2011到英國讀YEAR 10

saramaco

有冇人打算2011年到英國讀YEAR 10, 已經有學校收左, 真的很擔心, 好多學校都FULL左, 阿仔到而家都未有著落.

peter_pan

Which school is your son in at the moment & which schools have you tried?
You may have to lower your sight & try for schools with lower ranking.

saramaco

我個仔是屬於MID-LEVEL, 現於直資中學就讀, 現在已在試200-300RANKING的學校了, 好多自己喜歡的學校已FULL了, 試都冇機會, SO SAD!

sosonut

Keep trying!!!
You can email the schools directly or ask for more infomation from agentS.
Add oil and good luck!!!

wymanbutt

直接問學校來得直接快捷 一般都覆得好快  而且agent好多時候都唔多唔少有誤導成份

而家係收生高峰期搶手的學校係好容易爆額 不過可以試keep住問有時會有學生放棄學位而你的仔仔可能有機會

如果想揀位於200-300的學校可以考慮離倫敦遠少少甚至中部的學校
由於位置所以可能尚有学額 而且學費會相對廉宜些 不過可能有Ｄ要轉多程機

不過我個人就覺得year10黎講學校係中部城市市郊附近可以考慮 一來離倫敦遠以防小朋友掛住玩 但近個城市又唔怕會太悶悶襯小朋友

天氣黎講其實全國都差唔多 真係除非你上到去蘇格蘭

Good luck, 希望你仔仔搵到好學校！

saramaco

多謝晒各位的意見, 有學校收左我個仔啦, 好開心!!!!
你們對PRIOR PARK COLLEGE (BATH) 有什麼意見?
謝

albertpapa

The college is placed within the 10% amongst all hugh school and can't be bad on academic side. Bath is one of the oldest Roman town in the UK and a peaceful city. Good luck to your son's study in the UK.

saramaco

Oh, it's great to know that.

thanks!

CPU1995

You may refer to the following link (p.3)  to see the ranking of Prior Park College which ranks 276 out of 1000 top schools:

http://media.ft.com/cms/22547534-1554-11de-b9a9-0000779fd2ac.pdf

saramaco

Thanks for info. It seems Prior park is quite okay la, right? Glad to know. ha... ha....

sunnyleung

How much per year for year 9 in Bath boarding school?

sumyee

請問如打算去英國讀書是否要早一年前報名??

saramaco

如果打算去英國讀書, 最好讀完FORM 2過去讀YEAR 9, 由於英國學校以YEAR 9 及SIX FORM為收生階段, 以我個CASE - 報讀YEAR 10, 便好像申請插班, 學位很少, 我於9月已開始找學校, 但好的學校好多時都已FULL, 所以選擇不多

還有, 有些學校於1-2年前已可申請, 你可以先查那一間學校想報, 再到學校網頁看可於何時報讀, 有些好的學校, FULL到連WAITING都唔收, 早D CHECK會好一點

PRIOR PARK 學費是7000幾磅一個TERM, 1年3個TERM

wapwap

想亞女讀完中一後往英國讀書, 會否太早?  是不是讀完中二先過去會好些?

lindalin02

我女而家中一, 已有中學的offer YR9, 打算9月過去讀, 讀完中一去讀YR9剛剛好, 如果讀完中二考YR10的話, 可能到時好多中學都無位, 仲煩! 除非你想讀完中二才升YR9.

sumyee

請問year 9 是不是等同香港的中三?? 我小朋友現時讀中一, 想讀完中三後去英國讀中四, 好似 saramaco 講 到時是插班生,好難搵學校.

lindalin02

如果當中五會考等於GCSE的話, YR9等於中三.
但英國入學主要看年齡, 當地day school YR9 入學年齡為13+, 所以HK讀完中一過去讀YR9並沒有跳級, 我女兒的小學同學, 中學進了本地的國際學校, 也將在9月升YR9.

有部分的boarding school會接受大一年的小朋友入學, 配合國際學生的要求.

CPU1995

-Year 9 is equivalent to HK Form 3 while Year 10 is equivalent to HK Form 4.

-The places for Year 9 are less competitive than entry for Year 10 since many students studying Year 8 would change to other schools for whatever reasons.

-I don’t think that it is too difficult to apply for Year 10 if you submit the application before July of the previous year. In my case, I could also find a within 100 ranking school for my son for Year 10 last year even though I submitted the application in Dec 2009.

-I think that Year 9 is an orientation phase while Year 10 is an acceleration phase for GCSE exam. So it is more desirable to start Year 9 rather than Year 10.

-In any case, I would ask the following questions before acceptance of offer:
-The ratio of Asian students in the school.
-The ratio of Asian students in the boarding house. (Some schools may only have 5% Asian students in school but these 5% students amount to 99% Asian students in the boarding house)
-Is it required for my kid to go to host family if my kid suffers from illness in school (some schools may not have medical centre)?
-What’s the min requirement to promote to Year 12?
-The academic profile of all school teachers. Some famous foremost boarding schools may have over 40% teachers who are graduates from Oxbridge. This information may be found in school’s website or school booklet which may be released to students only.
-Ask the school how to buy 2nd hand school uniform instead of new one. This may save you several hundred pounds.