2018.
• Fantastic sporting facilities including riding stables, swimming pool, state-of-the-art fitness suite and all-weather sports pitches.
• Extensive Co-Curricular Programme with over 140 clubs and activities to choose from every term.
• Recognised in the top 25% in the country for adding value in the Sixth Form (ALPS).

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Sir Roger Manwood’s School

Sir Roger Manwood’s School
School type: Grammar School
Age range: 11-18
Gender: Boys and girls

• High Performing Specialist Langauge College with Maths and Computing as second specialism
• Almost all pupils proceed to major universities including Oxbridge
• Excellent family-style boarding

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St George’s School, Harpenden Academy Trust

St George’s School, Harpenden Academy Trust
School type: Comprehensive School
Age range: 11-18
Gender: Boys and girls

• 11-18 coeducational boarding at one of the best performing non-selective schools in the UK for less than £4000 per term
• A thriving boarding community where the atmosphere is “characterised by young people and staff who are friendly, aspire to achieve and share goals” OFSTED 2016
• A unique blend of academic drive and co-curricular and sporting provision at all levels from the elite to the recreational
• A House system that not only provides students with a ‘school within a school’ but also which promotes excellent pastoral care and intense yet healthy inter-house competition 
• A strong and tangible range of A Level courses in the Sixth Form
• Highly sought-after sixth form boarding places
•  The 127 year old School Chapel and the School’s Christian ethos are central to school life
• Only 30 minutes from St Pancras International Station
• Less than an hour by road from Heathrow, Stansted and Luton

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Steyning Grammar School Day and Boarding

Steyning Grammar School Day and Boarding
School type: Comprehensive School
Age range: 11-18
Gender: Boys and girls

• Affordable, high quality boarding with no tuition fees, for both weekly and full-time students, with admissions accepted in Year 9 & Year 12
• Boarding provision graded as Outstanding in all categories in 2015
• A beautiful West Sussex rural local setting, providing an environment where students are happy, engaged and keen to learn
• Results are consistently higher than the national average, last year 100% of boarding GCSE students achieved 5A*-C grades, with A level students achieving 100% overall pass rate
• High performing Sixth Form College offering over 32 different A Level subjects, including traditional and vocational courses together with BTEC National programmes
• Taster days are available on request.  For further information email sgsboarding@sgs.uk.net

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The Duke of York's Royal Military School – an Academy with Military Traditions

The Duke of York's Royal Military School – an Academy with Military Traditions
School type: Academy
Age range: 11-18
Gender: Boys and girls

• Military families have priority but all free to apply
• Strong academic results consistently much higher than the national average
• £24.5m building project took place during 2013 and 2014, enhancing the school’s already impressive site and facilities
• Excellent close pastoral provision with a real awareness of the demands of service life

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The Royal Grammar School

The Royal Grammar School
School type: Grammar School
Age range: 11-18
Gender: Boys

• New purpose-built boarding house with extensive modern facilities
• Recent Ofsted report indicated that the school was “Outstanding”
• High academic standards and traditional manners and courtesy expected

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Wymondham College

Wymondham College
School type: Academy
Age range: 11-18
Gender: Boys and girls

• OfSTED rated “Outstanding” in both boarding and academic inspections
• 83 acres with modern facilities
• Local and national sporting success
• Excellent business and community links
• Huge range of clubs and societies offered

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Beechen Cliff School

Beechen Cliff School
School type: Academy
Age range: 11-18
Gender: Boys aged 11-16 with Girls in the Sixth Form

• Outstanding School (Ofsted 2014)
• High academic standards
• Comprehensive range of sports and activities
• Excellent en-suite boarding facilities
• Set in the beautiful Georgian city of Bath

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Brymore Academy

Brymore Academy
School type: Technical School
Age range: 11-17
Gender: Boys

• 60 acre farm, walled garden, blacksmithing forges and workshops
• Top 3% of schools in the country for progress made to target grade for 5 A*-C's
• Small class sizes, sporting excellence, outstanding teaching, 88% 5-A* to C

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Burford School

Burford School
School type: Academy
Age range: 11-18
Gender: Boys and girls

• High levels of student involvement in extra-curricular activities
• Excellent choice of courses
• Excellent boarding facilities

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Exeter Mathematics School

Exeter Mathematics School
School type: Weekly Boarding
Age range: 16-19
Gender: Co-Educational

• Exeter Mathematics School (EMS) is an Ofsted outstanding, state funded, 6th form school that is jointly sponsored by the University of Exeter and Exeter College
•  It has been created to meet the needs of able Mathematics students throughout the South West.
• We encourage enquiry, the pursuit of open-ended problems and engender the confidence to do these things without the scaffolding common in current approaches to pre-university mathematics teaching and assessment. 
• Mathematical ideas are part of everyday conversation.
• We recognise students as individuals, each with their own specific needs and provide a safe, caring and supportive environment in which they can work. We seek to develop the whole person in order that the mathematician can flourish.

