Welcome to the Hobsons UK Boarding Schools Website

Welcome to the Hobsons UK Boarding Schools website – your guide to the UK's world-class independent (sometimes called private or public) boarding schools.

Whatever kind of UK independent boarding school you're looking for for your child – a small preparatory school or a large senior school, a boys', girls' or co-educational school, a specialist music or performing arts school, or an international study centre to prepare your son or daughter for life at a UK boarding school – you will find it on this site.

Search for a UK boarding school

School search
The school search allows you to create a shortlist of boarding schools that meet your criteria. You can search for a school using the following options:

• Gender
• Residential options
• Education level
• Location
• Qualifications/courses offered

Furthermore, once you have conducted your basic search you can narrow your list of schools further by searching for:

Religious tradition
Interests and activities
Special needs catered for

Already know the name of the schools you're looking for? If so, use the A–Z listing of featured UK boarding schools.

Boarding schools listings
You can also view comprehensive listings of the all co-educational, single-sex and preparatory schools as well as a listing of all the featured schools:

 Co-educational boarding schools
 Boys' boarding schools
 Girls' boarding schools
 Preparatory (prep) boarding schools
All featured boarding schools

Compiling a shortlist
To compile a shortlist of boarding schools, you simply need to add those that interest you into your shopping basket. Your shopping basket status will appear in the column to the left, and you can request further information from the schools that you want to find out more about.

Once you have registered with the site, any selected schools that you haven't requested further information from will remain in your basket for future visits, so you can pick up your search for the perfect school where you left off.

Get information and advice
The advice for parents section is divided into two sections: advice for UK parents and advice for international  parents.

Both sections feature detailed information and advice about the UK's independent boarding sector, including:

• Boarding in the UK
• Schools and colleges
• Qualifications
• Fees and funding
• Choosing a school
• Making an application
• Getting ready for boarding life
• Short holiday courses at UK boarding schools

Read the latest news
Get all the latest headlines from leading UK boarding schools and about studying in the UK from the news section.