Visits by British Boarding Schools

This week we received two particularly lovely videos from our partner schools Oswestry School and Tettenhall College, in which the Headmasters talk about their collaboration with us.

Oswestry School Video, Tettenham College Video – many thanks to Peter Middelton and Christopher McAllister!

Oswestry School in Shropshire, founded in 1407, is small enough for every pupil to be personally known, yet large enough to offer excellent facilities. We were particularly impressed during our last visit by the newly opened boarding house for the Sixth Form and the "Futures Fortnight" – talks and seminars about life after school taking place every two weeks. The particularly strong international mix ensures there's plenty happening at weekends too.

Tettenhall College in the West Midlands is a warm, manageable school with a remarkable range of opportunities. "The aim of our school is to develop their gifts and talents within the classroom and beyond", says Headmaster Christopher McAllister. The recently refurbished dining hall and the committed sports programme with new partnerships (Tennis Club, Golf Club, Fencing, Swimming, Squash Academy) make the campus particularly attractive – our students there are very happy, and so are we.

Our longstanding partner school King William's College on the Isle of Man, one of the British Isles' most established boarding schools, is breaking new ground: from September 2026, students will be able to choose between the school's well-established IB Diploma and an innovative A-Level pathway for the first time. In partnership with King's InterHigh, the UK's leading online school, they're creating a blended learning model where 22 A-Level subjects are taught through live online lessons – while students still get the full boarding experience with pastoral care and co-curricular activities. The model makes for attractive pricing.

Principal Damian Henderson calls it a "school within a school". "The aim of this ground-breaking initiative is to give choice to our families by providing a more affordable A-Level Sixth Form pathway for island and international students alike."

King William's has actually been one of Glasmacher's partners since the early days – and that came about through a chance encounter: Barbara Glasmacher added the school to her portfolio 30 years ago after a golf tournament, having borrowed a bike on a whim and bumped into the then-headmaster Stuart Westley in the school grounds, who happened to be loading his golf clubs into his car. He promptly gave her a tour – the beginning of a partnership that's still going strong today.