NORTH-EAST and North Yorkshire private schools are amongst the most affordable in the country, research reveals. 

Private education is often expensive but research by poundtoy.com has revealed the region is home to some of the most affordable in the country. 

Using data compiled from all the private schools in the UK, the site has put together a list of the most expensive schools for boarding and daytime only students, the most affordable school and how much you would need to earn to send a child to them.

Terrington Hall, North Yorkshire, has ranked 16th most affordable, making it the top most affordable in the Northern Echo’s patch with boarding fees per term at £6,500 and per year at £19,500.

The research estimates a household would need to earn £60,943 to send a child here. 

Cundall Manor School, also North Yorkshire, ranks 32th in the UK, making it the second most affordable in our patch with boarding fees per term at £7,120 and per year at £21,360. Poundtoy says the household income needed to send a child here is £62,803.

The Chorister School, Durham, came in at 49 of the 50-strong list with boarding fees per term at £7,610, per year at £22,830 and an estimated household income of £64,273.

Each of the schools offers a range of scholarships and bursaries for pupils. 

This is compared with the country’s most expensive boarding school, which according to the research is Oracle School in Cheshire, with boarding fees per term at £32,272 and per year at £96,816.

Poundtoy.com said: "Locations of the most expensive boarding schools are certainly concentrated in the south of England, as all but one of the top thirty most expensive being located in that area.

"The only exception is the priciest school in Wales, the Cardiff Sixth Form College. Moreover, the highest-ranking northern school is the 55th ranked Yorkshire-based Queen Ethelburga’s which charges £13,345 per term.

"Of course not all private schools charge the vast sums of money, in fact some are much more affordable in relative terms. The cheapest boarding school is the Abrar Academy in Garstang who charge less than one thousand pounds per term for students.

"Unlike the most expensive lists, the top three ranked most affordable schools are in the north of the country, with two in Yorkshire and one in Lancashire."