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| Table rank | School | Location | School type | View school profile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12026 | St Paul’s School | Barnes, London | Boys Day and limited boarding | |
| 22026 | Brighton College | Brighton, East Sussex | Co-educational Day; full and weekly boarding from Year 9 | |
| 32026 | Westminster School | Westminster, London | Boys 13–16; co-educational Sixth Form; girls join Year 9 from 2028 Day and boarding; overseas boarding entry at 16+ | |
| 42026 | Eton College | Windsor | Boys Boarding available | |
| 52026 | Sevenoaks School | Sevenoaks, Kent | Co-educational Day; boarding from 13+ | |
| 62026 | Wycombe Abbey | High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire | Girls Boarding; limited local day places | |
| 72026 | Queen Ethelburga’s College | York | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 82026 | Winchester College | Winchester | Boys aged 13–16; co-educational Sixth Form Boarding available | |
| 92026 | Tonbridge School | Tonbridge | Boys Boarding available | |
| 102026 | Concord College | Shrewsbury | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 112026 | Caterham School | Caterham | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 122026 | Cardiff Sixth Form College | Cardiff | Co-educational Day and boarding | |
| 132026 | Dulwich College | London | Boys aged 7–18; co-educational DUCKS nursery and infant provision Boarding available | |
| 142026 | Wellington College | Crowthorne | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 152026 | Epsom College | Epsom | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 162026 | Whitgift School | London | Boys Boarding available | |
| 172026 | Westbourne School | Penarth | Co-educational Day; boarding from age 12 | |
| 182026 | City of London Freemen’s School | Ashtead | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 192026 | St Michael’s School | Llanelli | Co-educational Day; boarding in Years 9–13 | |
| 202026 | Abingdon School | Abingdon | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 212026 | St Mary’s School Ascot | Ascot, Berkshire | Girls Full boarding; a small number of local day places | |
| 222026 | Cheltenham Ladies’ College | Cheltenham | Girls Boarding available | |
| 232026 | Harrow School | Harrow on the Hill | Boys Boarding available | |
| 242026 | St Catherine’s, Bramley | Guildford | Girls Boarding available | |
| 252026 | St Swithun’s School | Winchester | Girls Boarding available | |
| 262026 | Radley College | Abingdon | Boys Boarding available | |
| 272026 | The Leys School | Cambridge | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 282026 | Hurstpierpoint College | Burgess Hill | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 292026 | Benenden School | Cranbrook | Girls Boarding available | |
| 302026 | Haileybury | Hertford | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 312026 | Oundle School | Peterborough | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 322026 | Downe House | Thatcham | Girls Boarding available | |
| 332026 | Bedford School | Bedford | Boys Boarding available | |
| 342026 | Reed’s School | Cobham | Boys aged 11–16; co-educational Sixth Form Boarding available | |
| 352026 | Ardingly College | Haywards Heath | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 362026 | St John’s School, Leatherhead | Leatherhead | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 372026 | Bishop’s Stortford College | Bishop’s Stortford | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 38=2026 | Charterhouse | Godalming | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 38=2026 | The Yehudi Menuhin School | Cobham | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 40=2026 | Berkhamsted School | Berkhamsted | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 40=2026 | Headington Rye Oxford | Oxford | Girls | |
| 42=2026 | Canford School | Wimborne, Dorset | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 42=2026 | Marlborough College | Marlborough, Wiltshire | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 442026 | Warwick School | Warwick, Warwickshire | Boys Boarding available | |
| 45=2026 | Cranleigh | Cranleigh | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 45=2026 | Roedean School | Brighton | Girls Boarding available | |
| 472026 | St Mary’s Calne | Calne, Wiltshire | Girls aged 11–18 in the Senior School and Sixth Form Boarding available | |
| 482026 | Stephen Perse Senior School | Cambridge | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 492026 | Uppingham School | Uppingham, Rutland | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 502026 | Royal High School Bath, GDST | Bath | Girls Boarding available | |
| 51=2026 | Kingswood School | Bath | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 51=2026 | The King’s School, Canterbury | Canterbury | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 532026 | Woldingham School | Caterham | Girls Boarding available | |
| 542026 | Mill Hill School | London | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 552026 | Bradfield College | Reading | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 562026 | St Edward’s, Oxford | Oxford | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 572026 | Bromsgrove School | Bromsgrove, Worcestershire | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 582026 | St Leonards School | St Andrews, Fife | Co-educational Day; full, weekly and occasional boarding from age 10 | |
| 592026 | Burgess Hill Girls | Burgess Hill | Girls Boarding available | |
| 602026 | Mayfield School | Mayfield | Girls Boarding available | |
| 612026 | Windermere School | Windermere | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 622026 | St Francis’ College | Letchworth Garden City | Girls Boarding available | |
| 632026 | Ipswich School | Ipswich, Suffolk | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 642026 | Cheltenham College | Cheltenham | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 652026 | Ruthin School | Ruthin, Denbighshire | Co-educational Day and boarding | |
| 66=2026 | Badminton School | Bristol | Girls Boarding available | |
| 66=2026 | King’s High School, Warwick | Warwick | Girls Boarding available | |
| 66=2026 | Lancing College | Lancing | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 692026 | St Mary’s School, Cambridge | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire | Girls Boarding available | |
