Ok Im in the 8th grade & I'm going to a boarding school in the UK my parents are letting me pick but idk which

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Ok Im in the 8th grade & I'm going to a boarding school in the UK my parents are letting me pick but idk which

Answer 1

http://www.boarding.org.uk/ is the website of the British Boarding Schools' Association

http://www.boardingschools.co.uk/ is the UK Boarding Schools' Directory and Guide for 2008 & 2009

http://www.gabbitas.co.uk/index.aspx?p=2... is a site which addresses this very question: picking a UK boarding school when you live overseas.

Similarly, http://www.boardingschools.hobsons.com/a... is an excellent and extensive site which also contains a large section on choosing (and going to) a UK boarding school as an international student.

As well as the obvious questions you'll need to ask yourself (single s*x or co-ed? Exclusively full boarding or a mix of full boarders, flexi-boarders and day students?), you need to consider what qualifications etc you need/want to do as, in the UK, kids have to make decisions about specialising and starting to study for external (public) exams in some schools as early as the beginning of Year 9, and certainly by the end of year 9 (heaps earlier than you would in America):



i) Generally IGCSE courses are considered more academic than GCSEs;

ii) Or are you looking to go straight onto A levels (A = Advanced) or AS levels (Advanced Subsidiary...somewhere between GCSEs and A levels);

iii) Are you planning on staying at school in the UK until you finish schooling? In which case, would you benefit more from a school that offers A levels, the IB or the Pre-U (Cambridge Pre-University exams) as their school leaving exams?

There are also such educational qualifications as BTecs, National Certificates, National Diplomas, National Vocational Qualifications and so on and so on; UK-based (school) qualifications are heaps more complicated than in the US where one can simply choose between a high school diploma and the GED.

iv) You'd also need to consider the ethos of the school: are you looking for an academic school? an alternative (or 'free' school? a specialist school?); there is a HUGE difference between a school such as Summerhill and one such as CLC or Queen Ethelburga's or Dauntsey's!!

v) Do you have connections in the UK? If you've got family/friends in the UK, you might want to consider finding a school within a couple of hours' travelling time of them - somewhere to retreat to when you're homesick, for the weekend etc.

vi) Coming from overseas, you will also need to have a guardian in the UK (a family member, an adult friend, a professional guardian employed by your parents to act as such whilst you're at school) in case of illness/injury/emergencies etc.

Some schools impose a limit on the distance at which your guardian can live from the school; I certainly know of several UK boarding schools that impose a 30 mile rule.

Hence if you want your UK-based grandparents, for instance, to be your guardians whilst at school, you are likely to find that restricts your choice of schools to those in the immediate area of their address.

Answer 2

There's only one

http://www.boardingschoolreview.com/scho...

here;s the link

Answer 3

I can't tell you excatly which one to pick, but go for the North-East!!! It may not be the warmest, but it's the least screwed up part of the UK!!!!

The prices atm, are soaring high! And the north-east is the cheapest place in the UK!!! I can tell you now that you will have a great time in the UK, because there is so much to offer here.

OK, it will be slightly different to America but, you'll get used to it, I did! :D! Don't worry about it, you'll love your new school which ever one you choose, and you'll make loads of new friends! You still have email right? So you can contact your old friends right?

Anyway, whichever one you choose, good luck!!! :D!

Answer 4

oh well it depends what you are after/ how clever you are

Summerhill is good, very liberal (little L), and i think most people can get in. But not for those who need to be pushed/ are not naturally curious

Westminster is very good, but expensive! i reckon £25,000 a year for borders. You need to be clever to get in as well as fairly intellectual. Also its in central london so a fantastic location. but im not sure if they take girls as boarders (i know they take girls in the day school for sixth), but i dont know if they board.

Cheltenham is also very good and extremely posh. You may find it a bit prissy and princessy though  if you dont go in for that kind of thing.

there are others but i cba to tell you all, these are the 3 most famous

The thing about the north east, not bad advice there are some good ones there such as Fettes - Blair's old school! Is good aswell. But ye London schools are a more fun if you can afford it.