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Peter Symonds College

Peter Symonds College
School type: Sixth Form College
Age range: 16-19
Gender: Boys and Girls

• 99% pass rate at 2017 A Level results with over a third of the grades awarded being A* or A and 83% of grades being A* to C.
• Rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted
• The boarding ethos is to make college a stepping stone between secondary school and university. Boarders are encouraged to be independent, whether it be managing their own study time, doing their own laundry or making snacks in the houses.

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Queen Elizabeth’s School

Queen Elizabeth’s School
School type: 11 – 18 Co-educational Boarding & Day State School
Age range: 11-18
Gender: Boys and girls

•  ‘Outstanding’ Sixth Form
• Dedicated campus for Year 7 & 8
• Fantastic co-curricular, expressive arts and sporting opportunities
• Located in the charming market town of Crediton, in the heart of rural Devon
• 8 miles from the vibrant university city of Exeter with its convenient airport, rail and motorway links to the rest of the UK and beyond
• Full or weekly boarding available

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Richard Huish College

Richard Huish College
School type: Sixth Form College
Age range: 16-19
Gender: Boys and Girls

• Offers a wide range of A Level courses, Vocational courses and Apprenticeships to students aged 16 to 10
• Degree courses are offered in partnership with the University of St Mark and St John, Plymouth.
• A leading provider of Apprenticeships in Taunton and Somerset 

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Sexey’s School

Sexey’s School
School type: CoE Comprehensive School
Age range: 11-18
Gender: Boys and girls

• Small class sizes – teacher pupil ratio 1:14
• Flexible system of full or weekly boarding
• Exceptional teaching and academic results (65% A*-B at A-level 2015)
• Top 1% in the country for value-added and progress
• Listed as a Top 50 school in The Telegraph
• A Tatler recommended school

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Shaftesbury School

Shaftesbury School
School type: Comprehensive School
Age range: 11-18
Gender: Boys and Girls

• Outcomes for boarders judged 'Outstanding' by Ofsted
• Top 25% in the country for A-Level results
• Small, family-orientated boarding programme with new facilities
• Extensive range of activities and opportunities available
• Beautiful location in the South West of England close to the historic Jurrasic Coast

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The Wellington Academy

The Wellington Academy
School type: Academy
Age range: 11-18
Gender: Boys and Girls

• Sponsored by leading independent school Wellington College and part of its Teaching School alliance
• Modern, state-of-the-art buildings - part of a £32 million campus with impressive facilities
• Large and growing 6th Form provision and specialism in Business, Enterprise and ICT
• Significant percentage of military families: based in an area of significant expansion in terms of future numbers of service personnel

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The Five Islands School

The Five Islands School
School type: Comprehensive School
Age range: 5 to 16
Gender: Mixed

The Five Islands School is an all-age, multi-site, Voluntary Controlled Church of England school, serving the island communities of Bryher, St Agnes, St Martin's, St Mary's and Tresco.

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Haberdasher's Adams

Haberdasher's Adams
School type: Grammar school
Age range: 11-18
Gender: Boys 11-16. Boys and girls in sixth form

• Haberdashers’ Company School founded in 1656
• Technology College, Language College and Training School status
• Top performing school academically and judged “outstanding” by Ofsted

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Ashby School

Ashby School
School type: Technology/Language College
Age range: 11-19
Gender: Boys and girls

• Large and successful sixth form
• Small and comfortable house for boarders. Boarding judged as “outstanding” by Ofsted
• Specialist Information Technology status, Language status and International School status

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Old Swinford Hospital

Old Swinford Hospital
School type: Comprehensive School
Age range: 11-18
Gender: Boys 11-18, girls 16-18

• Excellent academic success. Broad curriculum embraces both traditional and modern subjects.
• Modern boarding houses including single rooms for sixth formers.
• Outstanding extra-curricular opportunities that enrich school life, develop potential and play a significant part in creating happy, fulfilled, well adjusted and balanced young people.

