BOARDING SCHOOLS’ ASSOCIATION
The Boarding Schools’ Association (BSA) is one of the world’s leading trade associations for the boarding and residential schools sector. With more than 500 member schools, it is a major voice advocating for boarding schools and educating parents and pupils as to the merits of choosing to board and what to look for.
ABOUT
Initially, the Boarding Schools’ Association limited membership to schools in the United Kingdom with occasional international members whose schools were modelled on the British public school system or which offered an accredited British international education. However, since the BSA’s foundation in 1966, the organisation has grown significantly to welcome member schools from around the world, with some 37 countries represented. Today, the BSA is one of the largest global schools associations and the biggest specifically catering to boarding schools. Nonetheless, the majority of its members are from within the United Kingdom and the BSA continues to focus much of its work on the UK market.
The schools which comprise the Boarding Schools’ Association’s membership include a wide array of options from single-sex schools, junior boarding schools (typically from the age of 8 years old and upwards), senior (secondary-level) boarding schools, flexi/5-day/7-day options, faith schools, special educational needs schools, therapeutic schools with residential or respite provision and international schools. With the absorption of the State Boarding Schools’ Association (SBSA – now rebranded as State Boarding Schools), the BSA also includes a number of schools which do not charge tuition-fees (boarding fees and international fees still may apply).
In addition to the State Boarding Schools Association, the Boarding Schools’ Association also administers the British Association of Independent Schools with International Students (BAISIS), the Health in Education Association (HIEDA) and the Safeguarding and Child Protection Association (SACPA). Across all of these managed organisations, the BSA provides a range of professional training options to improve standards in the education sector and, specifically, to ensure that teaching, pastoral and residential staff are best equipped to meet the needs of boarding pupils. As such, BSA membership is designed to give peace of mind to prospective boarding families that the member school has been assessed and recognised as meeting the standards required of the BSA and that faculty are well-trained to look-after their children. In light of various scandals over the years and a long-standing negative cultural view of boarding schools, the BSA has achieved great success in ensuring market-leading child safeguarding standards are instituted by its members and that boarding facilities and experiences are vastly different to the historic reputation held by boarding schools in general. Indeed, the BSA acts as a lobby and promotion body for the sector and has worked to greatly improve the standing of, particularly British, boarding schools around the world to ensure that the UK remains a globally competitive and attractive market.
Notwithstanding the above, boarding has generally declined over the past century as parents reflect on their own negative experiences of boarding school coinciding with a far greater array of non-boarding day school options. However, in recent years, those schools that have continued to maintain their boarding provision have reported greater levels of interest and higher registration numbers than this trend would suggest. Much of this coming from overseas emergent middle and professional classes. This is why the BSA continues to make the case for boarding schools and continues to expand through the admission of new members as British schools open boarding facilities and international schools seek to align with the values and standards of their British counterparts.
The Boarding Schools’ Association is one of the various recognised associations that make-up the Independent Schools Council. As such, most of its member schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate. Many of the United Kingdom’s most-famous public schools are members of the BSA, together with their prestigious preparatory school feeders (with some groups like the Oxford Group and Rugby Group requiring that its members must maintain BSA membership too).
Membership of the BSA may vary and you should check with the association or with your preferred school for the latest membership information. The schools listed below (using the search buttons) are known to be current or recently accredited members.
MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES
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KENT COLLEGE
WHITSTABLE ROAD, ROUGH COMMON, CANTERBURY, KENT CT2 9DT, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1885
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 0 – 18 (YEAR 7 – SIXTH FORM)
METHODIST
KENT COLLEGE
KC / KENT COLLEGE PEMBURY
OLD CHURCH ROAD, PEMBURY, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT TN2 4AX, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1886
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
GIRLS (CO-EDUCATIONAL PREPARATORY SCHOOL)
AGES 3 – 18 (NURSERY – SIXTH FORM)
METHODIST / CHRISTIAN
KESWICK SCHOOL
VICARAGE HILL, KESWICK, CUMBRIA CA12 5QB, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
SECONDARY SCHOOL
ACADEMY
BOARDING SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1591
BOARDING FEES APPLY
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 11 – 18 (YEAR 7 – SIXTH FORM)
KILGRASTON
KILGRASTON SCHOOL
BRIDGE OF EARN, PERTH, PERTHSHIRE PH2 9BQ, SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1930
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
GIRLS (CO-EDUCATIONAL JUNIOR SCHOOL)
AGES 5 – 18 (GRADES P1 – S6)
ROMAN CATHOLIC (SACRED HEART)
KILKENNY COLLEGE
KC
CASTLECOMER ROAD, SEIXESLOUGH, KILKENNY, CO. KILKENNY R95 CF61, IRELAND
SECONDARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
VOLUNTARY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1538
BOARDING FEES APPLY
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 12 – 18 (1ST YEAR – 6TH YEAR)
ANGLICAN (CHURCH OF IRELAND)
KIMBOLTON SCHOOL
KIMBOLTON, HUNTINGDON, CAMBRIDGESHIRE PE28 0EA, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
PUBLIC SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1600
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 4 – 18 (RECEPTION – SIXTH FORM)
KINCOPPAL – ROSE BAY SCHOOL OF THE SACRED HEART
KRB
NEW SOUTH RAOD & VAUCLUSE ROAD, VAUCLUSE, NEW SOUTH WALES 2030, AUSTRALIA
EARLY YEARS, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1971 (LEGACY SCHOOLS 1882)
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
GIRLS (CO-EDUCATIONAL EARLY YEARS AND PRIMARY SCHOOL)
AGES 3 – 18 (ELC – YEAR 12)
ROMAN CATHOLIC (SACRED HEART)
KING EDWARD’S WITLEY
KING EDWARD’S SCHOOL
PETWORTH ROAD, WORMLEY, WITLEY, GODALMING, SURREY GU8 5SG, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
SECONDARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1553
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 11 – 18 (YEAR 7 – SIXTH FORM)
ANGLICAN (CHURCH OF ENGLAND)
KING HENRY VIII COLLEGE
KH8
PERSIARAN BESTARI, CYBER 11, 63000 CYBERJAYA, SELANGOR, MALAYSIA
PRE-SCHOOL, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 2018
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 3 – 18 (ELC – SIXTH FORM)
INTERNATIONAL (BRITISH)
CHRIST COLLEGE BRECON
KING WILLIAM’S COLLEGE
KING BILL’S / KWC
CASTLETOWN, ISLE OF MAN IM9 1TP, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
PUBLIC SCHOOL
ABOUT
INC. THE BUCHAN SCHOOL
ESTABLISHED 1833
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL (MIXED)
AGES 3 – 18 (NURSERY – SIXTH FORM)
KINGHAM HILL SCHOOL
KHS
KINGHAM, CHIPPING NORTON, OXFORDSHIRE OX7 6TH, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
SECONDARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
COLLEGE-PREPARATORY SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1886
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 11 – 18 (YEAR 7 – SIXTH FORM)
CHRISTIAN
INTERNATIONAL (AMERICAN)
KINGS BOURNEMOUTH
58 BRAIDLEY ROAD, BOURNEMOUTH, DORSET BH2 6LD, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
SECONDARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
SIXTH FORM COLLEGE
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1957
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 14+ (YEAR 9 – PRE-UNIVERSITY)
KINGS
KING’S BRUTON
KING’S SCHOOL, BRUTON
THE PLOX, BRUTON, SOMERSET BA10 0ED, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
SECONDARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PUBLIC SCHOOL
ABOUT
INC. HAZLEGROVE
ESTABLISHED 1519
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 11 – 18 (YEAR 7 – SIXTH FORM)
CHURCH OF ENGLAND (ANGLICAN)
KING’S COLLEGE
KING’S / KING’S COLLEGE TAUNTON
SOUTH ROAD, TAUNTON, SOMERSET TA1 3LA, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
PUBLIC SCHOOL
ABOUT
INC. KING’S HALL SCHOOL
ESTABLISHED 1880
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 2 – 18 (NURSERY – SIXTH FORM)
