If you want your child to study abroad and are looking for the world's best schools, then here is a list of the top 20 schools in the world.
1Westminster School, London
This school was established way back in the 12th century like many of its seminaries in England and is the last remaining school in England with its original structure. It is an All-Boys school with co-education in the last semester.
Culture-It's one of the most prestigious schools in England and had produced no less than 7 Prime Ministers for its country. More students than any other posh public grammar schools than Westminster got entry into Hallowed Grounds of Oxford and Cambridge.
Curriculum- Government-owned syllabus
Tradition- Full Uniforms are mandatory
Fee-Day scholars 9,522 Pounds and boarders 12,580pounds
Seats- Around 750 but it's subject to change
Climate- Westminster has short summers and long and cold winters and mostly cloudy. Average temperature is 11 degrees.
Address- 17 Dean London SW1P 3PB United Kingdom
Website-17 Dean London SW1P 3PB United Kingdom
Phone-+44 (0)20 7821 5788
Email-communications@westminster.org.uk
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2Eton College Windsor, England
Eton College Windsor is among the 20 best schools in the world. It is probably the most renowned and prestigious schools in the country or perhaps the world. Its reputation can only be surmised by stating that it has produced 19 prime ministers of England!
Culture- Initially it was meant for the nobility and the aristocratic boys of the kingdom but in the modern world it believed in meritocracy and the doors are open to students all across the world.
Curriuclum: GCSE divided into five blocks
Status- Government owned
Gender- All boys
Rules - Compulsory uniforms and strict hostel life
Fee- 33,270 pounds
Seats - Around 1,320
Climate- Climate in Berkshire is cold and temperate, with average temperature of 7.9 degrees.
Address- Eton Windsor Berkshire SL4 6DW United Kingdom
Website-http://www.etoncollege.com
Email- not disclosed
Phone-+44 1753 370100
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3Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology, Virginia USA
Named after the founding fathers of the nation it was but obvious this school would be considered the best of the lot in the country as well as the world.
Culture- this schools has a seriously good academic record and was voted the most meritorious school in America for 3 years in a row! Students passing out with good grades from this school are easily placed in Harvard, Yale and Columbia Universities.
Curriculum: Individual certification in chosen fields of study
Status - Public, selective owned and have to score SAT score above 1500
Gender- Co educational
Fee- National 7 days boarding is $ 47,050 Fee for international 7-day boarding is $49,050
Uniforms- non compulsory
Seats- 1,320
Climate- Virginia climate is humid and sub-tropical with pleasant summers and crisp winters. So, it's up to 32 degree in summers and in winters expect snow.
Address-6560 Braddock Rd, Alexandria, VA 22312, United States
Website- https://tjhsst.fcps.edu/
Email- mgtecuci@fcps.edu
Phone- 703-750-8300.
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4Diocesan School for Girls, New Zealand
It is a premiere Girls educational institution in New Zealand with almost 90 percent success rates in college admissions.
Culture- In Dio as it is popularly called is strictly academic superlatives. The teachers encourage strong international outlook.
Curriculum: NCEA (National Certificate of Education Achievement) years 3 to 13
Facilities- It teaches IB programmes and has a lot of success in placing students in New York University and Duke University of America. It also has the highest numbers of Robertson scholars.
Status - Private/Independent
Admission process- Interview on Application, Selective
Gender- All Girls
Uniforms - Compulsory
Seats- 1,394
Fee- $20,950NZD
Climate- this region enjoys warm, coastal climate without any weather extremities. Summers are warm and humid and winters are mild and damp. Average daily temp is 23 degrees.
Address- Clyde Street, Epsom, Auckland 1051, New Zealand
Located in the pristine location of south Yarra, This school ranks third in the states for the VCE scores with almost 32% scoring 40 plus out of 50. This All boy's school also shines prime in vocational training test and education offering courses from the years 9-12.
Culture- This school has a tradition of producing dynamic smart boys who are sharp in mind as well as are great athletes as well.
Curriculum: VCE (Victorian Certificate of Education)
Status -Government
Admission process - Fully Selective
Fee- Not Disclosed
Uniforms- Compulsory
Seats- 1,374
Climate- Melbourne has a mild oceanic climate, summers are usually very hot and has sudden change in weather like rain or thunderstorms etc, winters are moderately cold with temperature going down 2 degrees below zero and rainy.
