Boarding & Day Options

Pupils travel from the local area, further afield in the UK and from overseas to join our large and vibrant Boarding House communities. We have 300 full boarders who make Oakham School their home each term to benefit from all the opportunities on offer during the week and at the weekend. Lower School (age 11-13) boarders live in the comfortable and homely surroundings of Hodges in our dedicated Lower School area of the campus, while Middle and Upper School boarders (13+) live in eight separate Boarding Houses.

Our weekly boarding provision is an increasingly popular choice for families living near or further afield looking to strike the perfect school/home balance and we have 230 pupils choosing this option.

In the Middle and Upper School Houses we offer weekly boarding of up to six nights per week. In addition to weekly boarding, in the Lower School we offer flexible boarding from two to five nights a week in Hodges in the dedicated Lower School area of our campus.

With valuable time not being taken out of a student’s week for travelling to and from School, this is invested back into their work, rest and play, meaning they are able to spend more time doing what they love.

Our 500 day pupils are very much part of our 24/7 boarding environment, benefiting from the same extensive programme of activities and opportunities as our boarders, and belonging to their own large and vibrant House communities. We provide invaluable wraparound care with day pupils able to opt to arrive for breakfast at 7.30am and stay on for supper at no extra charge, which is particularly useful if they have Prep to complete or need to be in School for after school activities.