# List of Royal Air Force schools

This is a list of schools within the Royal Air Force, including the empire flying training scheme, civilian and service elementary training schemes, and gliding schools.

## Schools

The Royal Air Force operated many schools to train aircrew in the many and various skills required to operate an air force.
* No. 1 Air Gunners School RAF (1941–45)
* No. 2 Air Gunners School RAF (1941–45)
* No. 3 Air Gunners School RAF (1942–45)
* No. 4 Air Gunners School RAF (1942–44)
* No. 6 Air Gunners School RAF (1942)
* No. 7 Air Gunners School RAF (1941–44)
* No. 8 Air Gunners School RAF (1941–44)
* No. 9 Air Gunners School RAF (1941–42)
* No. 10 Air Gunners School RAF (1941–46, 1946–47)
* No. 11 Air Gunners School RAF (1943–47)
* No. 12 Air Gunners School RAF (1943–45)
* No. 13 Air Gunners School RAF (1943–45)
Air Navigation School
* No. 1 Air Navigation School RAF (1947–54, 1957–70)
* No. 2 Air Navigation School RAF (1947–70)
* No. 3 Air Navigation School RAF (1948–51, 1952–54)
* No. 4 Air Navigation School RAF (1952) became No. 5 Air Navigation School RAF
* No. 5 Air Navigation School RAF (1945–47, 1951–52, 1952–53)
* No. 6 Air Navigation School RAF (1952–53)
* No. 7 Air Navigation School RAF (1947) became No. 2 Air Navigation School RAF
* No. 10 Air Navigation School RAF (1945–48)
* No. 31 Air Navigation School RAF (1940–45)
* No. 32 Air Navigation School RAF (1941–42)
* No. 33 Air Navigation School RAF (1941–44)
Air Observers School
* No. 1 Air Observers School RAF (1938–39, 1941–42) became No. 1 (Observers) Advanced Flying Unit RAF
* No. 2 Air Observers School RAF (1938–39, 1941–42) became No. 2 (Observers) Advanced Flying Unit RAF
* No. 3 Air Observers School RAF (1939, 1941–42) became No. 3 (Observers) Advanced Flying Unit RAF
* No. 4 Air Observers School RAF (1939, 1941–43) became No. 4 (Observers) Advanced Flying Unit RAF
* No. 5 Air Observers School RAF (1939, 1941–44) became Air Navigation and Bombing School RAF
* No. 6 Air Observers School RAF (1942–43) became No. 6 (Observers) Advanced Flying Unit RAF
* No. 7 Air Observers School RAF (1939, 1943–44) became No. 7 (Observers) Advanced Flying Unit RAF
* No. 8 Air Observers School RAF (1939) became No. 8 Bombing and Gunnery School RAF
* No. 9 Air Observers School RAF (1939, 1941–42) became No. 9 (Observers) Advanced Flying Unit RAF
* No. 10 Air Observers School RAF (1939–40, 1941–42) became No. 10 (Observers) Advanced Flying Unit RAF
* No. 24 Combined Air Observers School RAF (1941–43) became No. 24 Bombing, Gunnery and Navigation School RAF
Air Observers Navigation School
* No. 1 Air Observers Navigation School RAF (1939–41)
* No. 2 Air Observers Navigation School RAF (1939–40)
* No. 3 Air Observers Navigation School RAF (1939–40, 1941) became No. 3 Air Observers School RAF
* No. 4 Air Observers Navigation School RAF (1939–41)
* No. 5 Air Observers Navigation School RAF (1939–40, 1940) became No. 45 Air School, SAAF
* No. 6 Air Observers Navigation School RAF (1939–40) became No. 6 Air Observers School RAF
* No. 7 Air Observers Navigation School RAF (1939–40)
* No. 8 Air Observers Navigation School RAF (1939)
* No. 9 Air Observers Navigation School RAF (1939–40)
