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• Old Money Luxury - The World’s Most Exclusive Schools: Where Wealthy Families Send Their Children 
• Business Insider - 10 of the most exclusive boarding schools for the super-rich are in one country 
• Vice - I Went to a Boarding School for the Kids of Millionaires 
• New York Times - Private Schools Hold New Attraction for Rich Parents
• Prestige Online - Elite Education: 12 of the World's Most Expensive Boarding Schools 
• Thinking Now - Inside The Most Expensive High School In The World 
• Town and Country - Inside Le Rosey, the World's Most Expensive Boarding School
• Spear’s - Lessons from Rosenberg, the most expensive school in the world 
• The Guardian - Should we abolish private schools? 
• Metro - Private schools need to be banned before they cause any more harm to society
• The World’s Most Exclusive Schools: Where Wealthy Families Send Their Children

• The World’s Most Exclusive Schools: Where Wealthy Families Send Their Children 

• The small country has the second best education system in the world, and is one of the most tolerant, prosperous, eco-friendly and progressive countries in the world. 
•  At the Collège du Léman International School students can undertake an International Baccalaureate, French Baccalaureate, Swiss Maturité, American High School Diploma, or Cambridge IGCSE and can learn English, French, German, Mandarin, Italian, or Spanish. 
• hey also have a prestigious "Juilliard Performing Arts Social Hub," a music curriculum in partnership with the world-renowned Juilliard school. Famous alumni include Russian figure skater Anna Ovcharova.
• CHF 98,500 (£78,892.45)
• Founded: 1927
• Number of students: 480
• Perks: Aiglon is an international school inspired by a British-style education. Life focuses on the outdoors, as it's nestled in the Swiss mountains. Students are required to participate in morning meditation, and can take part in art programs, sports, expeditions, and humanitarian work. Famous alumni include Princess Tatiana of Greece and Denmark and former Google CFO Pietro Dova.
• Famous alumni include King Albert II of Belgium, the Shah of Iran, Prince Rainier of Monaco, and King Farouk of Egypt.

•  I Went to a Boarding School for the Kids of Millionaires 

   
• I’d found myself in one of the most luxurious and elitist schools in the world.
• And of course, many rich kids have the same issues as kids from poor families: neglectful parents, drug problems and depression

• Private Schools Hold New Attraction for Rich Parents

•  Elite Education: 12 of the World's Most Expensive Boarding Schools

•  While its conducive tax policies have attracted wealthy businesspeople since time immemorial, the small country has also climbed the ladder when it comes to providing state-of-the-art facilities; ranking second-best among the different education systems in the world. 

• In 2023, Fortune Education published a 250-point directory of top boarding schools around the world with a special mention of its most recognised fields. However, with quality education comes increased competition and surprisingly, a more democratic admissions system.
• The best boarding schools, additionally, stand out for their academic excellence, focus on student learning, and dedication to community service. Many top-ranked boarding schools feature a strong track record of college admissions at selective schools while also offering financial aid packages to help less-equipped families.
• Equipped with the likes of private boats, equestrian centres and zero-gravity space modules, scroll down to see some of the most exclusive and expensive boarding schools in the world, ranked according to their tuition fees.
• St George's International School, Switzerland
• Weekend activities for boarders range from on-site activities like fitness club and football matches, to off-site activities like skiing during the winter, mountain or water based sports during the autumn-summer terms, along with shopping trips, cultural excursions and various workshops.
• This alternative institute focuses on a therapeutic approach by admitting students who might be going through depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and any unresolved grief or loss.
• Le Regent International School, Switzerland
•  At the students’ disposal also happens to be the expansive Crans-sur-Sierre Golf course and the skiing area with 140 km of pistes topped by the Pointe de la Plaine Morte at 2,927m.
• Leysin American School (LAS), Switzerland 
• Zermatt, Verbier and Saas-Fee.
• Aiglon College, Switzerland
•  These include hiking, camping, mountain biking, kayaking, rock climbing, ski mountaineering, and other outdoor
• Collège Alpin Beau Soleil, Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland 
• More than 90 after-school activities are offered, ranging from horse-riding to singing, ice-skating, tennis, MMA, swimming, bird-watching, yoga, boxing, drumming, debating and much more.
•  Among its noted alums are royals like Princess Marie of Denmark, Guillaume Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Jacques Villeneuve. Beau Soleil has repeatedly ranked on various lists of the world’s most exclusive academic institutions.
•  A tour conducted by TES magazine revealed that students had created a fully functional space habitat module on campus, establishing the students’ academic prowess.
• Recently, the school was in the news for embracing ChatGPT and AI at a time when most other schools are seeking a blanket ban. Anita Gademann, Rosenberg’s director and head of innovation, told Business Insider,
• “We are very determined to ensure that whatever we teach our students is relevant for them – relevant for the world they’re going to go into in the future. It would be hypocritical to say ‘Don’t use AI‘ and then pretend that we’re going to send them ready for their lives as adults.”
• Institut Le Rosey, Rolle, Switzerland 
•  Their sailing centre is equipped with 10 dinghies, three motorboats, three yawls and a 38 ft yacht.

