You’ve got the job. You’ve made the decision. For whatever reason, you’re on the move. There is always a lot to think about and it can be hard to know where to start. Find a new house? Or find a new school? And where are the good schools?
This is where we come in. The Good Schools Guide Education Consultants loves helping relocating families! We do it all the time. If you’re coming into an area you don’t know at all and where you have no friends to ask, then it can be tough to know where to start. And if you are also managing the family, holding down a job and dealing with estate agents and solicitors, navigating local authority websites or school prospectuses can be just a little more pressure than you want.
We know that it’s not just a question of a list of schools but of a manageable family life in terms of location, commuting and not going in three directions at once! Our twenty-five-odd consultants – all over the country though with a concentration in the south east – know all the schools and can find you as close as possible what you want for all your children. You may want them all in the same schools or they may need different schools. We listen and we find a solution that will enable a workable family life and have each child in the best school for them.
We can advise on catchment areas, admissions and even on where to live. We can help you with B and Bs or hotels if you need local places to stay while you visit schools. We can produce data and statistics if you want them or just tell-it-like-it-is reviews of schools with all the human detail like pastoral care and uniform a teenager might be prepared to wear.
While you deal with furniture removal companies and conveyancing (property and real estate transactions), let The Good Schools Guide Education Consultants take over your concerns about schools.
While there is no such thing as the “perfect” school and a good school for one child will not be a good school for another, there is no question that UK schools have a deserved world-wide reputation for all-round excellence. The Good Schools Guide Education Consultants regularly help children to gain places at all the top schools in the country.
The Good Schools Guide brings together the largest collection of data, information and advice about special educational needs of any organisation in the UK. It is authoritative, up-to-date and written from the inside – by parents for parents.
It can happen anywhere. Fortunately, in the majority of cases bullying issues will be dealt with sensitively and effectively.
We hope the answer to this, perhaps rather cheeky, question is, ‘yes’! All good parents want the best for their children. They want their child to have opportunities and the chance to develop every bit of potential they have.
Scholarships are there to be won. In general, scholarships are awarded to candidates who excel – either academically or in sports, arts, music etc. Most scholarships these days are not worth a large percentage of the fees though this is not universally true and, for example, a music scholarship can, in some cases, be worth up to half the normal school fee. Some scholarships are largely honorary which means that the scholar gets the glory but very little fee remission. Scholarships do not depend on the family income.