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The Eton Group consists of 12 well known independent schools in the United Kingdom, the most famous of which is Eton College. Other groups of independent schools are the Rugby Group and the Haileybury Group. The Rugby Group consists of well-known British independent schools. ... The Haileybury Group consists of well-known British independent schools. ...


Many schools in the Eton Group have very strong reputations in the country for leading academic performance, and many of their alumni go on to leading British universities.


The Eton Group schools cooperate with each other, organizing events and school matches.


The schools within a particular group coordinate their admissions timetables. It is straightforward to apply to schools within one group, but often difficult to apply to schools which are in different ones.[citation needed]

Heads of the academic departments meet annually in rotation to discuss curriculum matters of common interest. In 2005, the Office of Fair Trading concluded after a two year investigation that the Eton Group had operated as a fee-fixing cartel in breach of competition law. The bursar of Eton College, Andrew Wynn, was quoted as saying: “We do meet and talk about fees to get some idea of what other schools are thinking. We are a co-operative bunch and we are not out to slit each other’s throats.”[citation needed] Bryanston School is an independent public school in Blandford, north Dorset, near the village of Bryanston. ... Dulwich New College buildings. ... The Kings College of Our Lady of Eton beside Windsor, commonly known as Eton College or just Eton, is a public school (privately funded and independent) for boys, founded in 1440 by King Henry VI. It is located in Eton, near Windsor in England, north of Windsor Castle, and... Sir Roger Cholmeleys School at Highgate (Highgate School) is a British Independent School in London, England. ... Kings College School Wimbledon, or KCS, is an independent boys school in Wimbledon, south-west London. ... Marlborough College is a British independent boarding school in the county of Wiltshire. ... Sherborne School is an English public school for boys in the town of Sherborne in north-west Dorset, England. ... St Pauls School is/was the name of many schools, starting with St Pauls School in London, England, which was re-founded in 1509 to replace an earlier foundation of 1103. ... The Kings School is a British independent school situated in Canterbury, Kent. ... Tonbridge School is a British independent all boys boarding school in Tonbridge, founded in 1553 by Sir Andrew Judde. ... University College School, known generally as UCS, is a British Independent school situated in Hampstead, north west London. ... For other uses, see Westminster School (disambiguation). ... The Kings College of Our Lady of Eton beside Windsor, commonly known as Eton College or just Eton, is a public school (privately funded and independent) for boys, founded in 1440 by King Henry VI. It is located in Eton, near Windsor in England, north of Windsor Castle, and...


The Eton Group has links to the Rugby Group and the Haileybury Group of Independent schools. The Rugby Group consists of well-known British independent schools. ... The Haileybury Group consists of well-known British independent schools. ...


References

  • Eton College website
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See also

The Rugby Group consists of well-known British independent schools. ... Woodard Schools are a group of Anglican schools (both primary and secondary) affiliated to the Woodard Corporation which has its origin in the work of Nathaniel Woodard. ... The Haileybury Group consists of well-known British independent schools. ... The Girls Day School Trust (GDST) is a group of 26 independent schools in England and Wales. ...

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Eton College - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2785 words)
Eton College boards approximately 1,290 boys (15% from overseas) between the ages of 13 and 18 (roughly 250 in each year) at a cost of about £23,688 a year.
Eton College was founded in 1440 by Henry VI as a charity school to provide free education to seventy poor students who would then go on to King's College, Cambridge, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, which he also founded in 1441.
Eton's headmaster, Tony Little, has claimed that the benefits that Eton provides to the local community free of charge (use of its facilities etc.) have a higher value than the tax breaks it receives as a result of its charitable status.
Eton Group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (181 words)
The Eton Group consists of twelve well known independent schools with seven in London and the rest in southern England:
It is similar to other groups of independent schools known as the Rugby Group and the Haileybury group.
The bursar of Eton College, Andrew Wynn, was quoted as saying: “We do meet and talk about fees to get some idea of what other schools are thinking.
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