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Many are represented by the Independent Schools Council (ISC), while around 300 independent senior schools are represented by the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC), although both bodies also represent schools outside England and the United Kingdom. This is a list of notable independent schools in England that are currently ...
Private prep schools only became more widespread in Scotland from the late 19th century (usually attached to an existing secondary private school, though exceptions such as Craigclowan Preparatory School and Cargilfield Preparatory School do exist), though they are still much less prevalent than in England. In modern times many secondary pupils ...
In November 2016, the Foundation was named the Best Independent School in East Anglia by The Sunday Times [17] on its 'Parent Power' list. The list is acknowledged as the 'most authoritative survey' of the county's best schools, according to the newspaper. The Foundation was ranked at number 18 in a list of 2,000 schools around the United Kingdom.
The schools in England are organised into local education authorities.There are 150 local education authorities in England organised into nine larger regions. [1] According to the Schools Census, there were 3,408 [2] maintained government secondary schools in England in 2017.
This is an incomplete list of private (independent) schools in the United Kingdom. Also refer to the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference for a list of their member schools ( boarding and day schools ) in the United Kingdom , Crown dependencies and the Republic of Ireland .
The school has an excellent academic reputation. In 2018, it was rated by The Sunday Times as the second-best independent school in the UK, based on GCSE and A-Level results. [3] It has previously topped The Times A-level league table of England's independent schools and its table of prep schools.
In 2016, it was named the State Secondary School of the Year by The Sunday Times in the newspaper's rankings for the 2016–17 school year, and also received praise from Tatler and The Daily Telegraph. In 2020, it was named Regional State School of the Decade [5] for the South East of England by The Sunday Times.
Millfield House. Founded in 1935, Millfield is a co-educational Independent school for pupils aged 13–18 years based in Street, Somerset, England. Millfield is a registered charity and is the largest co-educational boarding school in the UK with approximately 1,240 pupils, of whom over 950 are full boarders of over 65 nationalities.