Harrow School

Fees

The fees are commonly £4000-5000 per child each term, which adds up to over £12,000 a year. Plus you will also have to pay exam fees on top.

High Standard

Such exclusivity and an enviable reputation for high standards, makes private-school a very appealing choice for parents who want to give their children a great start in life.

Private schools continue to produce successful students who often go on to high-earning careers – In 2007 57% of GCSEs taken at Independent schools received an A grade and 65% of those accepted into Britain’s elite universities were from private schools. This is a much higher percentage than pupils receiving state school education.

A report by the Sutton Trust in 2005 said:

"Over two thirds of the barristers at the top chambers had attended independent schools, as had three quarters of the judges and over half the partners at the leading law firms".

So it is understandable that you might want to send your children to a private school. In fact, many British parents work non-stop to make enough money to send their children to these ‘elite’ schools.

The fees they charge mean they can afford to pay higher wages than state schools, which then means that they can attract the best-qualified teachers, can afford the best available equipment and technology, can offer the best in sporting facilities, and can provide a long list of social activities.

Customs of Private Schools

There is usually an entrance exam to make sure they only attract good students, although this does not necessarily mean that all those who attend private-school are clever.

However, only the best can teach there – one third of the teachers in private schools are educated at the top 20 British universities.

Because of their independence, these schools set their own curriculum, rather than sticking to national government policies for education, which means that they have far more options open to them with regards to which subjects they teach and how they teach them.

Many of them are ‘boys only’ or ‘girls only’ schools which is traditional in the UK. Although the source of much debate, many people feel that this is a preferable method of educating children, perhaps because the students concentrate more on their studies than getting the attention of the opposite sex.

Boarding

Many independent schools offer ‘boarding’ facilities, allowing pupils to live on-site. The students live and work together in small groups known as ‘houses’ with each ‘house’ cared for by a ‘house-master’. This will be the hub of your child’s life for the entire time that they board, it is where they will form their closest bonds and spend the majority of their time.

It is possible to send children to some boarding schools from as young as seven in the UK, although this is becoming an increasingly rare thing to do for obvious reasons. A more common age to start boarding in the UK is thirteen.

Eton College

Probably the best-known of Britain's public grammar schools, on the opposite bank of the Thames from Windsor. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI. Eton has provided some 20 prime ministers from Walpole to Macmillan and Home. The duke of Wellington was at the school and supposedly said that 'the Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton. The boys have worn tail coats as a school uniform since about 1850, accompanied until the 1940s by top hats.

Situated on the Thames, Eton took the lead in the 19C in developing rowing as a school sport.

Harrow School

One of the best-known of boys' public schools, which took in its first pupils in 1615 in Harrow-on-the-Hill – at that time a small town a few miles to the northwest of London. The school was founded and endowed under the will of John Lyon, who had died in 1592. Harrow has had many distinguished pupils, including Byron and Robert Peel, but the best known of all was an unsuccessful schoolboy, Winston Churchill. There is a strong tradition of games; the annual cricket match against Eton at Lord's dates back to 1805, and it was at Harrow that squash was invented.

Rugby

Town in Warwickshire which has been an engineering centre since the arrival of the railway in the 19C. Its wider fame is due to Rugby School, founded in 1567 and influential in the 19C. It is from the school that rugby football takes its name.

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