Elite Sports Schools Guide
Whether your child is already competing at elite level or shows the potential to go far, these are the schools setting the benchmark for sporting excellence - both on and off the field. Read our reviews, watch our videos and use our search tools to find the perfect school for elite sportsmen and women in the UK.

Where to begin?

No longer confined to after-school pitches or weekend fixtures, high-performance sports training is now embedded in some of the UK's most forward-thinking independent schools. Our guide brings together some of the country's top schools for pupils with true sporting ambition, all offering dedicated sports academies and elite pathways in everything from football to rowing. Read our feature on the schools leading the charge, and then compare and contrast the ones operating at the very highest level below.

Main image: Royal Russell School; above: Royal Hospital School
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Ackworth School
Pontefract
Ardingly College
Haywards Heath
Bede's School
Hailsham
Bedford School
Bedford
Bradfield College
Reading
Brooke House College
Market Harborough
Buckswood School
Hastings
Claremont Senior School & Sixth Form
Nr. Robertsbridge
Clifton College
Clifton
Culford School
Bury St Edmunds
Denstone College
Uttoxeter
Devonshire House Preparatory School
Hampstead
Ellesmere College
Ellesmere
Embley Senior School & Sixth Form
Romsey
Framlingham College
Framlingham
Gordonstoun
Elgin
Gresham's School
Holt
Ibstock Place School
Roehampton
Langley Senior School at Loddon
Norwich
Lord Wandsworth College
Hook
Loretto School
Musselburgh
Millfield
Street
Mount Kelly
Tavistock
Reed's School
Cobham
Reigate Grammar School
Reigate
Rossall School
Fleetwood
Royal Hospital School
Ipswich
Royal Russell School
Croydon
Rugby School
Rugby
Shrewsbury School
Shrewsbury
St George's Ascot
Ascot
Sutton Valence School
Maidstone
The Duke of York's Royal Military School
Dover
Tonbridge School
Tonbridge
Wellington College
Crowthorne
West Buckland School
Barnstaple
Worth School
Crawley


Ackworth School
Pontefract
Ardingly College
Haywards Heath
Bede's School
Hailsham
Bedford School
Bedford
Bradfield College
Reading
Brooke House College
Market Harborough
Buckswood School
Hastings
Claremont Senior School & Sixth Form
Nr. Robertsbridge
Clifton College
Clifton
Culford School
Bury St Edmunds
Denstone College
Uttoxeter
Ellesmere College
Ellesmere
Embley Senior School & Sixth Form
Romsey
Framlingham College
Framlingham
Gordonstoun
Elgin
Gresham's School
Holt
Langley Senior School at Loddon
Norwich
Lord Wandsworth College
Hook
Loretto School
Musselburgh
Millfield
Street
Mount Kelly
Tavistock
Reed's School
Cobham
Rossall School
Fleetwood
Royal Hospital School
Ipswich
Royal Russell School
Croydon
Rugby School
Rugby
Shrewsbury School
Shrewsbury
St George's Ascot
Ascot
Sutton Valence School
Maidstone
The Duke of York's Royal Military School
Dover
Tonbridge School
Tonbridge
Wellington College
Crowthorne
West Buckland School
Barnstaple
Worth School
Crawley


Ackworth School
Pontefract
Ardingly College
Haywards Heath
Bede's School
Hailsham
Bedford School
Bedford
Claremont Senior School & Sixth Form
Nr. Robertsbridge
Clifton College
Clifton
Denstone College
Uttoxeter
Embley Senior School & Sixth Form
Romsey
Framlingham College
Framlingham
Gordonstoun
Elgin
Gresham's School
Holt
Ibstock Place School
Roehampton
Langley Senior School at Loddon
Norwich
Mount Kelly
Tavistock
Royal Russell School
Croydon
Sutton Valence School
Maidstone
Wellington College
Crowthorne
West Buckland School
Barnstaple


Ackworth School
Pontefract
Ardingly College
Haywards Heath
Bede's School
Hailsham
Bradfield College
Reading
Brooke House College
Market Harborough
Buckswood School
Hastings
Claremont Senior School & Sixth Form
Nr. Robertsbridge
Clifton College
Clifton
Culford School
Bury St Edmunds
Denstone College
Uttoxeter
Devonshire House Preparatory School
Hampstead
Ellesmere College
Ellesmere
Embley Senior School & Sixth Form
Romsey
Framlingham College
Framlingham
Gordonstoun
Elgin
Gresham's School
Holt
Ibstock Place School
Roehampton
Langley Senior School at Loddon
Norwich
Lord Wandsworth College
Hook
Loretto School
Musselburgh
Millfield
Street
Mount Kelly
Tavistock
Reigate Grammar School
Reigate
Rossall School
Fleetwood
Royal Hospital School
Ipswich
Royal Russell School
Croydon
Rugby School
Rugby
Shrewsbury School
Shrewsbury
Sutton Valence School
Maidstone
The Duke of York's Royal Military School
Dover
Wellington College
Crowthorne
West Buckland School
Barnstaple
Worth School
Crawley





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