* No. 10 Air Observers Navigation School RAF (1939)
* No. 11 Air Observers Navigation School RAF (1939–41)
Bombing and Gunnery School
* No. 1 Bombing and Gunnery School RAF (1939–41) became No. 1 Air Gunners School RAF
* No. 2 Bombing and Gunnery School RAF (1941) became No. 2 Air Observers School RAF
* No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School RAF (1939–40)
* No. 4 Bombing and Gunnery School RAF (1939–41) became No. 4 Air Observers School RAF
* No. 5 Bombing and Gunnery School RAF (1939–41) became No. 5 Air Observers School RAF
* No. 7 Bombing and Gunnery School RAF (1939–41) became No. 7 Air Gunners School RAF
* No. 8 Bombing and Gunnery School RAF (1939–41) became No. 8 Air Gunners School RAF
* No. 9 Bombing and Gunnery School RAF (1939–41) became No. 9 Air Observers School RAF
* No. 10 Bombing and Gunnery School RAF (1940–41) became No. 10 Air Observers School RAF
* No. 31 Bombing and Gunnery School RAF (1941–44)
Civil Air Navigation School
* No. 1 Civil Air Navigation School RAF (1938–39) became No. 1 Air Observers Navigation School RAF
* No. 2 Civil Air Navigation School RAF (1938–39) became No. 2 Air Observers Navigation School RAF
* No. 3 Civil Air Navigation School RAF (1938–39) became No. 3 Air Observers Navigation School RAF
* No. 4 Civil Air Navigation School RAF (1938–39) became No. 4 Air Observers Navigation School RAF
* No. 5 Civil Air Navigation School RAF (1939) became No. 5 Air Observers Navigation School RAF
* No. 6 Civil Air Navigation School RAF (1939) became No. 6 Air Observers Navigation School RAF
* No. 7 Civil Air Navigation School RAF (1939) became No. 7 Air Observers Navigation School RAF
* No. 8 Civil Air Navigation School RAF (1939) became No. 8 Air Observers Navigation School RAF
* No. 9 Civil Air Navigation School RAF (1939) became No. 9 Air Observers Navigation School RAF
* No. 10 Civil Air Navigation School RAF (1939) became No. 10 Air Observers Navigation School RAF
Fighting School
* No. 1 Fighting School RAF (1918–19)
* No. 2 Fighting School RAF (1918–19)
* No. 3 Fighting School RAF (1918–19) became No. 7 Training Squadron RAF
* No. 4 Fighting School RAF (1918–20)
* No. 5 Fighting School RAF (1918–19)
Lancaster Finishing School
* No. 1 Lancaster Finishing School RAF (1943–44)
* No. 3 Lancaster Finishing School RAF (1943–45)
* No. 5 Lancaster Finishing School RAF (1943–45)
* No. 6 Lancaster Finishing School RAF (1945) became No. 1384 (Heavy Transport) Conversion Unit RAF
Middle East Training School
* No. 1 Middle East Training School RAF (1942–43) became No. 1 (Middle East) Central Gunnery School RAF
* No. 2 Middle East Training School RAF (1942–43)
* No. 3 Middle East Training School RAF (1942–44)
* No. 4 Middle East Training School RAF (1942–44)
* No. 5 Middle East Training School RAF (1942–44)
Radio School
Signals School
Technical Training schools
* No. 1 School of Technical Training RAF (1920–93 & 1994–)
* No. 2 School of Technical Training RAF (1920–21) became Boys Wing, Cranwell & (1938–1995) merged into No. 1 School of Technical Training RAF. Reformed on 20 July 2023 and took responsibility for the activities of the Aerosystems Engineer and Management Training School.
