A boarding school is an educational institution where students not only receive education, but also enjoy room and board. However, some schools take the education program to the next level: from their own sailing clubs to expeditions to Antarctica. The price tag is often not bad. MASTERS lists the most expensive boarding schools.
Housed in a fourteenth-century chateau in the town of Rolle, it Le Rosey Institute one of the most prestigious boarding schools in the world. Children of the Rothschilds, the Benettons, the du Ponts and the Rockefellers, among others, attended this school. But Le Rosey is popular among the children of famous actors and musicians such as John Lennon and Roger Moore. The boarding school's philosophy is inspired by what Harvard educator Howard Gardner called "multiple intelligences." This means that all talents of the Roseans are developed through academic, sporting and artistic programs.
The school consists of two campuses, in the winter the students move into Gstaad. Here they have a large part of the afternoon free for their skiing and cross-country skiing skills to improve. In total, the school has 179 bedrooms with private bathrooms and 48 apartments for the teachers. Le Rosey's sports facilities consist of ten clay tennis courts, a swimming pool, three football fields, a rugby field, an athletics track and an archery range. But there are also plenty of opportunities for students outside the campus. For example, Le Rosey owns a private riding school with dressage grounds and clubhouse, but also a sailing club with a twelve-meter yacht. The annual tuition fee of this exclusive boarding school is approx € 133.000.
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The United World College is a global institution with a mission to bring people from different countries and different cultural and socio-economic backgrounds together through education.
UWC Atlantic is located in the Glamorgan Valley, on the coast of South Wales. The heart of the campus is formed by the twelfth-century buildings St Donat's Castle. The surrounding buildings permanently house 40 young people from different countries who are supervised by so-called boarding school parents. Princess Alexia is one of the students, she exchanged the Gymnasium in The Hague for the school in 2021. However, she is not the first royal to call herself a student. Her father Willem-Alexander preceded her in 1983. Peace and sustainability are of paramount importance to the UWC. In addition to traditional subjects at school, social skills, volunteer work and outdoor activities also play an important role in the school program. Although tuition costs approximately €91.000 per two years, not all students come from affluent backgrounds. The majority of pupils are students who have been awarded scholarships by national committees on the basis of their study results. However, there is a very strict selection procedure.
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Institute at Rosenberg is an international boarding school in the Swiss town of St. Gallen. The school was founded in 1889 and is one of the oldest and leading international schools for students aged 6 to 19. The majority of families have an entrepreneurial background and choose this Swiss boarding school to enable their children to take on future management positions in, for example, the family business. The boarding school houses approximately 230 students and has a pupil-teacher ratio of 2:1. However, this personal education comes at a price: annual tuition fees are approximately € 140.000.
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If you are using The Crown If you've seen this boarding school, you probably look familiar. Prince William and Harry spent their high school years here. But alumni also include John Maynard Keynes, writer George Orwell, David Cameron and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson. The elite all-boys boarding school is located in Windsor, England. Eton accommodates 1300 students across 25 houses. What would it take to get into class with Prince Harry or William? More than € 47.000 per year.
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Switzerland appears to be a popular place for prestigious boarding schools. Beau Soleil's goal is to challenge its students both inside and outside the classrooms. For example, the expedition program takes students to locations such as Cambodia, Iceland or Japan to raft in rivers or climb mountains. The boarding school is intended for students aged 11 to 18. Students who attended Beau Soleil include Princess Marie of Denmark and Princess Claire of Luxembourg. The tuition fee is just under €140.000 per year.
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