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Eton is one of four public schools, along with Harrow (1572), Sherborne (705) and Radley (1847), to have retained the boys-only, boarding-only tradition, which means that its boys live at the school seven days a week during term time.
Boarding. Book an Admissions tour. Boys are thrown together in groups of 10 or 11 as 13-year-olds, and they grow up together over the next five intense and action-packed years. Friendships built up during this period will last for the whole of a person’s life.
6 days ago · Eton College, boarding school near Windsor, Berkshire, one of England’s largest independent secondary schools and one of the highest in prestige. It was founded by Henry VI in 1440–41 for 70 highly qualified boys who received scholarships from a fund endowed by the king.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
1 day ago · New contracts for prepaid fees at Eton jumped to a total value of £10.1 million ($12.8 million) last year — almost a fourfold increase from £2.64 million in 2022, according to Eton’s financial statements filed with the Charity Commission. Pupils at Eton College. Photographer: Graeme Robertson/Getty Images. Labour, which is projected to ...
Eton, a British boarding school founded in 1440 by Henry VI, includes among its alumni (“Old Etonians”) Prince William, Prince Harry, and 19 prime ministers. The fellowship brings a recent graduate from an American university to Eton to teach and coach for a year.