Boarding Information

Boarding Houses


There are 5 supervised boarding houses where a full-time House Parent and day-time supervisors provide care and support. The buildings all have a secure coded entrance and are centrally heated, providing students with a warm and safe environment where they may relax, study and socialise with their housemates. We provide single or twin rooms, and each bedroom is separately locked.

Why choose a boarding House?


  • Evening & weekend supervision by experienced boarding staff, helping to ensure students stay safe, healthy & able to enjoy their free time
  • Single sex boarding houses accommodating between 20-30 students of similar ages
  • All boarding houses within walking distance of the teaching buildings, shopping centre, train & bus station
  • Single or shared rooms are available (single rooms subject to a supplement)
  • First year students of different nationalities can share rooms to help improve their English language skills & cultural understanding
  • Communal kitchen with microwave, fridge & kettle so drinks & snacks can be prepared
  • Lounge with TV/dvd, pool table, broadband internet points & pc’s for students without laptops
  • Washing machine & dryer in each boarding house
  • Lockable safe for cash & valuables
  • Luggage storage facility during holidays
  • Daily cleaning

Senior Houses


Once students are over seventeen years of age, have approval of the College and have parental permission, they may choose to transfer to one of our senior houses. An atmosphere of independence is fostered under the care and supervision of Bosworth. It is ideal preparation for their eventual progression to student life at university. Mostly single bedrooms are available in the senior houses, which are all close to the College and, although the students have the use of a kitchen, the College continues to provide three meals a day in its dining rooms.

At weekends students may choose to cook some meals for themselves, for example a house breakfast or late lunch. Throughout the week the student rooms are cleaned and serviced by our team of domestic staff, but students are expected to maintain respectable living standards. On-call supervisors will make random inspections, calling at weekends or in the evenings. Students have strict guidelines to follow and, should the responsibilities of unsupervised accommodation be abused, we will transfer students back to a supervised house.

Why choose an senior house?

  • Helps students to learn responsibility, self organisation, social & “life” skills
  • Excellent preparation for life at University
  • Regular house checks by boarding staff, including evenings/weekends
  • Single sex senior houses ranging from 3 – 10 bedrooms, with full kitchen facilities
  • All senior houses within walking distance of the teaching buildings, shopping centre, train & bus station
  • Broadband (wireless router) connected, subject to the service provider's fair usage policy.
  • 24 hour emergency cover
  • Daily cleaning

Host Families


Some of our overseas students prefer to stay with a British family and Bosworth has a limited number of families who are prepared to offer a home to our students. This is not a typical home stay arrangement since all meals are taken in the College dining halls and students are able to join in the full social life of Bosworth, before returning to their families to sleep. All the host families we use are within walking distance of the College. All of which help to show students, away from home for the first time, how to organise their daily lives. The location of each boarding house is shown on the map at the end of the prospectus.

Why choose host family accommodation?

  • An excellent way to improve English Language skills
  • Most host families live within easy walking distance of the College
  • Students are not isolated from the main student community
  • Hosts observe the same boarding rules expected in boarding houses