What is the School Advice Service?
British experts provide one-stop support for choosing the right UK boarding school and the application and enrolment process.
Finding the best school that suits your child’s personality, interests, English ability, and your family’s wishes is not an easy task. Especially when it comes to the UK, not your own country, the complicated procedures and lengthy process require a deeper understanding and broader knowledge.
As experts in the UK, Pippa’s Guardians has built strong, trusted relationships with approximately 150 schools across the UK over many years.
With the latest information and wide range of options available only from experts based in the UK, we can help you select the school that best suits your child and family’s needs and complete the application process.
School Advice Service Features
- Services provided by British experts with deep knowledge of British education
- Strong relationships of trust with schools and a unique network
- Introducing ability tests to help students choose schools based on their academic ability
- Local support during school visits by experienced staff
- No registration fee required. Simple and easy-to-understand fee structure
- Japanese service provided by Japanese staff
Service Process
This bespoke service is delivered via online consultation and email and consists of 12 steps. Please see our brochure for more details.
Our Japanese staff will explain the service overview and the British education system.
We will hold an initial online consultation to provide you with more specific details.
After applying and registering via the online form, we will guide you through the initial payment process.
To accurately assess your child’s English proficiency and cognitive ability, we will have them take an exam similar to that used by UK private schools.
We will listen in detail to your child and family’s wishes regarding school selection.
Our team in the UK will create a profile sheet with photos and information about your child.
We will shortlist a number of UK boarding schools to identify the school that best suits your needs.
We recommend that you visit the school of your choice with your family before taking the entrance exam. We will make individual arrangements for school tours. We can also arrange for experienced staff to accompany you and provide transportation.
After you have decided on the school you wish to apply to, we will handle the application procedures on your behalf, which vary depending on the school.
Schedule an exam date and take the exam.
Once the results are in, a final decision will be made.
Introducing our guardianship service. Your area manager, who is familiar with the school, will continue to provide detailed advice.
Who delivers the service?
Ben Hughes
Pippa’s School Advice Service is delivered by Ben Hughes, Managing Director of Pippa’s Guardians, and the Pippa’s School Advice Team.
Ben is the guardian to many overseas students who currently study in approximately 200 boarding schools throughout the UK. Through his guardianship work, he has gained extensive and detailed knowledge of many of the UK’s most prestigious boarding schools as well as their admissions teams. This enables him to provide timely, insightful and knowledgeable information to overseas families on the most suitable schools for their child.
Here in the UK we have over 430 boarding schools so there are a wealth of options for overseas families. Some schools are particularly academic with strong Oxbridge results, other school’s strengths lie within their art, sport or musical departments. We have co-educational as well as single sex schools, city centre and countryside locations. Ben has to work extremely hard to secure a place for his students. There is a vast amount of options and Ben can help you navigate these decisions so your child attends the most suitable school for them, allowing them to maximise their chances of success in the UK, whilst also enjoying a happy and safe educational experience.
Kate Canenti
Kate is the Schools Advice Service Manager and she is in charge of managing the UK side of things, such as school visits and applications. She has a long career in the marketing department of a major company. While living abroad due to her husband’s work, her three children went on to boarding schools in the UK. In her current position she is making use of her deep knowledge of education based on her own experience and her wealth of experience.
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