Best Boys' high schools in United Kingdom

I think this school in London is good for all boys to go to and to learn new things because you go to school to learn not just to have fun you work

The City of London School, also known as CLS and City, is an independent day school for boys in the City of London, England, on the banks of the River Thames next to the Millennium Bridge, opposite Tate Modern. It is a partner school of the City of London School for Girls and the City of London Freemen's School. All three schools receive funding from the City's Cash. It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC).

All interactions for the admissions process have been straightforward and pleasant. Comes across as an organised, calm and knowledgeable organisation.

Wonderful school very loud in shops and blame on greycoat please come if u are a boy when you start there is no going back

Best school in the world, made me who I am today. Lucky to go there.

My son went to CLS from 13 years old to 18. It changed his life. This school is the best I have come across. It was outstanding both academically and in terms of personal development.

Do come to this school u WILL regret it

Parents and children BEWARE this is an extremely bad school to send your kids and they will suffer academically and physically.

Best school ever. Allows you to have a wide range of opportunities. All those haters hating this school saying teachers are bad are just uneducated lads that can't define the word 'succes' and they play around like a joke in the class, take education as a joke and simply dont care about their future. The teachers are very good at doing there job.

A handful of Teachers in this school are full of themselves, they do not explain any reasons behind students getting in trouble. As being in the school I have a first hand experience on what goes on, it is true that not all teachers are appalling and some are very good at their job and help a lot of students achieve their best and genuinely care about the futures of their pupils, as I said above only a handful of teachers are rude and quite frankly do not care about anything. As a form of disclosure I will not name these teachers but will describe how they act, for example in the school there is one teacher who comes across when talking to students very aggressive and violent. He would get into your personal space while shouting at you and belittling you, another teacher who not only do I believe this but nearly every other student in the school does and not just because she's a teacher it's because of the way she portrays herself, which comes across as she thinks she is better then everyone else and it's a privilege to be taught by her which as a matter of fact is not the case. This teacher screams at students and never listens to their problems about her because she does not want to hear the truth.
In an overall summary this school has great potential with a lot of its teachers it's just a handful of certain teachers need to be talked to or need help with dealing with their emotions at work. Shortly after writing this review it seems to have been made clear that this school is highly unprofessional, I had been kicked out of the school and sent to get my education else where because the school believes I will achieve good grades in a different learning facility which I highly disagree with. One teachers class who I had been kicked out of even though I made it clear I wanted to change classes because I did not understand any of the work at all, I later confronted the teacher who removed me and asked her why she individualised me and kept sending me to the office when I was not speaking or communicating with anyone in the class which means I was not being disruptive. Despite all of this the two teachers who I mentioned above abused there power and played a game with my education and kicked me out. This is evidential in the fact that I was not misbehaved in a lot of my classes and the teachers of those classes could be asked as a sign as proof, I. Am genuinely disappointed in the teachers they hire at this school who abuse there power and like to feel as if they're better then the students making them feel little and inferior.

A great school. I enjoy my time here. Its pretty good.

Poor, just poor. 14th out of 14 in top schools in Westminster. Just poor. TEACHERS CARE MORE ABOUT THE PUPILS UNIFORM THEN THERE EDUCATION.

Friend of mine was a pupil there, loved it and keeps in touch with his old school buddies.
The building on Queen Victoria Street is no longer occupied by the school but by an investment bank and it is a Grade II listed building.
What fine architectural style built like a grand French Chateau designed by Davis and Emanuel in the Victoria Era.
Of great interest are the statues carved high up on the walls from left to right.
Bacon
Shakespeare
Milton
Newton.
If you look closely the details of carving is incredibly detailed.
A real 'stand-out' building facing the River Thames

To any prospective parents - CLFS is, quite simply, the most fantastic school.

My children have thrived there; the staff are second to none (including non-teaching staff, e.g. the on-site nurse team); and the variety offered meets ALL childrens needs, be they academically or more creatively inclined (the artwork around the buildings is simply incredible; ditto the performances be they drama/play/musical based or music per se in the new recital hall).

The Senior Management team are also superb and there are parent forums through which you can feed back any issues (IE vis catering for example) as well as the fact that you can contact your child's teacher; head of year; head of school (the school has separate heads for Junior/Senior/6th From) at any time. Pastorally, it is also superb and stamps on anything that's not okay very swiftly and very firmly - IE I have seen how they have handled bullying and having seen how they do it and how seriously they take it, I do now understand why there is so little of the bullying seen in other schools.

FWIW, I also agree with a PP who said the school - whilst great - is not snobby; likewise that some of the grammar schools I looked at were way snobbier and with that vile sense of 'entitlement' that can develop from that. The kids at Freemans do not collectively or remotely have that same vibe.

Very lastly, the school is a mix between day pupils (by far the bulk) and also Boarders - the Boarding House is brand new and is a simply stunning building; likewise the staff there and who are always on 24 hour call to parents whose child may be boarding. One of the singular most useful features of the school (apart from the utterly fundamental ones covered above) to parents/guardians is that they offer the option to 'flexi-board' or 'casual boarding', meaning day pupils can board for a couple of nights if say parents are working away or for longer if needed for any other reason.

I genuinely could not recommend the school highly enough - hope review helps you if you're wavering about looking at the school for your child or wondering what it is really like.

don't go to this school it is horrible you will regret about going to this school. I've made the worst choice in my life by going to this school

Loved studying here. Was one of the best years of my life and has impacted my life in an amazingly positive way. I would love to relive those moments. Definitely one of the best schools in the country.