Best Schools - Gordonstoun: Prince Charles' boarding school to open Chinese campus

Gordonstoun is to open a Chinese campus, it’s been announced. The independent boarding school, which was established in Moray, Scotland in 1934, will open the first location in 2022, with plans to open more in the future.

The exact location of the first school is yet to be announced, but Principal Lisa Kerr has said it will “be chosen to enable access to green spaces and the sea, both key features of a Gordonstoun education”.

She added the school’s “unique education ethos” has attracted students from all over the world, and opening a Chinese campus is the “next logical step”.

The school educates around 500 students aged 5 to 18, a third of which are from international backgrounds.

Due to its international appeal, Gordonstoun expects demand will be high for places on the new campus.

Gordonstoun is following in the footsteps of other British schools which have set up international campuses in China.

Wellington College, which charges around £41,580-a-year runs schools in Tianjin, Shanghai and Hangzhou, while the £44,346-a-year Dulwich College has two schools in Shanghai, one in in Beijing and Suzhou.

Home counties most at risk from Labour’s private school policies, analysis suggests

The home counties are most at risk from Labour’s policies on private school, research suggests.

The analysis by The Knowledge Academy – a provider of classroom and online training courses – revealed that Surrey, Hertfordshire and Kent are the English counties with the greatest number of students enrolled in independent schools.

Nearly 47,000 students are enrolled in 120 schools in Surrey alone and more than 42,000 pupils attend 106 private schools in Hertfordshire and Kent combined.

Berkshire and Hampshire complete the top five counties in England with the greatest number of fee-paying pupils and schools. The data is drawn from independent school websites.