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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LA GARENNE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
LA GARENNE
ROUTE DES LAYEUX 28, 1885 CHESIÈRES, VAUD, SWITZERLAND
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1947
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 5 – 18 (GRADES 1 – 12)
INTERNATIONAL
LADY ELIZABETH SCHOOL
LE / LES
ENTRADA NORTE DE LA CUMBRE DEL SOL, 03726 BENITACHELL, ALICANTE, SPAIN
PRE-SCHOOL, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1987
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 1 – 18 (INFANTIL – 2O BACHILLERATO / NURSERY – SIXTH FORM)
INTERNATIONAL (BRITISH)
LAUDE
LAMBROOK
LAMBROOK SCHOOL
WINKFIELD ROW, WINKFIELD, BRACKNELL,
BERKSHIRE RG42 6LU, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY AND PRIMARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1860
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 3 – 13 (NURSERY – YEAR 8)
LANCASTER ROYAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL
LRGS
EAST ROAD, LANCASTER, LANCASHIRE LA1 3EF, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
SECONDARY SCHOOL
ACADEMY
BOARDING SCHOOL
BOYS SCHOOL
GRAMMAR SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1472 (LEGACY SCHOOL 1235)
BOARDING FEES APPLY
BOARDING & DAY
BOYS (CO-EDUCATIONAL SIXTH FORM)
AGES 11 – 18 (YEAR 7 – SIXTH FORM)
LANCING COLLEGE
LANCING, WEST SUSSEX BN15 0RW, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
PRE-SCHOOL, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY & PREPARATORY SCHOOL
PUBLIC SCHOOL
ABOUT
INC. LANCING PREP HOVE, LANCING PREP WORTHING AND LITTLE LANCING
ESTABLISHED 1848
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 2 – 18 (NURSERY – SIXTH FORM)
ANGLICAN (CHURCH OF ENGLAND)
LANGLEY
LANGLEY PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT TAVERHAM HALL
LANGLEY, LODDON, NORWICH, NORFOLK NR14 6BJ, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1910
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 2 – 18 (NURSERY – SIXTH FORM)
CHURCH OF ENGLAND (ANGLICAN)
LATHALLAN SCHOOL
BROTHERTON CASTLE, JOHNSHAVEN, ANGUS DD10 0HN, SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
LEH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
LADY ELEANOR HOLLES INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL / LEH
26 JINGPING ROAD, CHANCHENG DISTRICT, FOSHAN, GUANGDONG 528000, CHINA
PRIMARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 2020
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 8 – 18 (YEARS 4 – 13)
INTERNATIONAL (BRITISH)
THE LADY ELEANOR HOLLES SCHOOL
LEIGHTON PARK
LPS / THE PARK
SHINFIELD ROAD, READING, BERKSHIRE RG2 7DE, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
SECONDARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1890
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 11 – 18 (YEAR 7 – SIXTH FORM)
QUAKER (SOCIETY OF FRIENDS)
LEWESTON
LILLINGTON, SHERBORNE, DORSET DT9 6EN, 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 1891
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
BOYS & GIRLS (DIAMOND MODEL)
AGES 0 – 18 (NURSERY – SIXTH FORM)
ROMAN CATHOLIC (SISTERS OF CHRISTIAN INSTRUCTION)
THE LEYS
TRUMPINGTON ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE CB2 7AD, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
SECONDARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1875
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 11 – 18 (YEAR 7 – SIXTH FORM)
METHODIST
LEYSIN AMERICAN SCHOOL IN SWITZERLAND
LAS / LEYSIN
CHEMIN DE LA SOURCE 3, 1854 LEYSIN, VAUD, SWITZERLAND
HIGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
COLLEGE-PREPARATORY SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1961
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 12 – 18 (GRADES 7 – PG)
INTERNATIONAL (AMERICAN)
LIME HOUSE SCHOOL
HOLM HILL, DALSTON, CARLISLE, CUMBRIA CA5 7BX, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1899
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 7 – 18 (YEAR 3 – SIXTH FORM)
LINCOLN MINSTER SCHOOL
LMS / THE MINSTER
UPPER LINDUM STREET, LINCOLN, LINCOLNSHIRE LN2 5RW, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
CATHEDRAL SCHOOL
CHOIR SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL (CHOIR)
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1996
