Private school Royal Russell School

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Royal Russell School is a British co-educational boarding school founded in 1853. The school is a 20-minute train ride from central London in the Croydon area. The school is under the patronage of the Queen of Great Britain. During holidays and celebrations, the Queen usually attends school.

Royal Russell School is accredited by the British Council. Experienced teachers skilfully combine control and encouragement of students, thereby achieving the full disclosure of the potential of each student. The school is proud of the high achievements of its students. Royal Russell School is distinguished by attentiveness teach student and care for him.

The school takes care of the comfortable stay of each student at the Royal Russell School, so the school has created a medical centre and a leisure centre for students.

About 1200 students’ study at the school.

DIRECTOR (stand 2026)

Chris Hutchinson, education - Shrewsbury School (Shrewsbury School). University of Sheffield, University of Cambridge (Cambridge University)

Famous school graduates

• Tom Wright, architect, author of the famous hotel - Burj Al Arab - in Dubai
• Ali Ansari, professor of modern history at St. University Andrews
• Mark Bateman, professor of geography at Sheffield University
• Martin Klunes, actor (film "Shakespeare in Love", the series "Dr. Martin")
• Ellie Jackson, singer and songwriter, La Roux duet
• NaokMori, actress (TV series "Doctor Who," "On the Edge of Doubt")
• Margaret Bell, singer

KEY FACTORS

• Located in London.
• The strongest subject is mathematics. Computer science, the natural sciences program, and robot programming are also strong.
• The school has a professional football academy.
• It has a huge green area with many magnificent sports fields.
• The United Nations Model operates at the school and many conferences are held. This is a good way to gain experience and prepare for admission to the faculties of journalism and jurisprudence.
• Media department: film training professional
• A fairly rigorous but fair school.
• The school participates in the United Nations Model program. Many students participate in this program, organize conferences on campus, and travel to international events.
• The ISI Commission noted that Royal Russell students are superbly educated.
• High school students qualify for the RLSS (Royal Society for the Saving of Life).

EQUIPMENT

Royal Russell covers an area of ​​100 acres in a beautiful park. The school has excellent equipment, which not every university can boast of: a sports complex where students can choose classes "to their liking" from more than 20 sports, playing fields, an indoor pool (on Sunday, the pool is open at certain hours), an excellent library, and a training centre, computer lab. There is a private recording studio.

The school made a very good repair, everything is very neat and modern. It resembles a Swiss school.

PROGRAM

Senior School (11-16 years old)

Secondary school, after graduation, students pass the state exam GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education), which confirms the receipt of British secondary education. The program includes 7 required subjects and 3 optional subjects.
What is the difference between IGCSE and GCSE programmes?

Sixth form (16-18 years old)

Preparation for admission to universities, which is designed for 2 years of study and ends with an A-level exam. Pupils choose subjects for future specialization at the university. 4 subjects are studied in depth in the first year of the program (AS) and 3 subjects in the second year (A2).
Find out more about A-level program

BTEC

An alternative to the A-level program: a pre-university preparation course with maximum emphasis on developing practical skills, applying theoretical knowledge in real life. You can get a BTEC qualification in the following specialties: business, sports, media.
Find out more about BTEC program

ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD

Accommodation in a cosy school residence, in rooms for 1-2 people (for students 11-19 years old). Junior students live in boarding houses (Boarding Houses) in fully equipped rooms for four people. Each residence has a buffet, a kitchen with toasters, kettles and refrigerators. Students can use the laundry facilities. The students are closely monitored, high school students are only allowed to travel to central London together and only with parental permission.

Meals in the school cafeteria, every day the guys are waiting for a hot breakfast. A salad bar, fresh fruit and homemade bread are served daily. Vegetarian, vegan, hypoallergenic and other diets are provided. In addition to breakfast, lunch and dinner, students are offered traditional five-hour tea.

SPORT

In addition to studying, students can engage in various sports. The school has special sports fields. The most popular sports are football, hockey, and basketball. Other sports: netball, badminton, cricket, tennis, lacrosse, handball, rugby, gymnastics, trampolining, athletics, aerobics, swimming. School sports teams regularly take part in interscholastic, district and national competitions.

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES

There are no lessons at school on Saturday and Sunday, so you can devote your days off to activities that you love and hobbies. Students can attend cooking classes on weekends. The school has a large selection of music classes, you can participate in orchestras, and drum lessons are held. The school is very strong in singing and playing the piano. The guys take an active part in staging theatrical performances.

COST, 2026-2027

£19,072 per semester.
There are 3 semesters in the school year.

Included in cost

• Teaching
• Textbooks and training materials
• Accommodation and meals
• English classes
• Laundry

Extra paid

• Flights
• Transfers t/ from the airport
• Visa
• Services of the company "Paradise"
• Guardianship (as required by British law)

Our services and fees

Impressions from a school visit

Natasha Strein
Founder of ‘’Paradise’’

Royal Russell School has always been patronized by someone from the royal family. The august person has always sat on the school council. The connections with the royal house shroud the school in an aura of exclusivity, it is not surprising that there are no problems with those wishing to get in here. The director of the admissions committee, Mr. Mosley, has been working here for 39 years!

