Tried, Tested & Trusted Contents Welcome to UKAcademia! Tried, Tested & Trusted Welcome to UKAcademia! ............................................................................................................. 03 UKAcademia is one of the UK’s leading international education providers delivering bespoke services for Overview and History ........................................................................................................................ 04 UK boarding schools, international students and educational agents. We retain a wide range of partnerships with British independent schools, which ensure that every prospective international student or organisation is provided with a fast, friendly and professional approach to all dealings alongside presenting a plethora of ......................................................................................................................... A message for Agents 06 options ensuring that students have their needs and aspirations met. Application Support & Process .................................................................................................... 08 Over the past five years, we have worked rigorously in researching and designing new opportunities for international students and partner agencies. We network and work closely with a broad range of partnerships such as educational institutions, UK based immigration law firms, government regulatory bodies, top Exclusive Short Courses ................................................................................................................... 09 investment firms and business chambers all to ensure that our students and partners receive an efficient and professional service. All collaborations have resulted in building a robust foundation for our school placement and guardianship services. Exclusive Study Tours ........................................................................................................................... 10 Our partner schools have been carefully selected to ensure that there is something for everyone, whether this School Portfolio ........................................................................................................................................ 11 is seeking a subject specialism, scholarship opportunity or a specific location, UKAcademia presents an option for all. Furthermore, UKAcademia has been granted exclusive partnerships to enable us to support agencies with growth and marketing, as British based company, we are always available to support both school and Bilton Grange Preparatory school ............................................................................................12 students directly. Concord College .....................................................................................................................................13 This brochure presents an overview of our services and opportunities with useful information for families and agents. It will hopefully provide insights and key information about some of our different partner schools, range of courses and unique opportunities for families. Brockenhurst College ..........................................................................................................................14 Our aim and mission is to support families and agents with an outstanding provision for students all over the world and believe that we can only make this stronger and greater by growing together as professional Ellesmere College ...................................................................................................................................15 educational providers. Kingsley School .........................................................................................................................................16 We pride ourselves on being trusted as schools, agents and families have provided this feedback over the years and relationships with them have prospered. We believe in not only providing a service, we believe in nurturing and creating long lasting relationships that benefit students all over the globe. Lime House School ................................................................................................................................17 Mr Anoop Watts (BA Hons/PGCE) Guardianship Services .........................................................................................................................18 Managing Director Meet the Team ...........................................................................................................................................19 03 Overview and History Our History, Our journey... Since being formed in 2011, UKAcademia has grown from strength to strength and has built a reputation in the market as highly trusted experts by schools and agents. We have contributed towards making the recruitment smoother for “ I believe fundamental honesty schools, agents and families by creating workable models and structures that meet the outcomes for all providers. is the keystone of business.” – Harvey Firestone 2011 Objective – To build a strong foundation and provision 2012 ensuring that families, agents and schools are provided with the What do we do? Objective – To compile market best services and opportunities. research in the UK and globally. UKAcademia is a group of educational experts with a strong portfolio of experience including senior We formed a small team of professional advisors and leadership roles in schools, senior teaching, student recruitment and as regulatory school inspectors. We formed partnerships with schools, government bodies, school Principals to conduct research with the objective of business chambers and international investment companies understanding the global recruitment market extensively. We all share a strong passion and interest within the school recruitment market and together we have in the UK after establishing what our international/domestic developed a number of products and services that support all those involved in the process along with partners and international families are really looking for. strategies and opportunities which makes the process beneficial to all parties. To date, we have worked with Our team travelled extensively over a period of six months a number of top British boarding schools and in partnership with international agents to deliver support with visiting over 16 countries. Our research and journey was outstanding outcomes: both exciting and extensive and we have compiled a research paper, which we would be more than happy to share. 2013 l Placing over 150 students aged 7-18 into British boarding schools (For a copy, please get in touch). Objective – To Thrive and Grow l Providing outstanding guardianship services We started to recruit and place students into l Supporting international agents with exclusive contracts and agreements 2014 boarding schools from Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Russia l Providing schools with a diverse cohort of students Objective - Recruitment development and Nigeria for long term courses. l Creating a structured, fast and efficient admissions process and Student Retention l Offering unique opportunities such as short courses and study tours We continued to grow our recruitment model alongside l Supporting British schools in building an international provision harnessing our relationships with schools, families and agents. Our feedback from schools demonstrated that we are not only trusted but also that we are an integral source in building diverse student communities. 2015 – 2016 – To Build and Grow Objective l Russia 2017 - 2018 Through strong partnerships and family referrals we – To introduce a guardianship services, Objective started to develop and recruit students from a variety l Netherlands short courses and study tours countries. We also started providing consultancy Romania l l Kazakhstan l Bulgaria l for schools and further expanded our network by Spain l 2017 was a really exciting time for UKAcademia as we l Turkey China introducing consultants based globally and opening developed and launched our new short course and study our first international office in Thailand. l Taiwan l India UAE tour programmes which were created after conducting l l Hong Kong our research throughout the years. They were, and l l Nigeria Vietnam Sri Lanka l continue to be extremely popular with a large number of students enrolling. In 2018, our families, partner schools and agents suggested that a UKAcademia guardianship company would be beneficial to all. After working closely with local councils, registered bodies and legal advisors to ensure that a safe and effective provision is formulated, we are happy to The Future announce that our UKAcademia guardianship service is To continue working with new and current partners now up and running in the UK and abroad with the sole purpose of Currently we have over 50 vetted and high quality agents from fifteen countries, bringing partners creating outstanding opportunities for students all together and sharing good practice has ultimately led to students enjoying and achieving. over the world. 04 05 A Message for Agents “ We talk a lot about hope, helping and teamwork. Our whole message is that we are more powerful together.” Victoria Osteen UKAcademia’s vision and outcomes for supporting students and families gain the topmost value derives from working closely with our global agent network. Ultimately, agents and consultants share the same vision and passion in creating outstanding opportunities