* No. 3 School of Technical Training RAF (1935–39 & 1939–44 & 1959–74)
* No. 4 School of Technical Training RAF (1938-present)
* No. 5 School of Technical Training RAF (1939–50 & 1967–68) became No. 3 Squadron of No. 228 Operational Conversion Unit RAF
* No. 6 School of Technical Training RAF (1939–48)
* No. 7 School of Technical Training RAF (1940–44)
* No. 8 School of Technical Training RAF (1940–65)
* No. 9 School of Technical Training RAF (1939–42 & 1959–74)
* No. 10 School of Technical Training RAF (1940–58)
* No. 11 School of Technical Training RAF (1940–45 & 1945–47)
* No. 12 School of Technical Training RAF (1940–65); was at RAF Melksham in 1961
* No. 13 School of Technical Training RAF (1940) became No. 14 School of Technical Training RAF
* No. 14 School of Technical Training RAF (1940–44) became No. 14 (Polish) School of Technical Training RAF & (1951–52)
* No. 14 (Polish) School of Technical Training RAF (1945–48)
* No. 15 School of Technical Training RAF (1948–53)
* No. 16 (Polish) School of Technical Training RAF (1945–46)
* No. 21 School of Technical Training RAF (1941–43 & 1943–46)
Aerial Fighting and Gunnery schools
* No. 1 School of Aerial Fighting and Gunnery RAF (1918) became No. 1 Fighting School RAF
* No. 2 School of Aerial Fighting and Gunnery RAF (1918) became No. 2 Fighting School RAF
* No. 3 School of Aerial Fighting and Gunnery RAF (1918) became No. 3 Fighting School RAF
* No. 4 School of Aerial Fighting and Gunnery RAF (1918) became No. 4 Fighting School RAF
Navigation and Bomb Dropping schools
* No. 1 School of Aerial Navigation and Bomb Dropping RAF (1918) became No. 1 School of Navigation and Bomb Dropping RAF
* No. 2 School of Aerial Navigation and Bomb Dropping RAF (1918) became No. 2 School of Navigation and Bomb Dropping RAF
* No. 3 School of Aerial Navigation and Bomb Dropping RAF (1918) became No. 3 School of Navigation and Bomb Dropping RAF
* No. 4 School of Aerial Navigation and Bomb Dropping RAF (1918) became No. 4 School of Navigation and Bomb Dropping RAF
* No. 1 School of Navigation and Bomb Dropping RAF (−1919) became School of Air Pilotage RAF
* No. 2 School of Navigation and Bomb Dropping RAF (−1919) became School of Air Pilotage RAF
* No. 3 School of Navigation and Bomb Dropping RAF (−1919)
* No. 4 School of Navigation and Bomb Dropping RAF (−1919)
Recruit Training schools
* No. 1 School of Recruit Training RAF (1948-51 at Melksham/Henlow/Cardington)
* No. 2 School of Recruit Training RAF (1948-50 at Cardington)
* No. 3 School of Recruit Training RAF (1948-57 at Padgate)
* No. 4 School of Recruit Training RAF (1948-57 at Wilmslow)
* No. 5 School of Recruit Training RAF (1948-58 at West Kirby)
* No. 6 School of Recruit Training RAF (1950-52 at Hereford)
* No. 7 School of Recruit Training RAF (1948-70 at Bridgnorth/Innsworth/Swinderby)
* No. 8 School of Recruit Training RAF (1950-52 at Kirkham)
* No. 9 School of Recruit Training RAF (1950-52 at Weeton)
* No. 10 School of Recruit Training RAF (1950-53 at Melksham)
* No. 11 School of Recruit Training RAF (1950-56 at Hednesford)
* No. 12 School of Recruit Training RAF (1950-51 at Cosford)
* No. 13 School of Recruit Training RAF (1950-52 at Innsworth)
* No. 14 School of Recruit Training RAF (-1952 at Henlow)
Various schools
