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Boarding School in the UK

UK boarding schools are residential schools for children and teenagers up to the
age of 18, offering internationally recognized qualifications such as GCSEs,
Scottish Standard Grades and Highers, A-levels and the International
Baccalaureate
State boarding schools in the UK
State boarding schools provide free education but charge fees for boarding.
Most state boarding schools are academies, some are free schools and some are run
by local authorities. State boarding schools give priority to children who have a
particular need to board and will assess children's suitability for boarding.

Tutorial colleges of UK
The tutorial system was established in the 1800s at the University of Oxford and
the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. It is still practised today, and
consists of undergraduate students being taught by college fellows (or sometimes
doctoral students and post-docs in groups of one to three on a weekly basis. These
sessions are called "tutorials" at Oxford and "supervisions" at Cambridge, and are the
central method of teaching at those universities. The student is required undertake
preparatory work for each tutorial: for example, reading, essays or working through
problems, depending on their subject. Other teaching sessions such as lectures,
practical and language classes are offered, but these are in addition to the compulsory
tutorials.
The tutorial system is a method of university education where the main teaching
method is regular, very small group sessions. These are the core teaching sessions of a
degree, and are supplemented by lectures,practicals and larger group classes. This
system is found at the collegiate universities of Oxford and Cambridge, although other
universities use this method to various degrees.

There are approximately 500 boarding schools across England, Wales, Scotland and
Northern Ireland. . A boarding school is a residential school where pupils live and study
during the school year.
UK boarding schools offer you an outstanding education, helping you to develop your skills and
progress to university. All UK boarding schools have to meet strict UK government standards
relating to the quality of their teaching, facilities and student care.

State boarding schools in the UK

It was made inside five very different education establishments to capture the realities of life and the
enthusiasm of the pupils who benefit from the State Funded Boarding School sectior where teaching
is free and parents only have to pay for accommodation.

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