ANGLICAN (CHURCH OF ENGLAND)
KING’S COLLEGE SCHOOL CAMBRIDGE
KCSC / KING’S
WEST ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE CB3 9DN, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY AND PRIMARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
CHOIR SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL (CHOIR)
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1441
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 2 – 13 (NURSERY – YEAR 8)
ANGLICAN (CHURCH OF ENGLAND)
KING’S COLLEGE SCHOOL SOTO DE VIÑUELAS
KING’S COLLEGE, THE BRITISH SCHOOL OF MADRID / KING’S COLLEGE SOTO / KING’S COLLEGE SOTO VIÑUELAS
PASEO DEL LOS ANDES 35, SOTO DE VIÑUELAS, MADRID 28761, SPAIN
PRE-SCHOOL, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1969
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 0 – 18 (INFANTIL – 2O BACHILLERATO)
INTERNATIONAL (BRITISH)
KING’S COLLEGE SCHOOLS
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KING’S ELY
THE KING’S SCHOOL
THE OLD PALACE, BARTON ROAD, ELY, CAMBRIDGESHIRE CB7 4EW, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
CATHEDRAL SCHOOL
CHOIR SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL (CHOIR)
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 970 (ROYAL CHARTER 1541)
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 2 – 18 (NURSERY – SIXTH FORM)
CHURCH OF ENGLAND (ANGLICAN)
INTERNATIONAL
KING’S HALL SCHOOL
KINGSTON ROAD, TAUNTON, SOMERSET TA2 8AA, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY AND PRIMARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1953
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 2 – 13 (NURSERY – YEAR 8)
ANGLICAN (CHURCH OF ENGLAND)
KING’S COLLEGE
THE KING’S HOSPITAL SCHOOL
THE BLUE COAT SCHOOL / THE HOSPITAL AND FREE SCHOOL OF KING CHARLES II, OXMANTOWN / KH / KING’S HOS
OLD LUCAN ROAD, PALMERSTOWN, DUBLIN 20 D20 V256, IRELAND
SECONDARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
CHARITABLE SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PUBLIC SCHOOL
VOLUNTARY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1669
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 12 – 18 (1ST YEAR – 6TH YEAR)
ANGLICAN (CHURCH OF IRELAND)
THE KING’S SCHOOL
KING’S
87-129 PENNANT HILLS ROAD, NORTH PARRAMATTA, SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES 2151, AUSTRALIA
EARLY YEARS, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
BOYS SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
MILITARY ACADEMY
PUBLIC SCHOOL
ABOUT
KING’S SCHOOL ROCHESTER
KING’S ROCHESTER / THE KING’S SCHOOL
SATIS HOUSE, BOLEY HILL, ROCHESTER, KENT ME1 1TE, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
CATHEDRAL SCHOOL
CHOIR SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL (CHOIR)
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 604
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 3 – 18 (NURSERY – SIXTH FORM)
ANGLICAN (CHURCH OF ENGLAND)
KINGSLEY
KINGSLEY SCHOOL DEVON
NORTHDOWN ROAD, BIDEFORD, DEVON EX39 3LY, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 2009
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 0 – 18 (NURSERY – SIXTH FORM)
CHRISTIAN (METHODIST)
KINGSWOOD
LANSDOWN ROAD, BATH, SOMERSET BA1 5RG, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1748
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 0 – 18 (NURSERY – SIXTH FORM)
METHODIST
KIRKHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL
RIBBY ROAD, KIRKHAM, PRESTON, LANCASHIRE PR4 2BH, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
GRAMMAR SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1549
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 3 – 18 (NURSERY – SIXTH FORM)
KITEBROOK PREPARATORY SCHOOL
KITEBROOK
LONDON ROAD, MORETON-IN-MARSH, GLOUCESTERSHIRE GL56 0RP, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY AND PRIMARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1959
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 3 – 13 (NURSERY – YEAR 8)
THE KOÇ SCHOOL
KOÇ OKULU
TEPEÖREN MAHALLESİ, ESKI ANKARA ASFALTI CADDESI NO. 60, 34941 TUSZLA İSTANBUL, TÜRKIYE
PRE-SCHOOL, PRIMARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1988
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 3 – 18 (GRADES PK – 12)
INTERNATIONAL
KOLEJ TUANKU JA’AFAR
KTJ
MANTIN, NEGERI SEMBILAN 71700, MALAYSIA
EARLY YEARS, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1989
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 3 – 18 (EARLY YEARS – SIXTH FORM)
INTERNATIONAL (BRITISH)
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