On Boarding
See past the prospectus.
Independent data on every UK boarding school — finances, inspections, results and pastoral care — drawn from public records, with every figure traceable to source.
What it is
One independent place for the whole picture
Chapel & Tuck is an independent platform that brings together what the public record already holds about UK boarding schools, and presents it plainly. We don’t take sides and we don’t editorialise — every figure is traceable to its source, so you can check it for yourself.
Parents use it to choose a school with confidence; schools use it to see clearly how they compare with their peers. The same verified information, organised so it can actually be read — across finances and the other things that matter:
- Financial health
- Inspection & safeguarding
- Fees & fee history
- Academic results
- Pastoral provision
- Location & catchment
A look inside
Every school, read at a glance
A school report on Chapel & Tuck. Calm, comparable figures with every term explained — shown here for a fictional school.
Example School
Co-educational boarding & day school · 960 pupils · 38% boarding
Preview — illustrative example. “Example School” is fictional and all figures shown are realistic but invented.
Financial health
How many months the school could keep running on its savings if its income stopped. More months means a larger safety net.Reserves cover around 5 months of expenditure.
Reserves
How many months the school could keep running on its savings if its income stopped. More months means a larger safety net.5.2months
Cover provided by free reserves at the latest year end.
Total income
£16.1m· 2024
Latest year, with the five-year trend.
Net fee yield
An estimate of what families actually pay on average, after discounts and bursaries — usually lower than the headline fee.£24,800per pupil
Estimate — what families pay on average after discounts and bursaries.
Fee dependency
How much of the school's income comes from fees. A school funded almost entirely by fees has less of a cushion if pupil numbers fall.92%
Share of income that comes from fees.
Senior boarding fee
£12,600per term
3-year fee inflation: +5.1% a year.
Investment surplus
The school's overall surplus for the year as a share of its fee income. A long-standing rule of thumb is that around 10% is healthy for the long term.8.4%
Of fee income. Around 10% is the healthy long-term guide.
Pupils
960
38% board; the rest attend as day pupils.
Inspection
ISIInspected March 2024
Bursary generosity
How much of its fee income the school gives back as means-tested bursary support, compared with other schools.3.8%
Of fee income given as means-tested bursary support.
Financial stress index
A single score ranking how financially stretched a school looks compared with others. Lower is more comfortable; it's a comparison, not a verdict.out of 100
Ranks how stretched a school looks vs peers — lower is more comfortable.
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