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Houseroom Index 2026 · Whole-Child sub-index

Best for the whole child

Schools ranked on pastoral care, parent voice, access, and pupil flourishing — not just exam grades.

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  1. #1
    95.0

    Sherborne Girls

    Dorset

    Independent girls school in Dorset for ages 11–18. Selective entry, top-tier London fees.

    GirlsBoarding
    £35,850/yr day
  2. #2
    95.0

    Sherborne School

    Dorset

    Independent boys school in Dorset for ages 13–18. Selective entry, top-tier London fees.

    BoysBoarding
    £37,974/yr day
  3. #3
    92.7

    Shrewsbury School

    Shropshire

    Independent co-ed senior school in Shropshire for ages 13–18, day or boarding. Selective entry, top-tier London fees.

    SeniorCo EdBoth
    £31,290 – £39,579/yr dayAggregate rank #62
  4. #4
    92.7

    Caterham School

    Tandridge

    Independent co-ed all-through school in Surrey for ages 3–18, day or boarding. Selective entry, Christian ethos.

    SeniorCo EdBoth
    £27,630 – £28,950/yr dayAggregate rank #6
  5. #5
    92.7

    Repton School

    Derbyshire

    Independent co-ed school in Derbyshire for ages 13–18. Selective entry, top-tier London fees.

    SeniorCo EdBoth
    £40,665/yr dayAggregate rank #65
  6. #6
    92.7

    Cheltenham Ladies' College

    Cheltenham

    Independent girls school in Gloucestershire for ages 11–18. Selective entry, top-tier London fees.

    SeniorGirlsBoth
    £37,980/yr dayAggregate rank #27
  7. #7
    92.7

    Oxford High School GDST

    Oxford

    Independent girls all-through school in Oxfordshire for ages 4–18. Selective entry.

    All ThroughGirlsDay
    £13,680 – £24,444/yr dayAggregate rank #41
  8. #8
    92.7

    Royal Grammar School Guildford

    Guildford

    Independent boys all-through school in Surrey for ages 3–18. Selective entry, C of E ethos.

    All ThroughCo EdDay
    £14,103 – £28,080/yr dayAggregate rank #22
  9. #9
    92.7

    Aldenham School

    Hertsmere

    Independent co-ed all-through school in Hertfordshire for ages 4–18, day or boarding. Selective entry, top-tier London fees.

    SeniorCo EdBoth
    £18,267 – £32,061/yr dayAggregate rank #67
  10. #10
    92.7

    Putney High School

    Wandsworth

    Independent girls all-through school in Wandsworth for ages 4–18. Selective entry.

    All ThroughGirlsDay
    £24,027 – £29,007/yr dayAggregate rank #18
  11. #11
    92.7

    Canford School

    Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

    Independent co-ed senior school in Dorset for ages 13–18, day or boarding. Selective entry, top-tier London fees.

    SeniorCo EdBoth
    £40,902/yr dayAggregate rank #77
  12. #12
    92.7

    Bradfield College

    West Berkshire

    Independent co-ed senior school in Berkshire for ages 13–18, day or boarding. Selective entry, top-tier London fees.

    SeniorCo EdBoth
    £37,200/yr dayAggregate rank #68
  13. #13
    92.7

    Benenden School

    Tunbridge Wells

    Independent girls senior school in Kent for ages 11–18, day or boarding. Selective entry, top-tier London fees.

    SeniorGirlsBoarding
    £35,415 – £42,495/yr dayAggregate rank #37
  14. #14
    92.7

    Ardingly College

    Mid Sussex

    Independent co-ed all-through school in West Sussex for ages 3–18, day or boarding. Selective entry.

    All ThroughCo EdBoth
    £20,055 – £31,545/yr dayAggregate rank #54
  15. #15
    92.7

    Nottingham High School

    Nottingham

    Independent boys all-through school in Nottingham for ages 3–18. Selective entry.

    All ThroughBoysDay
    £18,447 – £23,154/yr dayAggregate rank #19
  16. #16
    92.7

    Cardiff Sixth Form College

    Cardiff

    Independent co-ed sixth-form college in Cardiff for ages 16–19, day or boarding. Selective entry, other ethos, top-tier London fees.

    Sixth FormCo EdBoth
    £30,120 – £34,560/yr dayAggregate rank #12
  17. #17
    92.7

    Malvern College

    Worcestershire

    Independent co-ed senior school in Worcestershire for ages 6–18, day or boarding. Selective entry, top-tier London fees.

