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Bright World Guardianships

a programme offering first class organisation, support and host family accommodation for overseas students in uk boarding schools

www.brightworld.co.uk meet some of the Bright World Head Office team who will be helping you to take care of your child while they study in the UK

Cory Holden, Claire Ferris Guardianship Guardianship Care Manager Care Manager

Carol Stevenson Guardianship Care Michelle Ingleton Manager Guardianship Tammy Lindsay, Care Manager Guardianship Care Fiona Walters, Manager Director of Guardianships Bright World Guardianships

Bright World Guardianships Ltd and its sister company, Bright World Education Ltd, were founded in 2000.

Our role is to help overseas students to find the right place at a British school, college, or university and then to care for them while they are here as their UK based guardian.

Over the years our team of education specialists has helped hundreds of international students join the British education system and go onto top UK universities to complete their education.

If you are sending your son or daughter to a UK , then you will be asked by the school and the authorities to provide the name of a UK based guardian who is responsible for your child as you are not living in the UK. Parents who do not have a friend or family member who lives in the UK often turn to the services of a guardianship organisation such as Bright World Guardianships. Lana & James Foster Directors of Bright World As guardians, our vision has always been to create an elite guardian service that far exceeds the expectations of parents and their children. In doing so we have established an excellent reputation among the many UK boarding schools with whom we work. We can offer guardianship to students in many areas of the UK. Bright World is a caring and very efficient Guardianship “ Organisation. It is particularly Accreditation strong on ensuring that children Unlike many other guardianship organisations, settle well. Its choice of host we are fully accredited by AEGIS (Association families is carried out in a careful for the Education and Guardianship of and caring way International Students). This means our practises and processes have been thoroughly inspected and audited by this important organisation and we can therefore guarantee ” that we will act in your child’s best interest at all times. John Dunstan, Chairman, AEGIS WHERE BRIGHT WORLD OFFERS GUARDIANSHIPS 1. SCOTLAND Bright World offers guardianship at 100’s of UK boarding schools who know us very well. We work closely with the schools to help to take care of our Anna students during their holiday times. In each area we have a member of Dollar Academy staff called a Bright World Buddy. Each student is sent the details of their Buddy when they enrol and will School be visited at least twice per year by them. Their Buddy will also keep our Kilgraston School parents informed by uploading regular reports and photographs to BLINK, Lomond School our Parent Portal. Loretto School Merchiston Castle School St Georges School St Leonards School Fife Strathallan School

10. & School Martin 9.BRISTOL & King’s College Taunton WILTSHIRE King’s School Bruton Badminton School Alexandra Prep School 1 Millfield School Dauntseys School Queen’s College Prep School for Boys Monkton Combe Sherborne School for Girls College Sherborne School International Royal High School St Mary’s School Sandroyd School Taunton International School The Park School St Mary’s School Calne Wellington School Stonar School Tockington Manor Warminster School 16. Kirkham Grammar 11. / 4. CAMBRIDGE, Liz NORFOLK, WORCESTERSHIRE SUFFOLK School Lesley School Cheltenham Ladies College Abbey School College Alexanders International Windemere School Malvern St James Brandeston Hall Cambridge Arts and Sciences CCSS 13. Wycliffe College Beverley Finborough School SHROPSHIRE Framlingham College Adcote School Greshams School Judith Hethersett Old Hall School Bedstone College Kimbolton School Concord College 12. King’s School Ely Moreton Hall School Blundell’s School Langley School Oswestry School New Eccles Hall Riddlesworth Hall Wrekin College College Linda Royal Hospital School St John’s International St Felix School 12 School St Mary’s School, Cambridge Stover School The Leys School Trinity School Woodbridge School Wymondham College 2. YORK 14. READING, 8.SUSSEX Ackworth School BUCKINGHAM, Brighton College Ashville College OXFORD Roedean School Aysgarth school Bootham School Ruth Linda Adele Burgess Hill School Queen Ethelburga’s College Bearwood College Queen Margaret’s School Rishworth School Burford School GreatA Ballarddele School St Olave’s School d’overbroecks St Peter’s School School Hurstpierpoint The Mount School Godstowe Preparatory Harrogate Ladies School Headington School Heathfield School Stacey Kingham Hill School Slindon College Bridget Licensed Victuallers Newbury Hall International 3. LINCOLN & Battle Abbey School LEICESTER Buckswood School Eastbourne College Moira House School Kevin Queen Anne’s School Royal St Andrew’s School Lorraine Lincoln Minster School Rye St Antony St Bedes The Dicker Loughborough Grammar Shiplake College Oakham School St Edward’s School Priory Academy LSST St Georges School 7. , Ratcliffe College St Swithun’s School , HERTS St James’ School Stamford High School for ACS Cobham Trent College Wellington College Aldro School Tracey Wycombe Abbey School Box Hill School Brambeltye School Caterham School 6. City of London Freemens 15. BEDFORD Beechwood Frensham Heights Dee Bethany School Karen 2 Hurtwood House Astrid Bedford School Study Centre Farringtons School King Edward’s Witley Princess Helena College ; Pembury Priors Field School 16 King’s School Rochester Royal Russell School Rochester Independent Royal School Haslemere 3 Royal School, Hampstead St Leonards Mayfield St John’s Leatherhead Sutton Valence St Teresa’s School The Royal Alexandra and 13 Vinehall School Jenny Albert School 4 College King’s School Canterbury Woldingham School 15 Kent College; Canterbury Aldenham School 11 5 King’s School Canterbury Berkhamsted Collegiate Northbourne Park Bishops Stortford College St Edmunds Haileybury 14 7 St Lawrence 6 Purcell School 9 Queenswood School 8 5. ESSEX Royal Masonic School 10 St Christopher School Brentwood St Edmunds College Chigwell School St Francis’ College Felsted School St Margaret’s School Bushey Friends School Sandra Stanborough School New Hall School