* No. 1 (Auxiliary) School of Aerial Gunnery RAF (1917–18) became No. 1 (Observer) School of Aerial Gunnery RAF
* No. 1 (Coastal) Engine Control Demonstration Unit RAF (1943–44) became Engine Control Instruction Flight RAF
* No. 1 (Middle East) Central Gunnery School RAF (1943) became Royal Air Force (Middle East) Central Gunnery School RAF
* No. 1 (Observers) School of Aerial Gunnery RAF (1918–19, 1919)
* No. 1 (Training) Wireless School RAF (1917–19) became Electrical and Wireless School RAF
* No. 1 Air Armament School RAF (1937–44)
* No. 1 Air Electronics School RAF (1957–60) became Air Electronics School RAF
* No. 1 Air Gunnery School (India) RAF (1943–45)
* No. 1 Air Signallers School RAF (1951–57) became No. 1 Air Electronics School RAF
* No. 1 Basic Air Navigation School RAF (1951–53)
* No. 1 Beam Approach School RAF (1941–46)
* No. 1 Blind Approach School RAF (1941) became No. 1 Beam Approach School RAF
* No. 1 Coastal Defence Training Unit RAF (1933–35) became Coastal Defence Development Unit RAF
* No. 1 Electrical and Wireless School RAF (1938–40) became No. 1 Signals School RAF
* No. 1 Grading School RAF (1951–52) became Airwork Grading Unit RAF
* No. 1 Ground Defense Gunners School RAF (1939–42) became No. 3 RAF Regiment School
* No. 1 Initial Training School RAF (??-1947, 1948–53, 1953–66) became Aircrew Officers Training School RAF
* No. 1 Marine Observers School RAF (1919)
* No. 1 Observers School RAF (1918) became No. 2 Marine Observers School RAF
* No. 1 Officers Advanced Training School RAF (1944–46) became Officers Advanced Training School RAF
* No. 1 Parachute and Glider Training School RAF (1947–50) became No. 1 Parachute School RAF
* No. 1 Parachute School RAF (1950–53) became No. 1 Parachute Training School RAF
* No. 1 Parachute Training School RAF (1944–47, 1953–)
* No. 1 School of Aerial Fighting (1917–18) became No. 1 School of Aerial Fighting and Gunnery RAF
* No. 1 School of Air Navigation RAF (1940) became No. 31 Air Navigation School RAF
* No. 1 School of Army Co-operation RAF (1939–41) became No. 41 OTU
* No. 1 School of General Reconnaissance RAF (1940) became No. 61 Air School SAAF
* No. 1 School of Photography RAF (1942–45) became School of Photography RAF
* No. 1 Torpedo Refresher School RAF (1943–44)
* No. 2 (Auxiliary) School of Aerial Gunnery (1917–18) became No. 1 School of Aerial Fighting and Gunnery RAF
* No. 2 Air Armament School RAF (1937–38, 1938–40) became No. 3 Ground Armament School RAF
* No. 2 Air Signallers School RAF (1952–53)
* No. 2 Aircrew Grading School RAF (1951–52)
* No. 2 Basic Air Navigation School RAF (1951–53)
* No. 2 Electrical and Wireless School RAF (1938–40) became No. 2 Signals School RAF
* No. 2 Grading School RAF (1951–52) became Airwork Grading Unit RAF
* No. 2 Marine Observers School RAF (1918–19)
* No. 2 Observers School RAF (1918–19) became No. 1 (Observers) School of Aerial Gunnery RAF
* No. 2 Officers Advanced Training School RAF (??-1946)
* No. 2 School of Aerial Fighting (1917–18) became No. 2 School of Aerial Fighting and Gunnery RAF
* No. 2 School of Air Navigation RAF (1940–42) became Central Navigation School RAF. Advance air party proceeded from St Athan to RAF Cranage in October 1940; courses commenced within a few days; disbanded by redesignation in 1942.
