Sports

Squash is a super sport guaranteed to provide players with an invigorating and rewarding burst of energy. Played indoors, it isn’t at the whim of our famous British weather either! If it’s your child’s preferred sport you may wish to know which are our top British boarding schools for squash, so here’s a small selection.

While the major team sports at British schools are still rugby, hockey, football, netball and cricket, basketball is growing in terms of participation and popularity. As we know it is of interest to many international students, here we take a look at which are our top British boarding schools for basketball.

While early starts on cold rivers may not be everyone’s cup of tea, perhaps your child harbours ambitions to take part in the iconic Oxford versus Cambridge boat race or even the Olympics. So which are our top British boarding schools for rowing? Read on to find out more about just a few of them.

When school resumes after the Easter holiday the summer sports season will begin, so which are our top British boarding schools for athletics?

Sail training develops confidence, perseverance, leadership and teamwork; key transferable skills which enhance students’ ability to perform in all areas. Little wonder then that it is often offered as part of an independent education. Here we feature our top British boarding schools for sailing.

As the sport grows in popularity, with both girls and boys, I am often asked for help with placing keen players at one of our top British boarding schools for hockey. Here is a selection of those I’d recommend.

One of the many reasons to consider a boarding school in England is the quality of their sports provision. All our schools have excellent facilities, and make time within and alongside the curriculum to support all students to enjoy a wide range of physical activities, but some specialise in certain sports. In no particular order, here are our top British boarding schools for tennis.

What are our top 5 British boarding schools for riding?

To reassure the young equestrian who might worry about missing their riding if they were to go to a British boarding school, we are pleased to confirm it is an option at many of the schools we recommend. So many, in fact, it is hard to pick a top 5 but here we go…

Sport plays a central role at all the British boarding schools we recommend. Recognising its importance to the physical and mental health of their students, their main focus is on participation, and schools offer a huge range of activities to engage even the most reluctant sportspeople, but many schools also have academies to help nurture the true talents in their midst.

Continuing our “Focus on…” series, this time we are shining a light on golf at some of the Scottish boarding schools we work with.