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The Thomas Adams School

The Thomas Adams School
School type: Comprehensive School
Age range: 11-18
Gender: Boys and girls

• Broad, balanced curriculum from 11-18
• 26 AS and A level subjects offered
• Attractive rural location with boarding in a supported family atmosphere

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Welbeck – The Defence Sixth Form College

Welbeck – The Defence Sixth Form College
School type: Sixth Form College
Age range: 16-18
Gender: Boys and girls

• The MoD’s college supplying the Armed Services and Civil Service with high quality
  engineering and science graduates
• Co-educational boarding houses with ensuite rooms
• Rural campus location

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The Royal School, Wolverhampton

The Royal School, Wolverhampton
School type: Free School
Age range: 4 – 19, Boarding at 11 - 19
Gender: Boys and girls

• January, 2016, ISI Inspection Excellent prior to Free School opening; particularly in boarding
• Excellent results from a non-selective school
• Excellent pastoral care
• Large green campus over three sites with great sporting facilities
• Elite Swimming Squad and link with Wolverhampton Wanderers Academy
• Broad and academically demanding curriculum in the Sixth Form
• STEM specialism
• Extended day for all pupils with a large range of extra-curricular activities
• Full or weekly boarding; no exeat weekends

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De Aston School

De Aston School
School type: Specialist Maths and Computing School
Age range: 11-18
Gender: Boys and girls

• Outstanding sports, arts, music, drama and community based activities
• Outstanding care, guidance and support (Ofsted)
• Strong university links (including Oxbridge) and special needs provision (specific learning difficulties)

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The Priory Academy LSST

The Priory Academy LSST
School type: Academy
Age range: 11-18
Gender: Boys and girls

• Judged outstanding in every category by Ofsted, May 2017
• Oustanding academic results at A Level and Oxbridge
• First class boarding facilities, single en-suite post-16 accommodation

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The Skegness Grammar School

The Skegness Grammar School
School type: Grammar School
Age range: 11-18
Gender: Boys and girls

• Outstanding academic standards and pastoral support
• Specialist status for Maths and Computing, Sport and Science
• Excellent extra curricular programme and facilities

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Dallam School

Dallam School
School type: Comprehensive School
Age range: 11-19
Gender: Boys and girls

• IB World School. Outstanding achievement at GCSE, A level and Oxbridge
• Extensive programme of sports, clubs, performing arts and outdoor pursuits
• Specialist language college with an international ethos

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Keswick School

Keswick School
School type: Comprehensive School
Age range: 11-18
Gender: Boys and girls

• Outstanding boarding and sixth form school status in recent Ofsted inspection
• Excellent examination results with high position in league tables
• Superb location in the heart of the Lake District National Park

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Lancaster Royal Grammar School

Lancaster Royal Grammar School
School type: Grammar School
Age range: 11-18
Gender: Boys

• School and boarding rated 'outstanding' in all categories by Ofsted
• Excellent results place LRGS consistently in the top 2% of state schools for GCSE and A-level
• We offer state-of-the-art boarding facilities and an extensive range of activities

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Liverpool College

Liverpool College
School type: Academy
Age range: 4–18 but boarders from minimum 15 years (Sixth Form)
Gender: Co-educational

• Our boarders are ambitious and focused on achieving their best in their studies
• Our boarding house is a friendly and supportive environment. It is a home away from home for a diverse and committed groups of pupils and staff
• Our last inspection rated boarding as excellent

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Polam Hall School

Polam Hall School
School type: Non-selective co-educational Free School
Age range: 4-19
Gender: Boys and girls

• Creative Curriculum in Juniors, good range of options for GCSE and A Levels
• Excellent extra-curricular activities in sport, culture and community across all ages
• Full, weekly and nightly boarding in traditional family style houses set in 20 acres
• Easy access to town centre amenities, Rail Station and motorway network

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Ripon Grammar School

Ripon Grammar School
School type: Grammar School
Age range: 11-18
Gender: Boys and girls

• Outstanding record of academic and extra-curricular activities
• Rolling programme of new facilities in both school and boarding houses
• 23 acres of grounds set in beautiful countryside

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