* No. 2 School of Army Co-operation RAF (1939–41) became No. 6 OTU
* No. 2 School of General Reconnaissance RAF (1940)
* No. 2 Torpedo Refresher School RAF (1943)
* No. 2 Wireless School RAF (1917–19)
* No. 24 Bombing, Gunnery and Air Navigation School RAF (1943–45)
* No. 29 Elementary Navigation and Air Gunnery School (Southern Rhodesia) RAF (1941–45)
* No. 3 (Auxiliary) School of Aerial Gunnery (1917–18) became No. 1 (Observer) School of Aerial Gunnery
* No. 3 Electrical and Wireless School RAF (1940) became No. 3 Signals School RAF
* No. 3 Parachute Training School RAF (1944–47) passed to Indian Control
* No. 3 Radio Direction Finding School RAF (1942) became No. 11 Radio School RAF
* No. 3 School of General Reconnaissance RAF (1940–46) became School of General Reconnaissance RAF
* No. 4 (Auxiliary) School of Aerial Gunnery RAF (1917–18) became No. 2 School of Aerial Fighting and Gunnery RAF
* No. 4 Parachute Training School RAF (1944–45)
* No. 93 Group Screened Pilots School RAF (1943–44)
* Advanced Air Firing School (1917–18)
* Advanced Bombing and Gunnery School (Middle East) RAF (1943–45)
* Aerial Erector School RAF
* Aerial Fighting and Gunnery School (1918–19)
* Aerial Fighting School, Heliopolis (1917–18) became No. 5 Fighting School RAF
* Air Armament School (1932–37) became No. 1 Air Armament School RAF
* Air Electronics and Air Engineers School (1967–76)
* Air Electronics School (1960–67) became Air Electronics and Air Engineers School
* Air Electronics, Engineer and Loadmaster School (1983–97) became Navigator and Airmen Aircrew School
* Air Fighting School (Middle East) (1941–42)
* Air Landing School (1941–44)
* Air Navigation and Bombing School (1944–45) became No. 5 Air Navigation School RAF
* Air Navigation School, India (1942) became General Reconnaissance and Air Navigation School RAF
* Air Navigation School (1935–36) became School of Air Navigation
* Air Observation Post School (1950–53) became Light Aircraft School
* Air Observers School, North Coates (1936–37) became No. 2 Air Armament School RAF
* Air Pilotage School (1919–23, 1931–32, 1933–35) became Air Navigation School
* Airborne Interception School (1952) became No. 238 Operational Conversion Unit RAF
* Airborne Interception/Air-to-Surface Vessel School (1940) became No. 3 Radio School RAF
* Aircrew Officers Training School (1967–67)
* Airfield Controllers School (1942–48)
* All-Weather Fighter Leaders School (1950–58) became All-Weather Fighter Combat School
* Armament and Gunnery School (1922–32) became Air Armament School
* Artillery and Infantry Co-operation School (1917–18) became Royal Air Force and Army Co-operation School RAF
* Artillery Observation School, Egypt (1918–19)
* Artillery Observation School (1917–18) became Artillery Observation School, Egypt
* Blind Approach School (1940–??) became No. 1 Blind Approach School RAF
* Bomber Command Bombing School (1952–68) became Strike Command Bombing School
* Central Air Traffic Control School RAF (1963–)
* Central Gunnery School (1939–54) became Fighter Weapons School RAF and the Coastal Command Gunnery School RAF
* Central Landing School (1940) became Central Landing Establishment
* Central Navigation and Control School RAF (1950–63) became Central Air Traffic Control School RAF
* Central Navigation School RAF (1942–44, 1949–50) became Central Navigation and Control School RAF
* Central Squadron and Flight Commanders School (1945–46)
* Coastal Command Anti U-Boat Devices School RAF (1945)
* Coastal Command Flying Instructors School RAF (1945) became Coastal Command Instructors School RAF
* Coastal Command Gunnery School RAF (1955)
* Coastal Command Instructors School RAF (1945–46)
* Coastal Command Landplane Pilots Pool RAF (1939–40) became No. 1 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF
* Coastal Command Tactical Development Unit RAF (1940) became Coastal Command Development Unit RAF
* Coastal Defence Development Unit (1935–36)
* Electrical and Wireless School (1919–38) became No. 1 Electrical and Wireless School RAF
