Eton College

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Eton College is a very famous private school near London. It is over 570 years old. There are about 1,300 students in the school and they all live in the school during the term. There aren’t any girls in the school, only boys.

They take a special entrance exam and they start at Eton when they are 13 years old. Eton is a private school and it is very expensive. It costs about £30,000 a year to study there. Most Eton students come from very rich families. For example, Prince William and Prince Harry.

There are about 100 classrooms in the school. Lots of science labs, ICT rooms and music rooms. A concert hall, two theatres, a gym, two swimming pools, 20 tennis courts, an athletics track and a golf course.

The college has got 160 teachers. That’s one teacher for eight students. Sport is very important at Eton College. Students can do over 40 different sports including rugby, cricket, rowing, fencing and water polo. All the students do sport every day. Many of the sports teachers are professional sports people.

Most students stay at the school until they are 18 years old. After that, 99% of them go to university. Many students from Eton get important jobs. Famous students from Eton include 19 British prime ministers.