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The UK’s Most Distinguished Schools of 2026
On a crisp October day in 2025, Loreto Grammar School students, staff, alumnae, and friends gathered for a Mass of Thanksgiving. The occasion marked 170 years since a small but determined journey began in 1855. On that day, Sr Felicitas Murray CJ, left Rathfarnham, Dublin, with five Loreto Sisters and travelled by stagecoach to Omagh.

St George’s School, Edinburgh: Educating Girls to Shape the Future
Some schools are founded to continue a tradition. Others begin because someone recognises that a tradition needs to change. St George’s School, Edinburgh, was established not merely to uphold existing

St Paul’s School: Where Intellectual Curiosity Becomes a Way of Life
On the banks of the River Thames in Barnes, London, St Paul’s School and St Paul’s Prep School share a 45-acre riverside site, an expansive setting for an institution whose

The Perse School: From a Founder’s Vision to a Future of Discovery
Cambridge has a longstanding association with academic inquiry, and The Perse School’s own story began in 1615. Since its foundation, the school has continued to develop its educational approach while

Westminster School: Learning at the Heart of a Living City
There are few educational settings in which the surrounding city is so closely woven into the experience of school. Westminster School occupies a remarkable position in central London, between Parliament