YOUR GUARDIANSHIP PROGRAMME WHAT WE DO FOR YOU at

HEAD OFFICE The Head Office team is based in Sussex and is responsible for the organisation of the guardianship programme and offers parents and agents a ‘one-stop-shop’ for all matters relating to the programme. You will be allocated with a dedicated Guardianship Care Manager as soon as you enrol who will look after you throughout the year. The support you will receive includes:

PRE ARRIVAL • Processing your initial application, and informing the school that we will be guardian to satisfy visa criteria if required. • Provision of Visa support documentation if required. • Liaising with you on term dates and your host family requirements. If a family is required you will be allocated one to closely match your requirements. • Noting your flight arrival details and your instructions for airport transfers. Sending you a full colour profile of your driver once confirmed.

AFTER ARRIVAL As soon as the academic year is under way, your Guardianship Care Manager will be busy organising for all the events that will take place during the year and will contact you about:

• Host family arrangements for exeats and half terms • Day to day problems that may arise when you need a representative to act for you with the school. • Travel arrangements during holiday times • the emergency phone is managed 24/7 by a member of the Head Office staff team during term times.

THE GUARDIANSHIP PROGRAMME WHAT WE DO FOR THE STUDENT AT SCHOOL

LOCAL COORDINATORS/ BRIGHT WORLD BUDDIES

Our team of Bright World Buddies live near the schools are there for the student. They act as their mentor and independent friend in the UK and the parent’s representative.

ON ARRIVAL • The Buddy will call the student on arrival and let them know when they will visit.

• If parents arrive with their son or daughter they will be happy to meet up and, if required, will take them to see the host family we have allocated.

• On or shortly after arrival day the Buddy will make their first visit to see the student. A report will soon be uploaded to you on BLINK, our parent portal along with photographs and notes. During this visit the Buddy will introduce the Student Handbook and read out our Student Charter and Code of Behaviour so they understand our rules. They are asked to sign this and keep a copy.

THROUGHOUT THE YEAR • Your Bright World Buddy will call their student regularly and will make sure they are OK. This can really help to settle them in to school and makes a big difference.

• During their first time at a host family they will call them and after they return to school they will visit and run through a Host Family Care Plan to make sure they have been happy. The results of this meeting will be uploaded for you on BLINK.

• Your Buddy will attend Parents Evenings if you require them to and will report back to you on progress.

• The Bright World Buddy spends the year getting to know the student and generally offering any support they need and also there locally in case of emergency.