Website: https://www.mhsviceduau.com/
Address-Forrest Hill, South Yarra, 3141, Victoria, Australia: Tel: +61 3 9826 0711
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6 North Sydney Girls High School
This is perhaps the most selective and hard to get in school in the whole of Australia. Because of its academic selectiveness, it has produced a high rate of success in the results in the recent academic years starting from year 7 to 12
Culture- one can perhaps say its strength is derived from its high emphasis on academics, and extra-curricular activities such as orchestra, sports, Debating, band and community work.
Curriculum: ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admission Rank) The schools high academic profile and reputation as a leading girls school rests on its outstanding ATAR results in external examinations.
Criteria for selection- Have to be Australian or New Zealand citizen or have a permanent resident ship certificate. Then your educational past performance, performance in academic competitions, interest in co-curricular activities, etc are closely scrutinised.
Status- Government
Admission Process: fully selective
Gender: All Girls
Fee- $2, 213 AD
Seats-917 approx.
Uniform - Compulsory
Climate- North Sydney is a city with a lot of rainfall; the average temperature is 5.9 degrees.
This is one of the most searched and researched school online especially by Asian parents because it is considered among the best schools in the world and the best in the region. In 2015 alone this school got 39 offers from Cambridge alone! It is an independent school, offering secondary education through a boys-only Year 1-4 section and pre-university education through a coeducational Year 5-6 section.
Culture: Due to its rigorous academic excellence as is the traditional way in Asia it have the highest Ivy League admissions in the world. It believes the world is highly competitive and they sure make you sharp enough to cut through the jungle out there.
Curriculum: GCE A levels: Preuniversity certification
Status - Government, fully selective
Gender- (1-4) considered secondary only boys; (5-6) equivalent to Pre University is co educational
Fee- National students $300SGD and International $1800SGD per month
Uniform - Compulsory
Seats- 4000
Climate- Due to its closeness to sea and geotropically position Singapore enjoys uniform temperature, high humidity and abundant rainfall. The average temperature ranges from 25-31 degrees
This is a highly competitive and fully selective All-girls school in Australia and its obvious why. It has a long and famous tradition of academic excellence and has repeatedly been named in lists of the top ten schools in the country.
Culture- The rigorous academic performance of the school shas given the school the prestigious record of 100percent completion of VCE which is Victoria's high School Leaving Percentage.
Curriculum: VCE
Status- Government
Admission Process - fully selective
Gender- All Girls
Fee-$ 1, 600 AUD
Uniform- compulsory
Seats- 970
Climate-Melbourne has a mild oceanic climate, summers are usually very hot and have sudden change in weather like rain or thunderstorms etc. winters are moderately cold with temperature going down 2 degrees below zero and rain.
Among the top 20 world's best schools, UTS, as it is popularly called, is a rigorous academic institution with great stress out on subject matter and the mentorship provided by highly skilled teachers. Found in 1910 is preparatory school once for the elites but now for anyone with merit.
Culture: The school ensures its students represent a diversity of ethnic, socio-economic, gender, sexual, and religious identities.
Curriculum - Secondary and senior secondary: Affiliated to University of Pennsylvania with greater significance to technical and science-based subjects.
Gender- Co-educational
Uniform- Not Compulsory
Seats- nor revealed
Fee- contact school
Website: https://www.utschools.ca/
Climate- Toronto has a semi-continental weather, with warm humid summers and cold winters; there is a lot of snow during the winter months till March.
Address- Humbert Site, 30 Humbert Street Toronto, ON M6J 1M5 Tel: (416) 978-3212
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10Harrow School Middlesex, UK
Like Eaton this school is a rich historical institution established in 1572 as an all-boys preparatory school and widely considered as one of the best schools in the world. It's a full boarding school from the grades of 6 to 12th. The school is a rich educational experience with a reputation to match because it has been home to 8 British and Indian prime ministers including Baldwin, Palmerston, Winston Churchill and Jawaharlal Nehru.
Curriculum: GCSE (for academic years 9 to 12)
Culture- Harrow has been educating boys since past 448 years and its credentials are corroborated by the aristocracy, nobility of the yesteryears and the genteel class of today.
Seats- 800
Gender- All Boys
Uniform - Compulsory
Fee- 13,350 pounds per term extra charge for additional tuition in any given subject.
Climate- The climate is warm and temperate and rainy. The average annual temperature is around 10 degrees.
