Two Rutland schools have been rated among the country's 'six of the best' by a London-based business newspaper.

London Loves Business singled out Oakham School and Uppingham School as among England's six 'Best Performing Boarding Schools.'

The online newspaper wrote: "These schools are the best of the best; they combine heritage with future-proofed educations and offer the community-driven learning approaches that help children to thrive and develop into rounded young people, before progressing onto ambitious academic and creative careers."

After praising Oakham school for its academic standards, it also said: "Outside of academia, Oakham also offers an array of extracurricular classes. While musical students take to the stage in Edinburgh Festival plays, concerts, and House theatre productions, more than 100 students made it to the national finals in over 10 different sports last year – thanks to intense coaching from the school's sporting staff and access to outstanding practice facilities.

"Oakham School also has a variety of overseas partnerships with international schools, enabling exchanges for students to widen their cultural knowledge and improve their modern foreign languages."

Uppingham School was also praised for its facilities, as well as its education.

London Loves Business continued: "Students at Uppingham have extensive choice when it comes to choosing their GCSE and A Level options, and many Uppingham students go on to study medicine, dentistry, and veterinary science, amongst other subjects, both at prestigious UK universities and internationally.

"Aside from its vast range of academic subjects, Uppingham's enrichment programme enables students to partake in creative arts, volunteering, and fundraising projects.

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"Uppingham is particularly well-known for the standard of its music education, with musicians such as Paul David and Robert Sterndale Bennett having attended the school."

Nearby Oundle School also featured in the article, which can be read in full here.