A boarding school is a school where pupils live within premises while being given formal instruction. The word "boarding" is used in the sense of "room and board", i.e. lodging and meals. As they have existed for many centuries, and now extend across many countries, their functioning, codes of conduct and ethos vary greatly. Children in boarding schools study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers or administrators. Some boarding schools also have day students who attend the institution during the day and return home in the evenings.
Dollar Academy, a boarding school in Scotland
West Finland College, a boarding school in Huittinen, Finland
Boarding house of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney, New South Wales
Dormitory at The Armidale School, Australia, 1898
Eton College is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore, making it the 18th-oldest school in the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC). Originally intended as a sister institution to King's College, Cambridge, Eton is known for its history, wealth, and notable alumni, known as Old Etonians.
Aerial view of Eton College from the north
The Stanberry Window, made in 1923, at Hereford Cathedral, showing Bishop John Stanberry advising King Henry VI on the founding of Eton College
A statue of Henry VI, the college's founder, in the school yard and Lupton's Tower (background)
A 1690 engraving of Eton College by David Loggan
