British boarding schools have always had a strong reputation, not only for academic excellence, but also for supporting those with a particular sporting passion, with ambitions to excel. Whether your child has a passion for rugby, football, riding, rowing or tennis, there are independent schools in the UK with the coaching expertise and facilities to nurture that talent.

Many schools now offer the opportunity to join specific talented sporting programmes, with access not only to top-class coaches, but nutritional advice, as well as physiotherapy, strength, conditioning and fitness programmes, specific to individual sports. Alumni who are household sporting names are often linked to the development of sporting academies and summer holiday coaching programmes. Significant investment has been made in state-of-the-art sporting facilities that have been creeping up country-wide in recent years. Schools are proud of their sporting traditions- signed representative team shirts for a variety of home nations proudly adorn sports hall walls.

Over the next few weeks we will be highlighting schools with excellent sporting reputations for rowing, tennis, golf, rugby, football and riding.

The next in the series is a look at some of our top schools for Rugby:

If you would like to speak to one of our education consultants about how we can help you find the right school for your child contact us on consultants@independenteducationconsultants.co.uk