* Empire Air Armament School (1944–49)
* Empire Air Navigation School (1944–49) became Central Navigation School RAF
* Empire Central Flying School (1954–46) became Empire Flying School
* Empire Flying School (1946–49)
* Empire Radio School (1946–49) became Royal Air Force Technical College, Signals Division
* Empire Test Pilots' School (1944–)
* Fighter Command Control and Reporting School (1945–53) became School of Control and Reporting RAF
* Fighter Leaders School (1943–44)
* Fighter Weapons School (1955–1958)
* Fleet School of Aerial Fighting and Gunnery (1918–20) became RAF Base, Leuchars
* Franco-Belgium Air Training School (1940–41)
* General Reconnaissance and Air Navigation School (India) (1942–44)
* General Reconnaissance School (1942) became General Reconnaissance and Air Navigation School (India)
* Grand Fleet School of Aerial Fighting and Gunnery (1918–??) became Fleet School of Aerial Fighting and Gunnery
* Ground Defence Gunners School (1939) between No. 1 Ground Defence Gunners School RAF
* India Detachment, Chinese Air Force Cadet School (??-1946)
* Light Aircraft School RAF (1953–57) Control Passed to the Army Air Corps
* Machine Gun School (1915–16) became School of Aerial Gunnery
* Marine Observers School RAF, Aldeburgh (1918–19) became No. 1 Marine Observers School RAF
* Marine Observers School RAF, Leysdown (??-1918)
* Navigation School (1926–36) became School of Air Navigation RAF
* Navigation Training School RAF (1939–40)
* Observers School of Reconnaissance and Aerial Photography RAF (1918–19)
* Officers Advanced Training School (1944) became No. 1 Officers Advanced Training School RAF
* Parachute Training Centre (1940) became Central Landing School RAF
* Parachute Training School (India) (1941–42)
* Rhodesian Central Flying School (1941–42) became No. 33 Flying Instructors School RAF
* Royal Air Force (Belgian) Training School (1944–46) transferred to Belgian Air Force control
* Royal Air Force (Middle East) Central Gunnery School (1943–45)
* Royal Air Force and Army Co-operation School RAF (1918–19) became School of Army Co-operation RAF
* Royal Air Force and Navy Co-operation School (1919) became Royal Air Force Seaplane Establishment
* Royal Air Force School of Army Co-operation (1943–44) became School of Air Support RAF
* Royal Air Force School, India (1921–22)
* School for Anti-Submarine Inshore Patrol Observers RAF (1918) became Marine Observers School RAF
* School for Marine Operational Pilots RAF (1918–19)
* School for Wireless Operators (1916–17) became Wireless School
* School of Aerial Co-operation with Coastal Artillery RAF (1918–19) became Coastal Battery Co-operation School RAF
* School of Aerial Fighting (Canada) (1918)
* School of Aerial Fighting and Bomb Dropping RAF (1918) became No. 4 School of Aerial Fighting and Gunnery RAF
* School of Aerial Gunnery and Bombing (1921–22) became Armament and Gunnery School RAF
* School of Aerial Gunnery, (Canada) (1917–18) became School of Aerial Fighting (Canada)
* School of Aerial Gunnery, Aboukir (1917–18) became No. 5 Fighting School RAF
* School of Aerial Gunnery, Hythe (1916–17) became No. 1 (Auxiliary) School of Aerial Gunnery
* School of Aerial Gunnery, Loch Doon (1917–18)
* School of Aerial Navigation RAF (1920) became School of Naval Co-operation and Aerial Navigation RAF
* School of Air Navigation (1936–40) became No. 1 School of Air Navigation RAF
* School of Air Pilotage (1919) became Air Pilotage School RAF
* School of Air Sea Rescue (1943–45) became Survival and Rescue Training Unit RAF
* School of Air Support (1944–47) became School of Land/Air Warfare RAF
* School of Air Traffic Control (1946–50) became Central Navigation and Control School RAF
* School of Air Transport (1944–46)
* School of Army Co-operation (1919–20, 1920–39) became No. 1 School of Army Co-operation RAF
* School of Artillery Co-operation (Canada) (1918)
* School of Aviation Medicine RAF (1945–50) became RAF Institute of Aviation Medicine
* School of Control and Reporting RAF (1953–57) became School of Fighter Plotting RAF
