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.

cmaggie

Just help my children apply UK state.
Pls see below information.

英國政府寄宿學校 (UK State Boarding Schools):

Adams' Grammar School (Boys) Ashby Grammar School (Boys) Brymore School (Boys)
Burford School (Co-ed)
Burleigh Community College (Co-ed) Colchester Royal Grammar School (Boys, 6th Form only)
Cranbrook School (Co-ed) Dallam School (Co-ed)
De Aston School (Co-ed)
Gordon's School (Co-ed)
Hockerill Anglo-European College (Co-ed)
Keswick School (Co-ed)
King's School (Boys)
Lancaster Royal Grammar School (Boys)
Old Swinford Hospital (Boys)
Peter Symonds College (Co-ed)
Queen Elizabeth Community Technology College (Co-ed)        Reading School (Boys)
Ripon Grammar School (Co-ed)
Royal Alexandra & Albert School (Co-ed)
St. Brigid's School (Girls)
St. George's VA School (Co-ed) Sexey's School (Co-ed)
Shaftesbury School (Co-ed)
Sir Roger Manwood's School (Co-ed)                          
Skegness Grammar School (Co-ed) Steyning Grammar School (Co-ed)
The Royal Grammar School (Boys0 The Thomas Adams School (Co-ed) Ursuline College (Co-ed)
Wymondham College (Co-ed)

hkparagirl

you can either email or phone directly to the school or boarding house, or apply via web-sites, some of the agency in HK can do it for you.

JChan

How to apply state boarding house?

原帖由 hkparagirl 於 11-3-18 06:22 發表
state boarding house 都有好架，你 choose Grammar School 有質素保證，my boys are studying in private school for a year then change to a state boarding school 的

hkparagirl

state boarding house 都有好架，你 choose Grammar School 有質素保證，my boys are studying in private school for a year then change to a state boarding school 的

orangelina

Is anyone looking for UK native English tutors for their kids before they go to UK in the coming Sept?

CPU1995

You may try these links for state boarding school and its 2011 rankings.

http://www.sbsa.org.uk/

http://rankings.ft.com/secondary-schools/secondary-schools-2011/1?fields=16541|16566|16571|16576|16581|16586|16626

For good state boarding schools, they normally admit students strictly according to the kid’s age. I applied one state boarding school for my 15 years old son last year but the Registrar required my son to study Year 11 instead of Year 10. Also, state boarding schools normally do not have weekend boarding facilities. Eventually, I found a public school for my son to study Grade 10.

If your friend's kid studies F.3 now, he would jump one form to Grade 11 and I think such arrangement is undesriable for GCSE year.

Except for the elite Colchester Royal Grammar School (ranked 11 in 2011 and admit Year 12 boarding students only), HK’s agencies do not recommend other state schools except for those very low ranking state schools. But there are about 13 HK students out of 30 boarding places in Colchester and HK students normally form a HK group in the school.

If you can afford, I think public schools are much better than state boarding schools in terms of facilities and qualities of teaching.

原帖由 AlanShirley 於 11-2-19 13:19 發表
想請問有無唔太差的政府high school有寄宿服務? 是否可經香港agent apply ?  朋友係有居英權, 想中三send小朋友過去讀書.

thanks !

[ 本帖最後由 CPU1995 於 11-3-6 09:06 編輯 ]

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.

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.

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

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.

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?

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

sumyee

請問如打算去英國讀書是否要早一年前報名??

sunnyleung

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

saramaco

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

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

Oh, it's great to know that.

thanks!