Why Choose Boarding School

From boarding residence pets and paintballing to superb facilities and educational rigour, boarding colleges have moved with the times to meet the desires of the modern family. Find out why households round the world select boarding.
Boarding has undergone a renaissance in recent years. Long gone are the days when families waved their teens off on the first day of term, no longer to lay eyes on them again till the last. The cutting-edge imparting now provides a range of residential choices to select from, along with full boarding, weekly boarding or flexi-boarding.For relocating households the alternative of a residential training can be a specially appealing option, offering an anchor point in a sea of change.
Curricula to suit the globally mobile family
Many boarding schools around the world choose a US or UK curriculum as their focus, but there are now almost 370 schools with boarding facilities across the world that offer the International Baccalaureate (IB).
The growth of flexi-boarding
Over the past 10 years, boarding schools have endeavoured to respond to the ever-changing needs of the modern family lifestyle. Busy parents have increasingly pushed for a more flexible approach to boarding, one that enables students to switch from traditional boarding patterns to staying the night on a flexible basis.
The benefits of boarding
But parents don’t choose a boarding school just because of logistics. There are many benefits of boarding as Lynsay Scott, Science teacher and housemistress at Shree Swaminarayan mission in Brunei is quick to point out.“Boarding students learn to be responsible for themselves and their possessions, developing character traits like self-reliance and independence in a community environment,” she says.“International boarding schools host a diverse range of international and domestic students who share meals, Houses and classes – fostering a close bond that transcends gender, geographical, racial or ethnic differences. Students learn that a person’s character is as meaningful as their background – an important lesson boarders can take with them for years to come.”