Address-5 High St, Harrow HA1 3HP, United Kingdom
Website-harrowschool.org.uk
Phone- +44 20 8872 8000
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11St Pauls School, London, UK
Established in 1509 as all boy's seminary by a private Independent Church of England it has been educating students for the past 511 years.
Curriculum: CCSE and A level
Culture- As it has been an historic school the traditional schooling mode is followed here with new innovations in science and technology being imparted. Academics are very rigour here which adds up to the final grade for the student along with his extra-curricular performance.
Seats- 845
Uniform -compulsory
Fee- Day schoolers 25,032 pounds and Boarders pay 37,611 pounds
Climate- London has a temperate oceanic climate with mild summers and cold winters average annual temperature is 5 degrees Celsius.
Address-London London SW13 9JT United Kingdom
Website- http://www.stpaulsschool.org.uk
Phone-+44 20 8748 9162
Email- last@stpaulsschool.org.uk
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12King's College Auckland New Zealand
King's college in Auckland is a globally oriented school and widely considered among the best schools in the world offering both national and international curriculum. Students at Kings usually gain admission into top universities like Oxford, Imperial London and even Rhode Island of Design. In 2016, Kings College was one of just four schools whose students achieved 90% university entrance pass rates. It is an all boy's school from 9-10 but co-educational from years 11-13
Culture: The College abides by Anglican traditions that seek to encourage students in community welfare, education and become well-rounded individuals with a sense of belonging.
Curriculum: International curriculum with Cambridge, NCEA, IGCSE
Admissions process: Interview and college tour
Gender: All male year 9-10, co-educational year 11-13
Final year fees: $23,995 NZD
Uniform: Compulsory and enforced
Total enrolment: Approximately 917
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13Noble and Greenough school, USA
This Massachusetts schools was founded in 1866 as private Independent preparatory school and has been emanating education for 154 years now. In 2010, Nobles was ranked as the 18th best prep school in the United States by Forbes and is regarded as one of the world's best schools. One of the biggest features of this school is its emphasis on sports and is a member of the independent school league.
Curriculum: College prep: years 7 to `12
Culture- most of the student of this school aspire too join the Princeton university, therefore the teachers and the curriculum is based on the high degree of competition which one has to face for getting a place in the esteemed university.
Fee- For day scholar it is $ 48,000 and for boarders it is $54000
Seats- 585
Gender- Co ed
Uniform- not compulsory
Climate- climate of Massachusetts is mostly mild, humid and continental, with warm summers and cold snowy winters and abundant rainfalls .Summers are warm with average temperature of 26 degrees Celsius and low of 15 degrees at nights.
Address-10 Campus Drive Dedham MA 02026 United States
Website-http://www.nobles.edu
Email- admission@nobles.edu
Phone-1 781-326-3700
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14Haberdasher's Aske' Boys School, Hertfordshire UK
This historical school was established in 1690 under the Church of England. Later it was made a private independent school open to all the class of the society. It has been teaching boys for 330 years and is regarded as the top independent boy's school in the country rarely falling below the top 10 in ratings.
Curriculum: GCSE, A levels
Culture- as the name suggest the schools started with making the sons of merchants and tradesmen in to genteel members of society, now it endeavours to make a perfect gentleman out of every boy of any background or ethnicity.
Seats- 1300
Fee- 19, 470 pounds
Uniform- compulsory
Gender- All boys
Address-Butterfly Lane Elstree Hertfordshire WD6 3AF United Kingdom
Climate- The Country has a typical maritime climate with or rather hot summers and cold winters.
Website-http://www.habsboys.org.uk
Email: office@habsboys.org.uk
Phone number-020 8266 1700
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15Common Wealth School, Boston, USA
Founded in 1957 is co educational private enterprise and has been teaching for past 63 years. It was a post war success story in which a lot of war veterans had out their kids for normal education after years of disturbances.
Culture: An exclusive school with a diverse culture in an urban dynamic setting encouraging intellectual, artistic and adventurous exploration.
Curriuclum: 12th Grade A levels
Fee- $43, 706 approx. for day schoolers
Seats- 150
Uniforms- not compulsory
Gender- co ed
Climate- summers are warm and humid and winters are cold and snowy rest of the year is mild weathered.
