In the UK there is a huge variety of schools. In various reference books, the Internet, magazine and newspaper articles can be used different criteria to classify schools. Common type of schools in Britain are boarding schools (Boarding School) in which pupils are taught and live at the school. The first boarding schools appeared in Britain in the early middle Ages, mainly in monasteries. In the XII century, the Pope ordered all Benedictine monasteries to open a charitable school at Catholic monasteries. Later the tuition in such schools began to charge. While aristocratic families preferred monastic schools, home schooling, over time, has spread the belief that adolescents, regardless of social origin is more useful to learn together with their peers. This belief became the Foundation for the organization and development of the privileged boarding schools, among which there are those that nurture, educate and form the elite of British society for more than thousands of years. In the list of the most expensive and prestigious schools in the world are present and British boarding schools.