Investments of 8 million pounds in the construction of new residences for boys have added extra points to the school. A London school, and even with beautiful spacious rooms of the latest style. The residences are ambitiously called Oxford and Cambridge. The girls' rooms are old and dull. They are in no hurry to renovate them: there are fewer girls, and they themselves fought for gender equality!

The school boasts not only luxurious accommodation for boys, but also the production of professional FOOTBALL PLAYERS and CINEMATOGRAPHERS. And also musicians - a former organist of Westminster Abbey teaches. "I HAVE NOT YET FORGIVED MY PARENTS FOR SENDING ME TO ENGLAND," says Fedya from Moscow, a student at Royal Russell School.
The deputy director invites me to the table: "let's be French"! Which means "Let's have a drink!" A new expression in my vocabulary. I haven't even entered the school yet, and I've already learned something!

After lunch, I meet a senior student, Fedor, from the hero city of Moscow. He is wearing an elegant coat and glasses. And with a meaningful look. With every minute of communication with the young man, I am melting and almost falling in love. HAPPINESS and PRIDE probably overwhelm his mother.

Fedor was sent to study at the age of 11 "because of the POLITICAL SITUATION in Russia." He did not want to come here. For the first three years, he lived in a room with six boys. Fedor is phlegmatic, not the most sociable. The Englishmen in the room did not communicate with him much. THE RELATIONSHIP HAPPENED ONLY WITH THE CHINESE MAN, and even then it was not easy. For the three years that he lived in this room, it was hard for him, he ASKED TO GO HOME, but his parents did not flinch.

The mistakes are obvious: it is better to send an 11-year-old child to a small preparatory school, where they will fuss over him, show mercy and practically feed him with a spoon. And only at the age of 13, the fledgling teenager can be transferred to a large and bustling institution. An illiterate approach led to trauma: Fyodor STILL HAS NOT FORGIVED HIS PARENTS, although, as he claims, he is grateful to them.

Now, at 17, he is sure that “THEY DID EVERYTHING RIGHT,” and staying in England is much better for his future than studying in Russia, where “they just read and memorize.” Every year, students who study physics in depth go to CERN, the physics heart in Geneva. Fyodor proudly announces that he is going too. He is also planning to go to Uganda: TO BUILD A WELL FOR A RURAL SCHOOL. The way this seemingly narcissistic boy talks about helping others sounds natural, sincere and strikes me right in the heart.

Very soon, Fyodor and the school principal will run a symbolic marathon to the Ugandan embassy in London - 13 miles. The boy trains: he runs 5 km every day. But he does not do any other sports, his parents scold him and drive him to the pool.

Last Saturday, Fyodor gave a LECTURE on QUANTUM PHYSICS for those who wanted to read it in the school library, which he plans to study at Oxford. He spoke enthusiastically about a chemistry teacher who recently created EGG AND BACON FLAVOR ICE CREAM - teaching children not to be afraid of new things. With the categorical nature of teenagers and without false modesty, Fyodor declares: “Compared to my peers from Russia, I am a king and a god. There is nothing special to talk about with them. When we meet, we play with a ball and a computer.” “They,” the boy continues, “can assert something, considering it the absolute truth, but in England such assertions would be perceived as a joke and would only be laughed at. A different level of concepts,” the young man is sure. Alas.

Olga Karpova
Paradise Boarding School Expert
karpovaos@yandex.ru

That would be all school inspections were held at such a pace! You walk slowly along the rustling leaves, birds are singing around, a blushing tree looks at you from the very middle of the courtyard, the church bell counts the clock. And next to him there is an English gentleman who shows, tells, jokes, opens doors, gives numerous examples from the life of his students.

It seems to me that Graham Mosely knows absolutely everything about his Royal Russell School. And no wonder. This is his fortieth year as director of the admissions committee. He saw everything and knows everything. Most importantly, he knows who is called a true student of the school. After several years, everyone turns into them. This is a certain community, friendship for life.

The school was built in the 19th century with funds from a charitable foundation, and Charles Dickens also contributed. But it was named after John Russell. By the way, the school under the patronage of Elizabeth II, she was here four times. “More than all other schools!” - remarks my guide.

Mr. Mosely calls media science a particular pride of the school. There is almost a full-fledged television studio, a recording studio, a studio for photography. Art and technological design at the highest level.

For the first time this year, the television studio will broadcast from meetings of the UN model. And every year they have a festive ceremony ending the year. Awarding for sporting achievements, educational achievements are shot by three different cameras, everything is connected all into a single broadcast. A very professional level of training for those who in the future plans to connect their live with television, production, etc. So, one Russian school graduate is an employee of a well-known Russian television company.

Royal Russel School is a large school (about 900 people study here), while the processes inside are so logically organized that everyone has enough time for everything. And enough support: educational and non-academic.

The surrounding reality is beautiful: a huge green area with many magnificent sports fields. And London - here it is! Just 20 minutes by train.

The school day comes tan end and the students stomp along the paths of the school - ordinary boys and girls, easily greet us, some are joking with adults.

The success of the students is impressive: the project on photography (A-Level exam) draws on a full-fledged exhibition of the photographer.

Special attention deserves technical equipment. Mac computers, because it is the technology of the future, the strongest branch of computer science. One of the students even received a scholarship of 10,000 pounds for admission to the university. By the way, she is Russian. Ours are very strong in this area.