| 70=2026 | Repton School, Derby | Derby, Derbyshire | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 70=2026 | St Peter’s School | York, North Yorkshire | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 722026 | Lord Wandsworth College | Hook | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 732026 | Shrewsbury School | Shrewsbury | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 742026 | d’Overbroeck’s College | Oxford | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 752026 | Fettes College | Edinburgh, Scotland | Co-educational Day and full boarding; no senior weekly/flexi boarding | |
| 762026 | Reddam House Berkshire | Wokingham | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 772026 | Dauntsey’s | Devizes | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 782026 | Chigwell School | Chigwell, Essex | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 792026 | New Hall School | Chelmsford, Essex | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 802026 | Clifton College | Bristol | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 812026 | Truro School | Truro | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 822026 | Malvern College | Malvern | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 832026 | Woodbridge School | Woodbridge, Suffolk | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 842026 | Kimbolton School | Huntingdon | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 852026 | Godolphin | Salisbury | Girls | |
| 862026 | Stonyhurst College | Clitheroe | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 872026 | Bootham School | York, North Yorkshire | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 882026 | St George’s Ascot | Ascot | Girls Boarding available | |
| 892026 | Loughborough Grammar School | Loughborough, Leicestershire | Boys Boarding available | |
| 902026 | Ashford School | Ashford | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 912026 | Royal Russell School | Croydon | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 922026 | Oakham School | Oakham, Rutland | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 932026 | Moreton Hall | Oswestry | Girls in the Senior School and Sixth Form; co-educational Prep School Boarding available | |
| 942026 | Monkton Combe School | Bath | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 952026 | Leighton Park School | Reading | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 962026 | Royal Hospital School | Ipswich | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 972026 | Blundell’s School | Tiverton | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 98=2026 | Prior’s Field School | Godalming | Girls Boarding available | |
| 98=2026 | Taunton School | Taunton | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 100=2026 | Kingham Hill School | Chipping Norton | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 100=2026 | Ratcliffe College | Ratcliffe on the Wreake, Leicestershire | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 1022026 | Tudor Hall | Banbury | Girls Boarding available | |
| 1032026 | Culford School | Bury St Edmunds | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 1042026 | Luckley House School | Wokingham | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 105=2026 | Sherborne Girls | Sherborne | Girls Boarding available | |
| 105=2026 | West Buckland School | Barnstaple | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 1072026 | Rossall School | Fleetwood | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 1082026 | Chetham’s School of Music | Manchester | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 1092026 | Merchiston Castle School | Edinburgh | Boys in Senior School; co-educational nursery and junior school Day and boarding | |
| 1102026 | Talbot Heath | Bournemouth | Girls Boarding available | |
| 1112026 | Sherborne School | Sherborne | Boys Boarding available | |
| 1122026 | Stamford School | Stamford | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 1132026 | Prior Park College | Bath | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 114=2026 | King’s College Taunton | Taunton | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 114=2026 | Trent College | Nottingham | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 1162026 | Sutton Valence School | Sutton Valence | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 1172026 | Ryde School with Upper Chine | Ryde | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 1182026 | Denstone College | Uttoxeter | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 1192026 | Malvern St James | Great Malvern | Co-educational | |
| 1202026 | Sherfield School | Hook | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 1212026 | Christ College Brecon | Brecon, Powys | Co-educational Day; boarding from age 10 | |
| 1222026 | Tring Park School for the Performing Arts | Tring | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 1232026 | The Mount School York | York | Girls aged 11–18; phased co-education in the Prep School Boarding available | |
| 1242026 | St Joseph’s College, Ipswich | Ipswich | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 1252026 | Adcote School for Girls | Shrewsbury | Girls Boarding available | |
| 1262026 | The Purcell School | Bushey | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 127=2026 | Abbey College Manchester | Manchester | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 127=2026 | Harrogate Ladies’ College | Harrogate | Girls | |
| 1292026 | St Margaret’s School | Bushey | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 1302026 | Kensington Park School | London | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 1312026 | Battle Abbey School | Battle | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 1322026 | Millfield School | Street | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 1332026 | Kent College Canterbury | Canterbury | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 1342026 | Frensham Heights | Farnham | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 1352026 | Pocklington School | York | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 1362026 | St Christopher School, Letchworth Garden City | Letchworth Garden City | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 1372026 | Plymouth College | Plymouth | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 1382026 | Durham School | Durham | Co-educational Day, full, weekly and flexi boarding | |
| 1392026 | Pangbourne College | Reading | Co-educational Boarding available | |
| 1402026 | Bethany School | Goudhurst, Kent | Co-educational Day, full, weekly and flexible boarding |
National, regional and combined state-and-private tables have different scopes. Each position is labelled by its table, with awards listed separately.
A thoughtful starting point.
Use the table to begin a shortlist, then explore the school itself. The right school balances learning, wellbeing and a child’s individual needs. Different tables use different qualifications and scopes; their ranks should not be treated as interchangeable.