WHAT WE DO FOR OUR STUDENTS DURING HOLIDAYS AND UNEXPECTED SITUATIONS

YOUR BRIGHT WORLD HOST FAMILY why do i need a host family? • Some schools close for two or three nights each term (Exeat Weekends) and all students must leave. All schools close for one or two weeks in the middle of each term (Half Term). On these occasions, if your child is not able to return home they will need to stay with their host family. • Sometimes unexpected things happen. Students who misbehave can be asked to leave school for a few nights. If you are unable to book flights on the right day the school may be closed when you arrive or when you leave. We can help by arranging a host family for these unexpected times. In more recent times our host family accommodation has proven invaluable during times such as heavy snow or volcanic ash when flights are cancelled. important facts about your host family • All Bright World family homes have been inspected by Bright World. All adults in the family have undertaken a Criminal Record Check with us. • Our families are chosen for their kind and caring attitude and because they live near the school. • We aim to allocate just one host family throughout the guardianship programme. However, if as student doesn’t like the family we can change. • If a host family cannot host for a particular event then we will find you another one of equal quality instead. • Our host family will pick up from school and take back at the end of the stay. • under 14’s are supervised 24/7 • The family offers 3 meals a day and snacks and a caring, safe and warm home.

WHAT WE DO FOR STUDENTS WHO NEED TO GET TO SCHOOL AND BACK TO THE AIRPORT:

YOUR BRIGHT WORLD DRIVER

The driver who collects a child from the airport on arrival is probably the first person they will meet from Bright World. It is very important, therefore that they recognise them and can find them easily. It is also important that the driver arrives on time and is kind and caring.

• we will send a profile of the driver collecting the student including photograph, name and telephone number when we confirm the arrangement. • our driver will not leave the airport without the student even if the flight is delayed. • All our drivers are Criminal Record Checked and are reliable and caring. people who are fully insured with good quality vehicles. • Unaccompanied Minor service is also available for very young students.

When you enrol on the Bright World Guardianship programme, you will automatically receive your login details to BLINK. This is our Web based Parent Portal. It holds general information for you to read about living and studying in the UK and specific information about your child’s progress throughout the year including:

• Email alerts informing you we have spoken to or are visiting your child • Arrival Care Plan reports with a photo gallery so you can see your child with us at school • Parents evening reports - detailed summaries of your child’s academic progress • Host Family Care Plan reports - how they got on in their home stay. FEES & OPTIONAL EXTRAS

Fixed Service Fees: £1,764 1 year Refundable Disbursements Fund for Extra (£588 per term) Items not included: £1,500

What is included:

• Assistance from your (On application we ask for a Disbursements Guardianship Care Manager at Deposit fund which we hold in a Client Account. This remains your money and we only spend it Head Office throughout the if we need to. If you do not intend to use host year family accommodation or our travel service then you can discuss a lower deposit with us) • 24/7 emergency phone cover What we spend the deposit on: • 2 visits per year from your Buddy and regular contact • host family accommodation throughout = £35 per night for 14’s and over = £45 per night for 13’s and under • Sourcing and checking of a suitable host family for exeats (please note we do not arrange homestay over and half terms and/or in the Christmas or Easter holidays unless in unexpected situations exceptional circumstances)

• Organisation of safe and • fuel allowance of 45p per mile for efficient airport transfers and host families collecting the student other travel for your child from school. within the UK. • airport transfers - price differs • Liasing on your behalf with according to distance. the school regarding exeat and half term arrangements or for • Arrival visit to meet Host Family unexpected situations. with our Local Coordinator £20 plus mileage allowance • CRB checks and inspection of host families on your behalf • Extra visit to school or host family • on your request £20 plus mileage • Priviledged access to BLINK, our allowance Parent Portal • Additional Parents Evening when not • Emergency assistance for included in the year £50 plus mileage unexpected events, cancelled flights, suspension from school, • Visa extension service (in association illness. with a fully OISC registered Visa consultant) price on application.

Service Fee £,1764 (1 yr) Deposit £1,500 (1 yr) Total fees payable 1 year + = £3,264 HOW TO APPLY

To apply, please visit www.brightworld.co.uk where you will find a button on our home page:

Apply for Guardianship

This asks you to read our Terms and Conditions and then allows you to submit your application quickly and easily.

We will process your form the same or next working day and your journey with Bright World Guardianships begins!

We will do the rest.

We look forward to welcoming you to ‘ Bright World Guardianships. ’ For FREE advice and placement into hundreds of UK boarding schools contact our Director of Admissions, Sheena Trist

[email protected]

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