London and Surrey boarding!.,.

[Lifeisallhahahehe]

Hi All
Am on the 11+ girls and co Ed threads but do not see one for boarding (yes I know it is controversial).....
Just looking for recommendations of schools offering weekly boarding for an academic sporty DC.
Reachable from London!

[AveEldon]

Girls or Boys?

[toobusytothink]

Queenswood near Hatfield? Don't know it personally but meant to be great for sport, especially hockey, and is proper weekly boarding which is quite rare I think.

[LIZS]

Are you looking for 2017 11+ entry? If so registrations may have already closed or be closing imminently. Any particular sport? Epsom might be worth looking at, St Catherine's Bramley.

[IdaDown]

Haileybury near Hatfield. Co-ed.

Wycombe Abbey, High Wycombe. Girls only.

Oundle, Northamptonshire. Co-ed.

Uppingham, Rutland. Co-ed. Might be termly boarding.

[Auntpodder]

Woldingham in Surrey? Not sure how sporty it is, but it has a good reputation and the train from London stops halfway down the (very long) drive.

[Lifeisallhahahehe]

Apologies for delay in reply.
Co ed would be ideal...
Thankyou for recommendations but due to madness with 11+ I may have missed some deadlines!

[CoraPirbright]

The problem you may have is that many of the co-ed boarding schools started life as old fashioned boys public schools and will therefore have a 13 entry. You may have to put him into a trad prep school to bridge that awkward 11-13 gap.

Academic and sporty - have a look at Wellington (weekly boarding in effect). Also Bradfield, Stowe and Marlborough although these are not weekly so much.