One of the two remaining all-boys, all-boarding public schools in South Africa (the other being the school’s rival, Michaelhouse). Hilton College was established in 1872 emulating the great public schools of England and instructing boys in classics for presentation to the major universities. The school maintains a Christian ethos and is held in […]
Woodberry Forest is one of the most revered prep schools in North America. An all-boys, all-boarding institution modelled in the English Public School tradition, The Forest has been presenting young gentlemen for matriculation at some of the top colleges and universities in the United States and is widely regarded as the preferred school for the children of Southern upper class families.
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Riverdale is an august institution with an illustrious history having been the preferred school for the children of the wealthy denizens of Riverdale, The Bronx, Westchester and Manhattan’s Upper East Side since it’s foundation as a boys only school. Now fully co-educational, the school still regularly ranks in the upper echelons of high school
One of New York’s better known schools, Horace Mann has a reputation for excellence, as evidenced by the school’s high success rates in placing pupils at Ivy League and other top-tier universities. Horace Mann School was originally one of the schools attached to Columbia University but has since become fully independent. The school offers
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Founded as the Children’s University School by acclaimed educator Helen Parkhurst, The Dalton School has grown to become one of the most famous names in American education, originating The Dalton Plan system of education . Located in Manhattan’s salubrious Upper East Side, The Dalton School offers K-12 preparatory education to young men and women in
A renowned Knickerbocker institution, The Brearley School has been educating the daughters of Manhattan society since it was founded in 1884 from it’s imposing Upper East Side campus. Brearley regularly places as the top all-girls private school in the United States and excels at ensuring pupils place at Ivy League colleges and top-tier Liberal Arts
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The Winsor School is a highly acclaimed all-girls college-preparatory day school that stands out even against Boston’s multitude of venerable educational institutions. The school has turned out the daughters of Boston’s well-heeled and well-to-do since 1886 when it was established as a small school for eight young women. ___________ Independent Private Middle and College-Preparatory
Named for the patron saint of England, a nod to the school’s Episcopalian (Anglican) foundation and the English Public School model which it sought to emulate alongside peers such as St. Mark’s School, St. Paul’s School, Middlesex School and Groton School who, collectively, are colloquially referred to as St. Grottlesex. St. George’s is one of
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Arguably vying for the title of America’s most famous school against its namesake and rival, Phillips Exeter Academy, Andover, as the school is often called, is one of the great American academies. Founded in the late 18th century, embracing American enlightenment principles, Andover has come to characterise the American approach to rationalism and scientific thinking.
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Groton is famed as one of America’s great examples of the British public school model, having been established as an alternative to the scientific academy model that had become popular, particularly in New England. Groton, an Episcopal school, espoused the muscular Christianity concept popular in England, that believed in the development of character and the
