Eton College

Eton College is a 13–18 independent boarding school for boys in the town of Eton, near Windsor in Berkshire, England. Eton’s history and influence have made it one of the most prestigious schools in the world.

Following the public school tradition, Eton is a full boarding school, which means pupils live at the school seven days a week, and it is one of only four such remaining single-sex boys’, boarding-only independent senior schools in the United Kingdom. Eton has educated prime ministers, world leaders, Nobel laureates, Academy Award– and BAFTA award-winning actors, and generations of the aristocracy, having been referred to as “the chief nurse of England’s statesmen.”

The school is headed by a provost and fellows (board of governors) who appoint the headmaster. It contains 25 boys’ houses, each headed by a housemaster, selected from the more senior members of the teaching staff, which numbers some 155. Almost all of the school’s pupils go on to universities, about a third of them to Oxford or Cambridge.

The headmaster is a member of the Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference and the school is a member of the Eton Group of independent schools in the United Kingdom.

Eton has a long list of distinguished former pupils. In 2019, Boris Johnson became the 20th British prime minister to have attended the school, and the fifth since the end of the Second World War Previous Conservative leader David Cameron was the 19th British prime minister to have attended the school, and recommended that Eton set up a school in the state sector to help drive up standards.

Eton has been described as the most famous public school in the world, and has been referred to as “the chief nurse of England’s statesmen”.

Eton has educated generations of British and foreign aristocracy, and for the first time, members of the British royal family in direct line of succession: Prince William and his brother Prince Harry, in contrast to the royal tradition of male education at either naval college or Gordonstoun, or by tutors.

The Good Schools Guide called the school “the number one boys’ public school”, adding that “The teaching and facilities are second to none.” The school is a member of the G20 Schools Group.

Address : Windsor SL4 6DW, United Kingdom