For many children British Boarding Schools conjure up images of a magical Hogwarts world, full of joy and laughter. For their parents something more austere may spring to mind: cold showers, Latin and Greek before breakfast and interminable cross country runs. Whatever your generation it seems that stereotypes abound. And yet, despite the challenges of 2020, British boarding schools, and in particular co-educational boarding schools, have never been more popular and continue to attract pupils from all round the world. At my school, Wellington College, we are lucky to have children from over 30 different countries on our roll, who in turn make up about 20% of our total school population of nearly 1100. So what characterises such schools these days, and what do they offer that make them such an attractive choice for overseas parents?