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BROWN
Brown was founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (more commonly known as Rhode Island College) in Providence, Rhode Island. A private, research university, it is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and a distinguished member of the Ivy League. It was founded, at the outset, as a university unlike many of their peer schools who were initially preparatory schools which became colleges. Brown its charter to Ezra Stiles who would go on to become one of Yale’s most famous Presidents and to the Baptist community of Rhode Island who sought an institution at which its members could study and practice their faith free from persecution. Whilst Brown was established explicitly as a school which would admit students regardless of their religious background (which at the time was a rather a reference to whichever Protestant church a student may hail from), the Baptists of the Rhode Island were concerned that they did not have a tertiary level institution of their own, or at the very least, one which would not discriminate against admitting them. Thus, Brown had a reputation as being a Baptist school although the school is very much non-sectarian today. The university was initially based in Warren, a town south of Providence, before Moses Brown donated some of his family’s lands to the college to support its relocation in 1770. It is for him and his family that the college was renamed in 1804 following a further donation to support the school’s endowment.
BRYANSTON
Bryanston School was founded in 1928 as an alternative to the traditional British public school, offering a progressive educational programme whilst maintaining the charm and culture of the classic boarding school model. It is one of the better-known private schools in England and a member of the prestigious Eton Group. The school was established by a young Australian schoolmaster with the financial backing of the Earl of Shaftesbury who wished to introduce a school that borrowed heavily on the fashionable Dalton Plan approach.
DULWICH COLLEGE
Dulwich College is a world-famous boarding school founded in 1619. Located in a well-to-do enclave in South East London, Dulwich College attracts pupils from across South London, the United Kingdom and overseas and has forged a global reputation for academic and sporting excellence. Today, Dulwich College represents the very best of the English public school model, a model which it has successfully replicated with partner schools established in various new markets under the Dulwich International brand.
WYCOMBE ABBEY
Wycombe Abbey School is considered to be amongst the finest examples of girls’ boarding schools in the English Public School tradition. It is often considered to be the sister school to Eton College with a reputation on a similar par. Wycombe Abbey has, historically, been one of the preferred schools for the daughters of the English aristocratic classes, however, it is a modern dynamic school that offers a broad and varied education for young women leaders.
RUGBY SCHOOL
One of England’s most-celebrated schools, Rugby School is the prototype for the English Public School model. Under the illustrious Thomas Arnold, who was headmaster of the school between 1828 and 1841, Rugby embodied the concept of muscular Christianity and came to define what an English Public School should be. With that came, also, the creation of a code of football which came to be the sport of the English Upper and Upper Middle classes – namely rugby football. Rugby, today, is an excellent fee-paying, co-educational boarding school which offers a university-preparatory education to pupils between the ages of 13 and 18. It’s associated preparatory school, Bilton Grange, completes the offer with an all-through education from the age of 3 with junior boarding as an option.
HAMDEN HALL COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
Founded in 1912, Hamden Hall Country Day School is one of the pioneer schools of the country day school movement, being the fourth oldest in the United States. The school caters to pupils from the age of 3 in their pre-school through to age 18 in the college-preparatory high school division. Hamden Hall is one of the highest-rated schools in Connecticut with a reputation for academic excellence and successful athletics and performing arts programmes. It has been one of the premier choice schools for Connecticut’s discerning denizens and established society families seeking an alternative to the traditional boarding schools popular in the New England region.
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CRESPI CARMELITE
Crespi Carmelite High School is a well-regarded university-preparatory School in the suburbs of Los Angeles, California. The school, which caters exclusively to young high school-age men, was founded by the Carmelite order in 1959 to provide Encino-area boys with a holistic education preparing them for entry into some of the top universities & colleges in the United States.
