# About Boarding Schools

## What Boarding Schools is

Boarding Schools is a directory of boarding schools in the UK, US, Australia and Canada. Each listing page shows what we know about one boarding school.

## Where the data comes from

We take records from the sources below.

- [Australian Boarding Schools Association (ABSA)](https://www.boarding.org.au/find-a-school). License: Association copyright; no reuse licence stated. Data updated by hand.
- [Boarding Schools’ Association (BSA)](https://www.boarding.org.uk/schools/). License: BSA Group copyright and terms; no reuse licence stated. Data updated by hand.
- [Canadian Accredited Independent Schools (CAIS)](https://www.boardingschools.ca/find-a-school). License: Association copyright; no reuse licence stated. Data updated by hand.
- [Listing enrichment](https://boardingschools.fyi). License: source. Data updated by hand.
- [Get Information about Schools (DfE)](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/). License: Open Government Licence v3.0. Data updated by hand.
- [National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)](https://www.nais.org/school-directory/boarding-schools). License: All rights reserved; no reuse licence stated. Data updated by hand.
- [Listing provenance and discovery sources](https://boardingschools.fyi/sources). License: DfE GIAS: Open Government Licence v3.0; association public directories: no reuse licence stated; copyright notices apply.. Data updated by hand.
- [The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS)](https://www.boardingschools.com/find-a-boarding-school). License: All rights reserved; no reuse licence stated. Data updated by hand.
- [Business websites](https://boardingschools.fyi/). License: Business website facts; text and images retain their original rights.. Data updated by hand.

## A listing is a record, not an endorsement

A listing shows what we know about one boarding school. It does not mean that we recommend it.

## How a listing is checked

Every published listing has its own page, and search engines can index it.

Our team reviews each new listing before it goes live.

An owner proves control of a listing with an email address on the business domain or a manual check by our team.

An owner change to the name, phone, website, street address, address line 2, city, region, postal code and country goes to review before it shows.

## Claim or correct a boarding school

To claim a listing that is unclaimed, open it and select "Claim this listing".

To report a mistake, open the listing and select "Suggest a change".

You can also write to us at support@boardingschools.fyi.

- [Find your boarding school](https://boardingschools.fyi/search)
- [Add a boarding school](https://boardingschools.fyi/submit). Tell us about a boarding school we do not list.
- [Contact us](https://boardingschools.fyi/contact)

Also on the [web page](https://boardingschools.fyi/about).