London is home to some of the UK’s most expensive private boarding schools

Apr 16, 2021 by London-TV in Business

London is home to 2 of the UK’s top 10 most expensive private boarding schools.

New research from PoundToy has revealed the most expensive private schools around the UK, along with the most affordable ones and how much you need to earn to send your child there.

The 10 Most Expensive Boarding Schools

Rank	School	Town/City	Gender profile	Boarding fees per term	Boarding fees per year	Household income required
1	Cherwell College Oxford	Oxford, Oxfordshire	Coeducational	£19,500	£58,500	£99,943
2	Oxford International College	Oxford, Oxfordshire	Coeducational	£17,725	£53,175	£94,618
3	DLD College London	London	Coeducational	£17,167	£51,501	£92,944
4	CATS College London	London	Coeducational	£16,995	£50,985	£92,428
5	Bristol International College	Bristol, Bristol	Coeducational	£16,665	£49,995	£91,438
6	TASIS The American School in England	Egham, Surrey	Coeducational	£16,300	£48,900	£90,343
7	ACS Cobham International School	Cobham, Surrey	Coeducational	£16,273	£48,819	£90,262
8	Abbey College Cambridge	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire	Coeducational	£16,200	£48,600	£90,043
9	d’Overbroeck’s	Oxford, Oxfordshire	Coeducational	£15,970	£47,910	£89,353
10	Roedean School	Brighton, East Sussex	Girls only	£15,680	£47,040	£88,483

The most expensive private school is Cherwell College Oxford, which charges its boarding pupils £19,000 per term which works out as £58,500 a year – in order to send your child here you would need a minimum average income of just under £100,000.

Locations of the most expensive boarding schools are certainly concentrated in the south of England, as all but one of the top thirty most expensive being located in that area.

Eton and Harrow have produced 33 former Prime Ministers, including the current incumbent Boris Johnson, yet these two famous schools are ranked down in 25th and 26th respectively, with them both charging just over £14,000 per term.

The 5 Most Affordable Private Schools

Rank	School	Town/City	Gender profile	Boarding fees per term	Boarding fees per year	Household income required
1	Abrar Academy	Garstang, Lancashire	Boys only	£834	£2,502	£43,945.00
2	Jaamiatul Imaam Muhammad Zakaria	Bradford, West Yorkshire	Girls only	£984	£2,952	£44,395.00
3	Institute of Islamic Education	Dewsbury, West Yorkshire	Boys only	£1,200	£3,600	£45,043.00
4	Westminster Cathedral Choir School	London	Boys only	£3,362	£10,086	£51,529.00
5	Victoria College	Belfast, Antrim	Girls (some boys)	£3,900	£11,700	£53,143.00