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 4 – 18 (RECEPTION – SIXTH FORM)
CHURCH OF ENGLAND (ANGLICAN)
LIVERPOOL COLLEGE
LC
QUEEN’S DRIVE, MOSSLEY HILL, LIVERPOOL, MERSEYSIDE L18 8BG, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ACADEMY
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
INC. LIVERPOOL COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL
ESTABLISHED 1840
BOARDING AND INTERNATIONAL FEES APPLY
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 4 – 18 (RECEPTION – SIXTH FORM)
LLANDOVERY COLLEGE
QUEENSWAY, LLANDOVERY, CARMARTHENSHIRE SA20 0EE, WALES, UNITED KINGDOM
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
PUBLIC SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1848
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 4 – 18 (RECEPTION – SIXTH FORM)
CHRISTIAN / CHURCH IN WALES (ANGLICAN)
LOCKERS PARK
LOCKERS PARK LANE, BOXMOOR, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HERTFORDSHIRE HP1 1TL, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
PRIMARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
BOYS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1874
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
BOYS
AGES 4 – 13 (RECEPTION – YEAR 8)
HARROW SCHOOL
LOMOND SCHOOL
10 STAFFORD STREET, HELENSBURGH, ARGYLL AND BUTE G84 9JX, SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1977 (LEGACY SCHOOLS 1845)
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 3 – 18 (NURSERY – S6)
LONGRIDGE TOWERS SCHOOL
LTS
LONGRIDGE TOWERS, BERWICK-UPON-TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND TD15 2XQ, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
LORD WANDSWORTH COLLEGE
LWC
LONG SUTTON, HOOK, HAMPSHIRE RG29 1TA, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
SECONDARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PUBLIC SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1922
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 11 – 18 (YEAR 7 – SIXTH FORM)
LORETTO
LORETTO SCHOOL
LINKFIELD ROAD, MUSSELBURGH, EAST LOTHIAN EH21 7RE, SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
PUBLIC SCHOOL
SPORTS ACADEMY (GOLF)
ABOUT
LOUGHBOROUGH GRAMMAR SCHOOL
LGS
BURTON WALKS, LOUGHBOROUGH, LEICESTERSHIRE LE11 2DU, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
SECONDARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
BOYS SCHOOL
GRAMMAR SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PUBLIC SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1495
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
BOYS
AGES 10 – 18 (YEAR 7 – SIXTH FORM)
LOUGHBOROUGH SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
LUCKLEY HOUSE SCHOOL
LHS
LUCKLEY ROAD, WOKINGHAM, BERKSHIRE RG40 3EU, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
SECONDARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1918
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 11 – 18 (YEAR 7 – SIXTH FORM)
CHRISTIAN
LUCTON SCHOOL
LUCTON, HEREFORDSHIRE HR6 9PN, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
PUBLIC SCHOOL
SPORTS ACADEMY (EQUESTRIAN / SWIMMING)
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1708
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 0 – 18 (NURSERY – SIXTH FORM)
ANGLICAN (CHURCH OF ENGLAND)
LUDGROVE SCHOOL
LUCKLEY ROAD, LUDGROVE, WOKINGHAM, BERKSHIRE RG40 3AB, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
PRIMARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
BOYS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
LUNDSBERG
LS / LUNDSBERGS SKOLA
688 91 STORFORS, SWEDEN
SECONDARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
GYMNASIUM
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1896
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 14 – 18 (YEARS 10 – 12)
LUTHERAN (CHURCH OF SWEDEN)
LVS ASCOT
LICENSED VICTUALLERS’ SCHOOL
LONDON ROAD, ASCOT, BERKSHIRE SL5 8DR, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1803
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL (MIXED)
AGES 4 – 18 (RECEPTION – SIXTH FORM)
LYCEUM ALPINUM ZUOZ
LYCEUM ALPINUM 12, CH-7524 ZUOZ, SWITZERLAND
SECONDARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
GYMNASIUM
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
ABOUT
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