Any government boarding school in UK?

Hi,

I know of a maintained (government controlled) boarding school

The royal alexander and albert school in surrey

but also check out this list

http://www.sbsa.org.uk/downloads/list_of_schools.pdf

taken from the following site

http://www.sbsa.org.uk/

It sounds like the organisation that could help you

and good luck! tell us how it goes.

This is a list of the boys state boarding schools.

School Name: Adams' Grammar School
Principal: Mr J M Richardson
Type/Age Range: B / 11-18
Telephone: 01952 810698
Facsimile: 01952 812696
E-mail: [email protected]
Address: High Street
Newport
County: Shropshire
Post Code: TF10 7BD
Country: England
Association: SBSA
Number in school: 765
Number of boarders: 100
SBSA type: Selective

School Name: Ashby Grammar School
Principal: Mrs V Keller-Garnett
Type/Age Range: B / 10-19
Telephone: 01530 413759
Facsimile: 01530 415241
E-mail: [email protected]
Address: Leicester Road
Ashby-de-la-Zouche
County: Leicestershire
Post Code: LE65 1DH
Country: England
Association: SBSA
Number in school: 1500
Number of boarders: 45
SBSA type: Selective

School Name: Brymore School
Principal: Mr Malcolm Lloyd
Type/Age Range: B / 13-17
Telephone: 01278 652369
Facsimile: 01278 653244
E-mail: [email protected]
Address: Cannington
Bridgewater
County: Somerset
Post Code: TA5 2NB
Country: England
Association: SBSA
Number in school: 200
Number of boarders: 150
SBSA type: Comprehensive/Agricultural

School Name: Colchester Royal Grammar School
Principal: Mr Ken Jenkinson
Type/Age Range: B / 11-18
Telephone: 01206 509100
Facsimile: 01206 509101
E-mail: [email protected]
Address: Lexden Road
Colchester
County: Essex
Post Code: CO3 3ND
Country: England
Association: SBSA
Number in school: 732
Number of boarders: 27
SBSA type: Selective

School Name: King's School
Principal: Mrs Susan Lawrence
Type/Age Range: B / 11-18
Telephone: 01962 861161
Facsimile: 01962 849224
E-mail: [email protected]
Address: Romsey Road
Winchester
County: Hampshire
Post Code: SO22 5PN
Country: England
Association: SBSA
Number in school: 1820
Number of boarders: 31
SBSA type: Comprehensive

School Name: Lancaster Royal Grammar School
Principal: Mr Andrew Jarman
Type/Age Range: B / 11-18
Telephone: 01524 580600
Facsimile: 01524 847947
E-mail: [email protected]
Address: East Road
Lancaster
County: Lancashire
Post Code: LA1 3EF
Country: England
Association: SBSA
Number in school: 1002
Number of boarders: 160
SBSA type: Selective

School Name: Old Swinford
Principal: Mr M Roffe
Type/Age Range: B / 11-18
Telephone: 01384 817300
Facsimile: 01384 441686
E-mail: [email protected]
Address: Stourbridge
County: West Midlands
Post Code: DY8 1QX
Country: England
Association: SBSA
Number in school: 550
Number of boarders: 370
SBSA type: Comprehensive

School Name: Reading School
Principal: Mr Andrew Linnell
Type/Age Range: B / 11-18
Telephone: 0118 901 5600
Facsimile: 0118 935 2755
E-mail: [email protected]
Address: Erleigh Road
Reading
County: Berkshire
Post Code: RG1 5LW
Country: England
Association: SBSA
Number in school: 840
Number of boarders: 80
SBSA type: Selective

School Name: Royal Grammar School
Principal: Mr Roy Page
Type/Age Range: B / 11-18
Telephone: 01494 524955
Facsimile: 01494 510604
E-mail: [email protected]
Address: High Wycombe
County: Buckinghamshire
Post Code: HP13 6QT
Country: England
Association: SBSA
Number in school: 1350
Number of boarders: 70
SBSA type: Selective

Admission to State Boarding Schools in the UK is limited to children who are nationals of the UK and are eligible to hold a full UK passport, or those who are nationals of other European Union countries or those who have the right of residence in the UK. The holding of a BN(O) passport does not make the child eligible for a State Boarding School in the UK.

sorry, all boarding schools are "public" which means you pay a fortune. The only truly state owned boarding schools are those for unruly children, like borstals and childrens homes. Childrens homes are the boarding school of choice for the low income family.

There are state boarding schools but the most prestigious schools are the independent ones.

I personally don't know of a single government boarding school in the UK. Most public schools but most boarding schools (Eton, Harrow, Winchester) are independent (private) schools, some of them founded as charitable institutions. I know that the Duke of York's Royal Military School (ages 11+) offer subsidized fees for children of service families and there are more schools like that, but that is probably not what you are looking for.

A good place to start looking would be The Good Schools Guide they offers detailled info on different schools and will give you a good start. They also have a website:

http://www.goodschoolsguide.co.uk

Another site is: http://www.isc.co.uk/

Good luck!

There have NEVER been any government boarding schools.

Back in 1970's and 1980's by Uncle worked in Africa. He had to send his 2 daughters to a Private, Fee Paying, Boarding School during term time. During the short holidays - like half term - his mother-in-law (my gransmother) had the girls to stay with her. The girls only went out to Africa during the summer and at Christmas.

As far as I know we have none. All our government owned schools are regular ones, you turn up, do your lessons and leave.

The only schools which offer boarding are private and require annual fees.