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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MALVERN COLLEGE
MALVERN
COLLEGE ROAD, MALVERN, WORCESTERSHIRE WR14 3DF, 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
ABOUT
INC. ABBERLEY HALL AND THE DOWNS
ESTABLISHED 1865
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 3 – 18 (NURSERY – SIXTH FORM)
MALVERN ST JAMES
MALVERN ST JAMES GIRLS’ SCHOOL / MSJ
15 AVENUE ROAD, GREAT MALVERN, WORCESTERSHIRE WR14 3BA, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1893
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
GIRLS
AGES 4 – 18 (RECEPTION – SIXTH FORM)
MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE
BATH ROAD, MARLBOROUGH, WILTSHIRE SN8 1PA, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
SECONDARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PUBLIC SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1843
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 13 – 18 (YEAR 9 – SIXTH FORM)
MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE MALAYSIA
MARLBOROUGH / MCM
JALAN MARLBOROUGH, 79200 ISKANDAR PUTERI, JOHOR, MALAYSIA
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 2012
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 3 – 18 (NURSERY – SIXTH FORM)
INTERNATIONAL (BRITISH)
MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE
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MARLBOROUGH HOUSE SCHOOL
MHS
HIGH STREET, HAWKHURST, CRANBROOK, KENT TN18 4PY, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY AND PRIMARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1874
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 2 – 13 (NURSERY – YEAR 8)
THE MARY ERSKINE SCHOOL
MARY ERSKINE’S / MES
RAVELSTON DYKES ROAD, RAVELSTON, EDINBURGH EH4 3NT, SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
SECONDARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
ABOUT
MARYMOUNT INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL LONDON
MARYMOUNT LONDON / MMI
GEORGE ROAD, KINGSTON UPON THAMES, SURREY KT2 7PE, ENGLAND
SECONDARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1955
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
GIRLS
AGES 11 – 18 (YEAR 7 – SIXTH FORM)
ROMAN CATHOLIC (SACRED HEART)
INTERNATIONAL (AMERICAN)
MAYFIELD
MAYFIELD SCHOOL
THE OLD PALACE, MAYFIELD, EAST SUSSEX TN20 6PH, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
SECONDARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1872
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
GIRLS
AGES 11 – 18 (YEAR 7 – SIXTH FORM)
ROMAN CATHOLIC (SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS)
MERCHISTON
MCS / MERCHISTON CASTLE SCHOOL
COLINTON ROAD, EDINBURGH EH13 0PU, SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
BOYS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PREPARATORY SCHOOL
PUBLIC SCHOOL
ABOUT
MERCHISTON SHENZHEN
MERCHISTON INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, SHENZHEN / MIS
12 SHILONGZAI ROAD, DALANG SUB-DISTRICT, LONGHUA DISTRICT, SHENZHEN 518110, CHINA
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 2018
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY (SECONDARY SCHOOL BOARDING ONLY)
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 4 – 18 (RECEPTION – SIXTH FORM)
INTERNATIONAL (BRITISH)
MERCHISTON
MICHAELHOUSE
BALGOWAN, KWAZULU-NATAL 3275, SOUTH AFRICA
SECONDARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
BOYS SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PUBLIC SCHOOL
ABOUT
MIDLETON COLLEGE
CONNOLLY STREET, MIDLETON, CO. CORK P25 F898, IRELAND
SECONDARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PUBLIC SCHOOL
VOLUNTARY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1696
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 12 – 18 (1ST YEAR – 6TH YEAR)
ANGLICAN (CHURCH OF IRELAND)
MILL HILL
THE RIDGEWAY, MILL HILL, LONDON NW7 1QS, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
INC. BELMONT, GRIMSDELL & THE MOUNT
ESTABLISHED 1807
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 3 – 18 (NURSERY – SIXTH FORM)
NON-CONFORMIST
MILLFIELD
BUTLEIGH ROAD, STREET, SOMERSET BA16 0YD, ENGLAND, UNITED KNGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
PUBLIC SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1935
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 2 – 18 (NURSERY – SIXTH FORM)
MILTON ABBEY
MILTON ABBAS, BLANDFORD FORUM, DORSET DT11 0BZ, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
SECONDARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1954
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 13 – 18 (YEAR 9 – SIXTH FORM)
CHURCH OF ENGLAND (ANGLICAN)
MONKTON
MONKTON COMBE SCHOOL
CHURCH LANE, MONKTON COMBE, BATH, SOMERSET BA2 7HG, 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
ESTABLISHED 1868
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 2 – 18 (NURSERY – SIXTH FORM)
CHRISTIAN (EVANGELICAL)
THE MONTESSORI PLACE
TMP
45 CROMWELL ROAD, HOVE, EAST SUSSEX BN3 3ER, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 2011
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 0 – 18 (NURSERY – YEAR 13)
MONTESSORI
MOOR PARK
MOOR PARK SCHOOL
MOOR PARK, RICHARD’S CASTLE, OVERTON, LUDLOW, SHROPSHIRE SY8 4DZ, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY AND PRIMARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
INC. TICK TOCK NURSERY SCHOOL
ESTABLISHED 1964
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 0 – 13 (NURSERY – YEAR 8)
ROMAN CATHOLIC
MOORLAND PRIVATE SCHOOL
MOORLAND
RIBBLESDALE AVENUE, CLITHEROE, LANCASHIRE BB7 2JA, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BALLET SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
DANCE SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL (BALLET)
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
SPORTS ACADEMY (ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL)
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1940 (LEGACY SCHOOLS 1920)
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 0 – 18 (NURSERY – SIXTH FORM)
MORE HOUSE SCHOOL
MHS
MOONS HILL, FRENSHAM, FARNHAM, SURREY GU10 3AP, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
BOYS SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PREPARATORY SCHOOL
SEN SCHOOL (DYSLEXIA, LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATIVE DIFFERENCES)
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1939
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
BOYS
AGES 8 – 18 (YEAR 3 – SIXTH FORM)
ROMAN CATHOLIC
MORETON HALL
MORETON HALL, WESTON RHYN, OSWESTRY, SHROPSHIRE SY11 3EW, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1913
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
GIRLS (CO-EDUCATIONAL PREPARATORY SCHOOL)
AGES 0 – 18 (NURSERY – SIXTH FORM)
MOULSFORD
MOULSFORD PREPARATORY SCHOOL
THE STREET, MOULSFORD, OXFORDSHIRE OX10 9HR, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY AND PRIMARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
BOYS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1961
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
BOYS (CO-EDUCATIONAL PRE-PREPARATORY SCHOOL)
AGES 3 – 13 (NURSERY – YEAR 8)
MOUNT KELLY
PARKWOOD ROAD, TAVISTOCK, DEVON PL19 0HZ, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
CHOIR SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
PUBLIC SCHOOL
SPORTS ACADEMY (ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL / SWIMMING)
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1877
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 3 – 18 (RECEPTION – SIXTH FORM)
MOUNT ST. MARY’S
THE MOUNT / MOUNT ST. MARY’S COLLEGE / MSM
COLLEGE ROAD, SPINKHILL, DERBYSHIRE S21 3YL, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
SECONDARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
ABOUT
INC. BARLBOROUGH HALL
ESTABLISHED 1842
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 11 – 18 (YEAR 7 – SIXTH FORM)
ROMAN CATHOLIC (JESUIT)
THE MOUNT SCHOOL YORK
MOUNT / THE MOUNT
DALTON TERRACE, YORK, NORTH YORKSHIRE YO23 4DD, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1785
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
GIRLS
AGES 3 – 18 (NURSERY – SIXTH FORM)
QUAKER
MOWDEN HALL SCHOOL
MH
NEWTON, STOCKSFIELD, NORTHUMBERLAND NE43 7TP, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY AND PRIMARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1935
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 3 – 13 (NURSERY – YEAR 8)
MOYLES COURT SCHOOL
MC
MOYLES COURT, ROCKFORD, RINGWOOD, HAMPSHIRE BH24 3NF, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1963
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 2 – 16 (NURSERY – YEAR 11)
MYDDELTON COLLEGE
PEAKES LANE, DENBIGH, DENBIGHSHIRE LL16 3EN, WALES, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 2O16
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 3 – 18 (RECEPTION – SIXTH FORM)
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