List of boarding schools in the United Kingdom explained

The following is a list of notable boarding schools in the United Kingdom.

Many of the private schools in the United Kingdom are boarding schools, although nearly all also have day pupils.

There are also about 30 state boarding schools in England.

Northern Ireland

• Campbell College
• Rockport School
• The Royal School, Armagh
• Royal School Dungannon
• Victoria College, Belfast

Defunct, or no longer boarding

• Abbots Bromley School, Staffordshire
• Blairmore School
• Oak Bank School Leighton Buzzard
• Keil School
• Kilquhanity School
• Mayfield College
• Rannoch School
• Methodist College Belfast
• The Perse School
• Silcoates School
• Friends' School, Saffron Walden