THREE of the top 10 most expensive private boarding schools in the UK are in Oxford, a new survey has concluded.

The most expensive private school was ranked as Cherwell College Oxford, according to research carried out and published by toy website PoundToy.

PoundToy stated that the college charges its boarding pupils £19,000 per term which works out as £58,500 a year.

In order to send your child here, the website calculated you would need a minimum average income of just under £100,000.

The college, however, said that the findings of the survey could be misleading as Cherwell does not have a ‘flat’ fee per term.

In a statement it said: "The fees vary depending on the length of the term, the number of subjects the student is taking and whether they are taught in a small group or on one to one basis.”

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Oxford International College came second in the survey, costing £53,175 a year, requiring parents to earn £94,618 year. It is an independent sixth form college.

And d'Overbroeck's, on Banbury Road, which costs £47, 910 a year, can only be afforded by parents on a salary of £89,353 a year, said PoundToy. It came ninth in the table.

All the most expensive boarding schools are concentrated in the south of England with all but one of the top 30 being in this area, according to the research.