Schools Guide 2025
Durant Sports has proudly supported The Cricketer as the main partner of its annual Schools Guide since 2021, with the 2025 edition continuing this valued collaboration.
This comprehensive guide highlights both state and private schools, which are well represented in separate categories. Additionally, The Cricketer’s judging panel has spotlighted the best all-girls schools and prep/junior schools, offering a well-rounded look at cricket excellence across various educational settings.
Each entry is assessed against a rigorous set of criteria, including a strong commitment to incorporating cricket into the curriculum, top-quality facilities, robust fixture programmes, and outstanding coaching. As part of this year’s selection process, The Cricketer consulted former England star Lydia Greenway and her Cricket For Girls coaching initiative to identify the top 20 all-girls schools, ensuring the guide reflects the best in cricketing education and opportunity.
The Cricketer magazine editor Huw Turbervill reflected on the publication’s long-standing connection to schools’ cricket, stating:
"Here at The Cricketer, we’ve covered the schools’ game since our inception in 1921, as part of our commitment to follow cricket at all levels.
"We’re proud of this coverage, and the 10th anniversary of this guide recognises the fantastic cricket programmes that exist in school curricula up and down the country.
"We have also introduced a section for state schools, a top 25. The demise of the game in the state sector in the UK has been heartbreaking for us all, but it is uplifting to see some teachers are determined to keep the flames alive."
"One of the most phenomenal things about the last decade is seeing cricket usurp rounders as the sport for girls. Rejoice!
The Cricketer produces its Schools Guide annually, with the 2025 edition proudly supported by us here at Durant Sports. Owner and Director of the business Cristian Durant commented:
“Congratulations to all the schools featured in this esteemed guide – now in its 10th year celebrating the nation’s best cricketing schools.
“As a leading supplier of cricket ground equipment to clubs, professional counties, and schools, we are proud to support The Cricketer’s excellent coverage of school cricket.
“This highlights the significant contributions of coaches and staff to grassroots cricket. Wishing you all a fantastic winter and the best of luck for the upcoming 2025 season.”
If you wish to buy a copy of the Schools Guide 2025 click the link below:
TOP 100 SENIOR SCHOOLS
Abingdon School; AKS Lytham; Ardingly College; Barnard Castle; Bede’s School; Bedford School; Berkhamsted School; Bishop’s Stortford College; Bloxham School; Blundell’s School; Bradfield College; Brentwood School; Brighton College; Bromsgrove School; Caterham School; Charterhouse; Cheltenham College; Clayesmore School; Clifton College; Cranleigh School; Denstone College; Dulwich College; Dunottar School; Durham School; Eastbourne College; Ellesmere College; Emanuel School; Epsom College; Eton College; Felsted School; Forest School; Framlingham College; George Watson’s College; Gresham’s School; Haberdashers’ Boys School; Haberdashers’ Monmouth School; Haileybury; Hampton School; Harrow School; Hurstpierpoint College; John Lyon School; Kimbolton School; King Edward VI School, Southampton; King Edward’s School, Birmingham; King Edward’s, Witley; King’s College School, Wimbledon; King’s College, Taunton; Lancing College; Latymer Upper School; Lord Wandsworth College; Magdalen College School; Malvern College; Manchester Grammar School; Marlborough College; Merchant Taylors’ School, Northwood; Millfield School; New Hall School; Newcastle-under-Lyme School; Norwich School; Oakham School; Oundle School; Queen Ethelburga’s Collegiate; Queen’s College Taunton; Radley College; Reed’s School; Reigate Grammar School; Repton School; Royal Grammar School, Guildford; Rugby School; Scarborough College; Seaford College; Sedbergh School; Sherborne School; Shrewsbury School; Solihull School; St Albans School; St Edward’s School, Oxford; St George’s College, Weybridge; St Lawrence College; St Paul’s School; St Peter’s School, York 13-18; Stamford School; Stowe School; Taunton School; The King’s School, Chester; The King’s School in Macclesfield; The Leys; The Portsmouth Grammar School; Tonbridge School; Trent College; Trinity School; Uppingham School; Wellington College; Wellington School; Whitgift School; Winchester College; Woodhouse Grove School; Worksop College; Worth School; Wrekin College.
TOP 25 STATE SCHOOLS
Brighton Aldridge Community Academy; Chislehurst & Sidcup Grammar School; Dr Challoner’s Grammar School; George Abbot School; Huddersfield New College; King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon; Lancaster Royal Grammar School; Myerscough College; Old Swinford Hospital; Queen Mary’s Grammar School, Walsall; Reading School; Shenfield High School; Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys; South Dartmoor Community College; St Bartholomew’’s School, Newbury; The Bishop’s Stortford High School; The Canterbury Academy; The Judd School; The Skinners’ School; Tiffin School; Wallington County Grammar School; Watford Grammar School for Boys; Wilson’s School; Wymondham College; Yorkshire Cricket College.
TOP 20 ALL-GIRLS SCHOOLS
Cheltenham Ladies’ College; Denmark Road High School; Downe House School; Godolphin and Latymer School; Guildford High School; King Edward VI High School for Girls; Lady Eleanor Holles School; Loughborough High School; Malvern St James Girls’ School; Mayfield Girls School; Notting Hill & Ealing High School; Portsmouth High School; Putney High School; Roedean School; Sherborne Girls’ School; South Hampstead High School; St Catherine’s School, Bramley; St Helen & St Katharine School; St Swithun’s School, Winchester; The Mary Erskine School.
TOP 50 PREP/JUNIOR SCHOOLS
Aldro; Aysgarth School; Beaudesert Park Prep School; Bede’s Prep; Bedford Preparatory School; Bishop’s Stortford College Prep; Brentwood Preparatory; Brighton College Prep; Caldicott School; Cargilfield School; Casterton, Sedbergh Prep School; Clayesmore Prep School; Clifton College Prep School; Cothill House; Cottesmore School; Cranmore School; Cumnor House, Sussex; Dragon School, Oxford; Dulwich Prep London; Elstree School; Felsted Prep; Haberdashers’ Boys Prep School; Heathfield Junior School; Highfield & Brookham School; Hurstpierpoint College Prep School; King’s College Prep; Lockers Park; Ludgrove School; Merchant Taylors’ Prep School; Millfield Prep; Milton Keynes Preparatory School; Nottingham Academy Primary; Orwell Park School; Packwood Haugh School; Prestfelde School; Repton Prep School; Rokeby Prep School; Shrewsbury House School; Spratton Hall School; St Andrew’s Prep; St Faith’s School; St Peter’s School, York 8-13; Taunton Prep School; The Blue Coat School, Birmingham; The New Beacon; Twyford School; West House School ; Westbourne House School; Westbrook Hay School, Woodcote House School.
“Congratulations to all the schools featured in this years guide, wishing you all the best for the 2025 season!"
– The Durant Sports Team.
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