* School of Fighter Control RAF (1957–61)
* School of General Reconnaissance (1938–40, 1946–47)
* School of Land/Air Warfare (1947–63) became Joint Warfare Establishment
* School of Naval Co-operation and Aerial Navigation (1920–28)
* School of Naval Co-operation (1919–20, 1923–39)
* School of Photography, Maps and Reconnaissance (1917–19) became Photographic Park, Farnborough RAF
* School of Photography RAF (1919–41, 1945–72)
* Specialised Low Attack Instructors School (India) RAF (1943–45) became Ground Attack Training School RAF
* Specialised Low Attack Instructors School RAF (1942–44) became Fighter Leaders School RAF
* Staff Navigators School (Middle East) RAF (1944–45)
* Strike Command Bombing School RAF (1968–74)
* Temporary Air Observer's School RAF (1938)
* Test Pilots School RAF (1944) became Empire Test Pilots' School
* The Officers Advanced Training School RAF (1946–62) became Junior Command and Staff School
* Torpedo Aeroplane School RAF (1918) became No. 201 Training Depot Station RAF
* Torpedo Bombing School (1942) became No. 5 Middle East Training School RAF
* Torpedo Training School (1919–20)
* Wireless and Observers School, Brooklands (1916–17) became Artillery and Infantry Co-operation School
* Wireless and Observers School, Eqypt (1919)
* Wireless School, Brooklands (1916) became Wireless and Observers School, Brooklands
* Wireless School, Egypt (1918–19) became Wireless and Observers School, Eqypt
* Wireless Telephony School (1918)

## Flying training schools

To train pilots for the Royal Air Force, there have been many flying training schools, which are listed here.

### Numbered schools

* 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Central Flying School
* No. 2 Central Flying School RAF (1940–42) became No. 1 Flying Instructors School RAF
Advanced Flying School
* No. 201 Advanced Flying School RAF (1947–54) became No. 11 Flying Training School RAF
* No. 202 Advanced Flying School RAF (1947, 1951–54) became No. 7 Flying Training School RAF
* No. 203 Advanced Flying School RAF (1947–49, 1949–54) became No. 8 Flying Training School RAF
* No. 204 Advanced Flying School RAF (1947–52) became 'D' Squadron of No. 231 Operational Conversion Unit RAF
* No. 205 Advanced Flying School RAF (1950–54) became No. 4 Flying Training School RAF
* No. 206 Advanced Flying School RAF (1951–54) became No. 5 Flying Training School RAF
* No. 207 Advanced Flying School RAF (1951–54)
* No. 208 Advanced Flying School RAF (1951–54) became No. 10 Flying Training School RAF
* No. 209 Advanced Flying School RAF (1952–54) became No. 12 Flying Training School RAF
* No. 210 Advanced Flying School RAF (1952–54)
* No. 211 Advanced Flying School RAF (1952–54) became No. 211 Flying Training School RAF
* No. 215 Advanced Flying School RAF (1952–54)
Basic Flying Training School
* No. 1 Basic Flying Training School RAF (1950–53)
* No. 2 Basic Flying Training School RAF (1951–53)
* No. 3 Basic Flying Training School RAF (1951–53)
* No. 4 Basic Flying Training School RAF (1951–53)
* No. 5 Basic Flying Training School RAF (1952–53)
(Basic) Flying Training School
* 2 (Basic), 3 (Basic)
(Advanced) Flying Training School
* 4 (Advanced), 5 (Advanced), 6 (Advanced), 8 (Advanced), 9 (Advanced), 10 (Advanced), 14 (Advanced)
Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School
Elementary Flying Training School
Flying Instructors School
* 1 (1942) became 1 (Advanced) (1942) became No. 18 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF
* 2 (1940, 1942) became 2 (Advanced) (1942–45)
* 3 (Advanced) (1942–45)
* 4 (Supplementary) (1940–42) became 4 (1942) became 4 (Elementary) (1942–43)
* 5 (Supplementary) (1941–42) became 5 (1942) became 5 (Elementary) (1942)
* 6 (Supplementary) (1941–42) became 6 (1942) became 6 (Elementary) (1942) became No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
* 7 (1942) became 7 (Advanced) (1942–46) became Central Flying School
* 10 (Elementary) (1942–46) became Central Flying School
* 11 (1944–47)