  Inside The Most Expensive High School In The World 

• Inside Le Rosey, the World's Most Expensive Boarding School

• It has raised kings and princesses, scions and It girls, even two members of the rock band The Strokes.

• For all that, the exclusive prep school Le Rosey remains a tantalizing mystery to those without the requisite means, be they genetic or financial, to experience it.
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  Lessons from Rosenberg, the most expensive school in the world
• AI.
• It could be a scene from the office of any multinational company in New York, London, Paris or Singapore. But in fact we are on the outskirts of the small Swiss town of St Gallen, on a snow-covered school campus full of pointy-roofed buildings that could have come from the imagination of Wes Anderson. 
• The school in question, Institut auf dem Rosenberg – or simply ‘Rosenberg’ as it’s usually known – often piques curiosity.

• The first is its fees, which are upwards of $150,000 per year and, by many people’s reckoning, make it the most expensive in the world. The second is its approach to alumni.
• The second is its approach to alumni.
• Whereas the roll call of prime ministers to have attended Eton is common knowledge, and another top Swiss school, Le Rosey, is referred to as ‘the School of Kings’ thanks to its illustrious former students, much less is known about Rosenberg’s alumni.
• Whereas the roll call of prime ministers to have attended Eton is common knowledge, and another top Swiss school, Le Rosey, is referred to as ‘the School of Kings’ thanks to its illustrious former students, much less is known about Rosenberg’s alumni.
• For most schools it would be impossible to offer such a range of subjects and qualifications, but at Rosenberg the process is facilitated by the school’s own computer system, which uses an algorithm to build students’ timetables. 
• Rosenberg’s approach is, of course, made possible by its outsized fees. 
• The school advises that parents budget for an additional CHF57,000 (£50,000) if their children are to enjoy the full Rosenberg experience, which includes trips and access to the special ‘co-curricular’ programmes. ‘Most parents don’t care about the cost,’ one member of staff tells me. ‘They care if we deliver what we promise. It’s an investment.’
• Indeed, during my day on campus the students are more polite and deferential than I had expected the sons and daughters of the world’s billionaire elite to be. 
• A bell sounds and the girls sit. A second bell sounds and the boys sit. No one needs to be reminded of the rule that mobile phones are not allowed at the table. The food is the work of a team led by a chef who used to work on the Lady Moura superyacht. 
• The third is the newest and perhaps the most impressive; it is the tallest 3D-printed polymer structure in the world, created in partnership with Saga, a Danish architecture and design company. (The school also has partnerships with Boston Dynamics, which has provided a version of its dog-like robot Spot, and Foster + Partners.) 
• In short, they are like teenagers the world over – except they wear Prada tops or gold Rolex Submariners – and have the means to turn their AI-powered dreams into reality. 

• Should we abolish private schools?

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  Private schools need to be banned before they cause any more harm to society

• With many teens still reeling from last week’s A Level results, which saw just under 40% of comprehensive students receive an A or above compared to 70.1% of those at independent schools, their disappointment has once again laid bare the extent of educational inequalities in our country.
• Britain now has one of the worst social mobility records out of many developed countries – meaning that where you are born and who to has more of an impact on how far you can get in life than it would in most comparable nations. 
• Our education system was supposed to be a great social leveller by arming every pupil with knowledge that should, in theory, lead to equal opportunities for all. Instead, it has been used by wealthy parents to help their children pull away further, with those from private schools continuing to dominate the country’s top professions.
• Of course, the pandemic exacerbated existing inequalities, with students from poor and disadvantaged backgrounds struggling to gain access to digital learning devices and online lessons.

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