Address-151 Commonwealth Avenue Boston MA 02116 United States
Website- http://www.commschool.org
Email: info@commschool.org
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16Magdalen College School, Oxford UK
This heritage school was established in 1480 as an all-boys private educational seminary. It has been educating boys for almost 540 years now and still considered the one of the most honourable institution of education. Magdalen College School has repeatedly earned the accolade of Independent School of the Year and many of its students get accepted into Oxford and Cambridge Universities.
Culture- The school seeks is to provide intellectual as well as moral education and to provide safe and friendly learning environment for the boys
Curriculum: GCSE
Fee- 18,477 pounds
Seats- 651
Gender- all boys
Uniforms- compulsory
Climate- Oxford has the maritime climate with the highest temperature in the summers going 37.2 degrees Celsius and goes cold in the winters as much as -16 degrees Celsius.
Address-Magdalen College School Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 1DZ United Kingdom
Website-http://www.mcsoxford.org
Phone- 01865 242191
Email- enquiries@mcsoxford.org
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17Lick-Wilmerding School, California USA
This school was founded in 1895 as co-educational, independent and private college preparatory high school. It was founded by James Lick and Jellis Wilmerding duo as mechanical school for young engineers and craftsmen. The school declares its academics to be rigorous and vigorous imparting education through modern methods instead of outdates modes of learning.
Culture- 'to do common thing most uncommonly well' was the motto of
the school as well as the teachers and the students.
Curriculum: College prep school A levels
Fee- $46,176
Seats- 425
Gender- Co ed
Uniform- non compulsory
Climate- San Francisco has a Mediterranean climate, with warm and dry climate and wet and mild winters. Average high temperature is 21 degrees Celsius and lowest temperature recorded is 7.2 degrees Celsius.
Address- 755 Ocean Avenue San Francisco CA 94112 United State
Email-admissions@lwhs.org
Website- http://www.lwhs.org
Phone number- 415.333.4021
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18The Hampton School, Middlesex UK
This school was established in 1557 as an all-boys school by independent non-Denominational Christian college and preparatory school.
Culture- The aim of the school is to create every boy who can attain attention and success through positive pursuits and be a suitable part of the community. The boys are trained and educated so that they can make a difference outside in the world as well.
Curriculum: GCSE, A level
Gender- all boys
Uniform- mandatory
Fee-19,170 pounds
Seats- 1120
Climate- The area has maritime climate with typically warm summers and cool winters.
Address-Hanworth Road Hampton Middlesex TW12 3HD United Kingdom
Website-http://www.hamptonschool.org.uk
Email-info@hamptonschool.org.uk
Phone number-020 8979 5526
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19 Upper Canada College
Among the world's best schools, Upper Canada College was established in 1829 in Ontario, Canada as a private college preparatory school for boys. It has been surviving for 191 years now and still has not lost its charm. It prepares students for the International Baccalaureate Program considered the gold standards for admission into college.
The Culture- From sports, to academics and arts this school maintains its high standards through methodical teaching and coaching by the mentors. Everything is subject to rigours of excellence ands nothing is left for mediocrity.
Curriculum: IBP (International Baccalaureate program)
Gender- All Boys
Uniform- Non compulsory
Seats- 1120
Fee- $35,650 for day scholar
Climate- Toronto is warm and humid during the summers but cold and snowy during winters with rains.
Address-200 Lonsdale Road Toronto ON M4V 1W6 Canada
Website-http://www.ucc.on.ca
Email- admission@ucc.on.ca
Phone- +1 416-488-1125
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20Princeton day school, NJ, USA
This school was established in 1899 by yet another Christian non-denominational sect for private college preparatory purposes. Among the best schools in the world, it was founded by a lady named May Margaret Fine for girls to learn basic education and along with languages like Latin, French, English, and also history and mathematics. This was at a time when women were not expected to attend colleges or higher studies.
The Culture- This school speaks of the boldness and courage of its founder. It maintains its traditional values while declaring its mission of preparing students in a rigorous and robust co-curricular experience.
Curriculum: A level 12th grade
Gender- Co ed since 1924
Uniform- Non-Compulsory
Seats- 900
Fee- $35, 810
Climate- New Jersey has a moderate climate with cold winters and warm, humid summers. The average temperature ranges from 23 degrees Celsius to -1 degree Celsius.
Address-The Great Road Princeton NJ 08542 United States
Website-http://www.pds.org
Email- not provided
Phone-609-924-6700
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NB: Fees are subject to change according to the schools listed. Refer to the website for updated fee structures and changes if any.