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FREE UK Schools Directory 2021/22 THE UK BOARDING SCHOOLS SPECIALISTS FOR AFRICA Student experiences 60+ schools Advice and guidance Welcome to the Contents latest UK Boarding 4 Help & advice School Directory... 8 Memories 13 London and South Choosing a boarding school is difficult East schools enough when you live in the UK. When 31 South and West you live overseas, it makes selecting and schools visiting schools a huge task. 46 Central schools For those parents with little experience of boarding schools it can be a daunting prospect; most rely on friends and family for 62 Eastern schools help and advice. Each child is different and each school is different. With a little help from the experts you can find that perfect 65 Northern schools place where your child will blossom and grow to his or her full potential. We offer support in selecting the right school plus 74 Welsh schools arranging advice on admissions processes, setting up physical and virtual visits, guidance on interviews and entrance tests, advice on 77 School listing and visa applications and answering questions on arriving in the UK. regional map We sincerely hope that you will find this directory helpful and informative. The directory is distributed throughout Africa at our Exhibitions, Information Days, events that we attend or as EVERYONE HAS A STORY a download from our website www.andersoneducation.co.uk. We would like to include your The UK Boarding School Exhibitions in Nigeria and Ghana personal experiences of boarding, as a parent or student, in the next provide an excellent opportunity for parents to meet Heads UK Schools Directory Please send from schools throughout the UK; please check our website for copy (max 200 words) to: up-to-date information on dates, times and venues. [email protected] We would be delighted to offer you our FREE help and guidance, every step of the way, until you have secured a boarding school place. SPECIAL THANKS Best wishes Special thanks to students, families and schools that have contributed editorial and photographs. Sara Sparling, Director Mark Brooks MBA, Director FUTURE INFORMATION Anderson Education Langton House, Meopham Green, Meopham, Kent DA13 0PY, England. Tel: +44 (0)1474 815450 E-mail: [email protected] “We make lifetime friendships” Website: www.andersoneducation.co.uk 3 Anderson Education Selecting the right school Sara Sparling is an Nikki Harlow is an Ask the experts for help and advice when selecting the ‘right’ school for your Education Consultant who Education Consultant, child. Although boarding schools appear similar when browsing the web or through prospectuses, in reality each has a unique quality. travels frequently to the who joined the Middle East and Africa to Anderson Education Our job as Education Consultants is to identify for their child. The education of each and every child meet local and expat families team in 2015, she has and match your child’s individual talents, skills and is one of the most important decisions we make, time considering a UK boarding a wide range of aspirations to a school that will challenge, encourage spent in early exploration and research is wise. Families school, summer or language experience in education and develop, to ensure that each child reaches his living overseas are looking for reassurance that their or her full potential. The purpose and aim of the children will achieve their full potential, in a happy, safe, programme. Her experience with extensive Education Consultant who specialises in school secure environment. Working closely with an Education as a teacher, expat wife, mother of three children knowledge of working with children with placement is to work on behalf of the family, to offer Consultant for the purpose of school selection should and as a boarder herself, enables her to understand Special Educational Needs. Nikki’s career has help and guidance in the selection of the ‘right’ school follow the process outlined below: the needs and concerns of parents. Whilst in the UK included working in schools and also as an Sara makes regular school visits to identify what is events and exhibition manager. She has lived unique and special about each boarding school and in the USA and the Middle East and her son ensure that Anderson Education has up to date attended a UK boarding school. knowledge and information. Mark Brooks Education Mark Brooks has been a Registrar and Marketing Director for major public schools and has completed an MBA which focussed on how families choose an independent boarding school. He has been advising families from across Africa for 13 years, as well as appointing Heads PLAN EARLY WHAT TO EXPECT and Principals for leading schools in West Africa. Mark Brooks is a 1. Early planning is advisable, allow at least 18 months. 1. The Education Consultant selects 4 or 5 Department for International Trade Export Champion, a Boarding Schools schools that best meet the agreed criteria, 2. Ask questions and identify the type of educational Association accredited agent and a member of the UK Ghana Chamber for your consideration. of Commerce. environment that would best suit the needs of your child; is it to be co-educational or a single sex 2. The Education Consultant will arrange for the school, highly selective or more suitable for the school prospectuses to be sent to the family. ‘all rounder’. 3. The Education Consultant should be available to The UK Boarding Schools Directory is available 3. Do you have any special requirements? i.e. Dyslexia, discuss the benefits of each school selected and at the UK Boarding School Exhibitions medical condition, learning or physical difficulties, generally answer parents’ questions. intensive English language provision. in Africa in 2022. 4. It is advisable to make appointments to visit 4. Do you require the school to be in any particular 3 or 4 schools. To see the school in action is Details can be found at area of the UK? important, parents are advised to visit in term WWW.UKBOARDINGSCHOOLEXHIBITION.COM 5. Have copies of the child’s School Reports available. time whenever possible. 6. Inform the child’s present school of your intentions; You can download the directory at: WWW.ANDERSONEDUCATION.CO.UK the Principal will be required to supply a reference. And view individual school details at: WWW.BOARDINGSCHOOLSADVICE.COM 7. Be clear about, if and when, you are able to visit the schools selected. 4 UK SCHOOLS DIRECTORY 2021/22 UK SCHOOLS DIRECTORY 2021/22 5 If English is not your Visas for Boarding first language School Students Why parents in West Africa UK Boarding Schools offer first class English in the UK language teaching and have a great deal of are choosing UK boarding experience in helping students, whose first language is not English, to improve their language skills. OVERVIEW schools in record numbers The EFL (English as a Foreign Language) You can apply for the Child student visa if you’re aged Department in schools and colleges offer the between 4 and 17 and you want to study in the UK. The number of students from West Africa choosing to study in the UK overseas student a warm welcome; they have an You should also: has increased by 80% year on year, according to recent Home Office statistics.* important role to play in helping the international • have a place on a course student successfully integrate and understand the Recently, I interviewed some parents who “There are more sporting activities and • have the consent of your parent or guardian excitement and challenges of boarding life. have sent their daughters and sons to leading extracurricular options on offer,” he enthused. • have enough money to cover your course fees International Study Centres have specifically British boarding schools to discover the “British schools are well-equipped and have and living costs designed pre-boarding and pre- A Level/IB courses; driving forces behind this demand. made great investments in infrastructure… • meet the eligibility requirements their aim is to ensure that the student’s English is of High-quality academic standards. particularly in music, science and mathematics.” a sufficient level to enable them to cope with the HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE Well-rounded education. GCSE and A Level/IB examinations. One father explained he chose a well-known You can apply for a visa up to 6 months before A Summer School provides an excellent boarding school in the South West for his two A mother I chatted to who sends her third your date of travel [outside of the UK] to the introduction to the UK, offering English language boys because of “a desire to lay the foundation child to the UK this September said that she www.gov.uk/child-study-visa teaching and activities, such as sports, art, drama and You should get a for a first-class education.” wanted a “balance of academic, extracurricular outdoor activities; a fun way to improve your English. decision on your visa within 3 weeks. and etiquette” to give her children a “well- Check the guide processing times to find out how long He wanted his sons to “benefit from the British Learning Support public schools’ centuries-long experience and rounded education that would set them up well getting a visa might take in your country. for the future.” We can recommend schools with excellent culture in moulding young people into confident, learning support for children with Dyslexia, FEES independent adults.” She emphasised the importance of an Dyspraxia and ADHD as well as specialist schools It costs £348 to apply for a Child student visa from He added that he invested in their education international environment that enables for children with Asperger's Syndrome and outside the UK.