    SeniorCo EdBoth
    £38,115 – £40,245/yr dayAggregate rank #76
  18. #18
    92.7

    Lady Eleanor Holles School

    Richmond upon Thames

    Independent girls' all-through day school in Hampton for ages 7–18. Selective, A-level focused, ISI Excellent (2025); co-curricular partnership with Hampton.

    All ThroughGirlsDay
    £25,470 – £31,953/yr dayAggregate rank #11
  19. #19
    92.7

    Radley College

    Vale of White Horse

    Independent boys senior school in Oxfordshire for ages 13–18. Selective entry, top-tier London fees.

    SeniorBoysBoarding
    Fees TBC/yr dayAggregate rank #48
  20. #20
    90.0

    South Hampstead High School

    Camden

    Independent girls' all-through day school in Hampstead for ages 4–18. Part of GDST, selective entry, top-20 academic performance.

    All ThroughGirlsDay
    £24,558 – £30,060/yr day
  21. #21
    90.0

    University College School

    Camden

    Independent boys' all-through day school in Hampstead for ages 4–16 with co-ed Sixth Form (16–18). Non-denominational, A-level focused, top 25 nationally.

    All ThroughBoysDay
    £27,495 – £32,913/yr day
  22. #22
    85.9

    Haileybury

    East Hertfordshire

    Independent co-ed senior school in Hertfordshire for ages 11–18, day or boarding. Selective entry, top-tier London fees.

    SeniorCo EdBoth
    £28,605 – £43,035/yr dayAggregate rank #52
  23. #23
    85.9

    Millfield School

    Somerset

    Independent co-ed all-through school in Somerset for ages 2–18, day or boarding. Selective entry, top-tier London fees.

    All ThroughCo EdBoth
    £2,910 – £39,465/yr dayAggregate rank #89
  24. #24
    85.9

    Hurstpierpoint College

    Mid Sussex

    Independent co-ed senior school in West Sussex for ages 11–18, day or boarding. Selective entry, top-tier London fees.

    All ThroughCo EdBoth
    £14,070 – £36,885/yr dayAggregate rank #61
  25. #25
    85.9

    Heathfield School

    Berkshire

    Independent girls senior school in Berkshire for ages 11–18, day or boarding. Selective entry, top-tier London fees.

    SeniorGirlsBoth
    £26,985 – £33,153/yr dayAggregate rank #87
  26. #26
    85.9

    Cheltenham College

    Gloucestershire

    Independent co-ed all-through school in Gloucestershire for ages 3–18, day or boarding. Selective entry, top-tier London fees.

    All ThroughCo EdBoth
    £11,315 – £47,640/yr dayAggregate rank #69
  27. #27
    85.9

    Brighton College

    Brighton and Hove

    Independent co-ed all-through school in Brighton and Hove for ages 3–18, day or boarding. Selective entry, top-tier London fees.

    All ThroughCo EdBoth
    £4,761 – £36,933/yr dayAggregate rank #31
  28. #28
    85.9

    Guildford High School

    Guildford

    Independent girls all-through school in Surrey for ages 4–18. Selective entry, Christian ethos.

    All ThroughGirlsDay
    £16,203 – £25,989/yr dayAggregate rank #3
  29. #29
    85.9

    North London Collegiate School

    Harrow

    Independent girls all-through school in Harrow for ages 4–18. Selective entry.

    All ThroughGirlsDay
    £25,620 – £29,751/yr dayAggregate rank #1
  30. #30
    85.9

    James Allen's Girls' School

    Southwark

    Independent girls all-through school in Southwark for ages 4–18. Selective entry.

    All ThroughGirlsDay
    £29,352/yr day
  31. #31
    85.9

    Reigate Grammar School

    Reigate and Banstead

    Independent co-ed senior school in Surrey for ages 11–18. Selective entry.

    All ThroughCo EdDay
    £15,750 – £28,545/yr dayAggregate rank #23
  32. #32
    85.9

    Alleyn's School

    Southwark

    Independent co-ed all-through school in Southwark for ages 4–18. Selective entry.

    All ThroughCo EdDay
    £19,320 – £27,000/yr dayAggregate rank #29
  33. #33
    85.9

    Roedean School

    Brighton and Hove

    Independent girls senior school in East Sussex for ages 11–18, day or boarding. Selective entry, top-tier London fees.

    SeniorGirlsBoth
    £25,758 – £33,660/yr dayAggregate rank #53
  34. #34
    85.9

    King Edward's School, Birmingham

    Birmingham

    Independent boys senior school in Birmingham for ages 11–18. Selective entry, Christian ethos.

