Independent Education
Independent education in the Isle of Man is provided by King William's College and the Buchan School. The two schools merged in 1991 to make a continuous educational provision for boys and girls, day pupils and boarders from the age of 4 to 18. The age of transfer between the two sites is eleven. Pupils at both sites follow a range of extra curricular activities and almost all sixth form leavers proceed to Higher Education.
Boarding pupils from overseas are welcome on both sites and can arrive on the boundary of King William's College, perhaps from the other side of the world, without having left an airport building in the UK. There is no requirement for overseas pupils to have a guardian resident in the UK and they may remain at school, supervised and provided for, during the half term breaks.
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