* 12 (Operational) (1944–45) became Coastal Command Flying Instructors School RAF
* 33 Southern Rhodesia (1942–44) became Central Flying School, Southern Rhodesia
Flying Refresher School
* No. 101 Flying Refresher School RAF (1951–52) became No. 215 Advanced Flying School RAF
* No. 102 Flying Refresher School RAF (1951) became No. 207 Advanced Flying School RAF
* No. 103 Flying Refresher School RAF (1951) became No. 207 Advanced Flying School RAF
* No. 104 Flying Refresher School RAF (1951–52) became No. 6 Air Navigation School RAF
Flying Training School
* 1 (Indian), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 207, 211
Refresher School
* No. 1 Refresher School RAF (1946–47) became No. 1 (Pilots) Refresher Flying Unit RAF
* Refresher Flying Training School RAF (1942) became No. 1 Refresher Flying Training School RAF
* No. 1 Refresher Flying Training School RAF (1942)
Reserve Flying School
School of Special Flying
* No. 1 School of Special Flying RAF (1918) became Southwestern Area Flying Instructors School RAF
* No. 2 School of Special Flying RAF (1918) became Northeastern Area Flying Instructors School RAF
Service Flying Training School
* 1 (Indian), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 (Polish), 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41

### Other schools

* Advanced Flying School (India) (1946–47)
* Central Flying School (India) (1944–45)
* Central Flying School (Southern Rhodesia) (1944–45)
* Defence Helicopter Flying School (1997–)
* Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School, Kenya (1940) became No. 30 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
* Empire Flying School (1946–49) became Royal Air Force Flying College
* Flying Instructors School, El Khanka (1918–19)
* Flying Instructors School (India) (1944) became Central Flying School (India) RAF
* Flying Instructors School, The Curragh (1918–19)
* Flying Instructors School, Upavon (1919–20) became Central Flying School
* Flying Instructors Training School (1943–44) became No. 11 Flying Instructors School RAF
* Flying Refresher School (1949–51) became No. 101 Flying Refresher School RAF
* Joint Elementary Flying Training School (1993–)
* Midland Area Flying Instructors School (1918–19)
* Midland Area School of Special Flying (1918) became Midland Area Flying Instructors School
* Netheravon Flying School (1919) became No. 1 Flying Training School RAF
* Northeastern Area Flying Instructors School (1918–19)
* Northern Area Flying Instructors School (1919–20)
* Northwestern Area Flying Instructors School (1918–19)
* Refresher Flying Training School (1942) became No. 1 Refresher Flying Training School RAF
* Reserve Flying School, Brough (1924–35) became No. 4 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
* Reserve Flying School, Coventry (1923–31) became Reserve Flying School, Hamble
* Reserve Flying School, Filton (1923–35) became No. 2 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
* Reserve Flying School, Hamble (1931–35) became No. 3 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
* Reserve Flying School, Renfrew (1924–28)
* Reserve Flying School, Stag Lane (1923–35) became No. 1 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
* Royal Air Force College Service Flying Training School (1939–44) became No. 17 Service Flying Training School RAF
* Royal Air Force Liaison Office, Chinese Elementary Flying Training School (1943–46)
* Royal Navy Elementary Flying Training School (1973–93) became Joint Elementary Flying Training School
* School of Refresher Flying (1962–77) became Refresher Flying Squadron RAF
* School of Special Flying (Canada) (1918)
* School of Special Flying, Gosport (1917) became No. 1 School of Special Flying
* Southeastern Area Flying Instructors School (1918–19)
* Southwestern Area Flying Instructors School (1918–19)

## Gliding schools

As well as powered aircraft, the Royal Air Force has operated a large number of gliders both for military tasks and for Cadet training.
* Central Gliding School