Back to school headphones: I've picked 4 noise-cancelling over-ears to keep your study game strong, all TechRadar tested and approved

TechRadar's review team member Harry Padoan wearing the 1More Sonoflow Pro HQ51, on blue background.

I get it; right now it's all summer days, driftin' away, and you don't want to think about heading back to school, uni or college, thank you very much.

But that day will come, friend, and there's no better way to shut yourself off from challengingly loud accommodation and parties than with a solid set of noise-cancelling over-ear headphones. If you want earbuds, I've got a mini-roundup of back to school earbuds too, but for me, nothing says "I'm studying or just uncommunicative right now, please don't approach" like a nice big pair of headphones.