    SeniorBoysDay
    £18,324/yr dayAggregate rank #35
  35. #35
    85.9

    Eastbourne College

    Eastbourne

    Independent co-ed senior school in East Sussex for ages 13–18, day or boarding. Selective entry, top-tier London fees.

    SeniorCo EdBoth
    £31,560 – £36,680/yr dayAggregate rank #75
  36. #36
    85.6

    Stowe School

    Buckinghamshire

    Independent boys senior school in Buckinghamshire for ages 13–18, day or boarding. Selective entry, top-tier London fees.

    SeniorCo EdBoth
    £28,464 – £35,700/yr dayAggregate rank #86
  37. #37
    85.6

    Wycombe Abbey

    Buckinghamshire

    Independent girls senior school in Buckinghamshire for ages 11–18. Selective entry, Anglican ethos, top-tier London fees.

    SeniorGirlsBoth
    £46,800/yr dayAggregate rank #16
  38. #38
    85.6

    Harrow School

    Harrow

    Independent boys senior school in Harrow for ages 13–18. Selective entry, Church of England ethos.

    SeniorBoysBoarding
    Fees TBC/yr dayAggregate rank #28
  39. #39
    85.6

    Worth School

    Mid Sussex

    Independent co-ed senior school in West Sussex for ages 11–18, day or boarding. Selective entry.

    SeniorCo EdBoth
    £25,176/yr dayAggregate rank #92
  40. #40
    85.6

    Uppingham School

    Rutland

    Independent co-ed senior school in Rutland for ages 11–18, day or boarding. Selective entry, top-tier London fees.

    SeniorCo EdBoth
    £26,334/yr dayAggregate rank #80
  41. #41
    85.6

    Downe House

    West Berkshire

    Independent girls senior school in Berkshire for ages 11–18, day or boarding. Selective entry, top-tier London fees.

    SeniorGirlsBoth
    £33,588/yr dayAggregate rank #56
  42. #42
    85.6

    City of London School

    City of London

    Independent boys senior school in City of London for ages 10–18. Selective entry.

    SeniorBoysDay
    £22,491 – £28,386/yr dayAggregate rank #8
  43. #43
    85.6

    Channing School

    Haringey

    Independent girls all-through school in Haringey for ages 4–18. Selective entry.

    All ThroughGirlsDay
    £24,660 – £27,570/yr dayAggregate rank #45
  44. #44
    85.6

    Westminster School

    Westminster

    Independent boys senior school in Westminster for ages 13–18. Selective entry, Christian foundation ethos, top-tier London fees.

    All ThroughCo EdBoarding
    £32,529 – £49,950/yr dayAggregate rank #5
  45. #45
    85.6

    Bishop's Stortford College

    Hertfordshire

    Independent co-ed all-through school in Hertfordshire for ages 3–18, day or boarding. Selective entry.

    All ThroughCo EdBoth
    £11,259 – £30,474/yr dayAggregate rank #70
  46. #46
    85.6

    Bancroft's School

    Redbridge

    Independent boys all-through school in Redbridge for ages 7–18. Selective entry, C of E ethos.

    All ThroughBoysDay
    £16,740 – £27,840/yr dayAggregate rank #27
  47. #47
    85.6

    Emanuel School

    Wandsworth

    Independent co-ed all-through school in Wandsworth for ages 10–19, day or boarding. Selective entry, Christian ethos.

    SeniorCo EdDay
    £20,145 – £31,381/yr dayAggregate rank #43
  48. #48
    85.6

    St Edward's Oxford

    Oxford

    Independent co-ed senior school in Oxfordshire for ages 13–18, day or boarding. Selective entry, top-tier London fees.

    SeniorCo EdBoth
    £15,866 – £47,598/yr dayAggregate rank #73
  49. #49
    85.6

    The King's School, Canterbury

    Canterbury

    Independent co-ed all-through school in Kent for ages 2–18, day or boarding. Selective entry.

    All ThroughBoysBoth
    £4,910 – £27,285/yr dayAggregate rank #71
  50. #50
    85.6

    Wellington College

    Bracknell Forest

    Independent co-ed senior school in Bracknell Forest for ages 13–18, day or boarding. Selective entry, C of E ethos, top-tier London fees.

    SeniorCo EdBoth
    £28,050 – £45,750/yr dayAggregate rank #26

About the Whole-Child sub-index

The Whole-Child sub-index blends the pastoral, flourishing, access-and-breadth, and parent-sentiment pillars to surface schools that look after the child, not just the result. As Houseroom collects more verified parent reviews and rolls out validated wellbeing items, this index will become the most distinctive in the UK.

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