two questions about studying in UK

Ruby1219

my son is now studying in international school Yr 7.
heard that if going to UK, usually either Yr 7 or Yr 9. But we prefer him to go later. Then, what's the 'best' year to join UK middle school ? Yr 10? 11? or 12?

and, what are the best middle schools for boys ? sorry i am totally ignorant about UK schools.

thanks for help in advance.

Fate

Dear Planning Ahead Parents,

On 9 Feb, I made a promise in the following thread,
http://www.edu-kingdom.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=2362194&extra=page%3D1&page=1
So I now keep my promise by starting this thread.

While looking at 'UK Education' option,
While doing the Research & Preparation,
You must have come across with some questions.

I now give you the link of Connection,
Allowing you to seek Clarifications,
Directly from the equally helpful UK parents.

Remember,
To also visit the following sites later,
To help you understanding UK Education better.

http://www.sbsa.org.uk/
(State Schools offers Boarding)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11950098
(GCSE/AS/A Level)

http://www.ngsa.org.uk/faqs.php
(Grammar Schools)

http://www.cre.org.uk/
(Campaign for Real Education)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/

http://www.aegisuk.net/code_of_practice.asp
(A snapshot of what Guardianship Service could be like)

Remember,
Always some in every country are 'Anti-foreigners',
So choose your words better when asking others.

The link : http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/secondary
Over 100 pages of threads already.
Read first or start a new thread if you're ready.

Parents, please feel free to discuss amongst yourself.
As I'm busy with the work on my shelf.
May sometimes return to help you to help yourself.

Good Luck to your Research.
Good Luck to your Child's Future.
Goodbye from my departure.

莫忘記：
海上無亂石, 那有好浪花;
人生無曲折, 那有好前途 。
共勉之。

Feeling Good Fate
www.fatesecrets.blogspot.co.uk
www.myboysmyboss.blogspot.co.uk

Fate

Dear Planning to send their children to UK Parents,

As promised in this thread back on 9 Feb, I'm to start a new thread, helping you to find the answers yourself by you having DIRECT contacts with UK parents, seeking their advice/opinions/experience about UK Schools/Subjects.

It's 2200 hrs here in UK, so I'm to start the new thread tomorrow morning (UK Time) after driving our younger boy to his primary. The title of the new thread should be something along the line of 'UK Direct' , 'HK Parents Connect UK Parents', 'How to Mentally & Academically for an UK Education?'....(Not quite decided yet)

Cheers
Fate
Do 1 Thing at A Time
www.myboysmyboss.blogspot.co.uk
www.fatesecrets.blogspot.co.uk

annie40

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真戥你开心! 没什么欢乐可比镁看着孩子成长上的快乐和进步. 走出去才知道原来天空可以不一样!

有日你个仔拿'Nobel Prize', 记得通知声! (我的另一种hobby 系发梦, 最近想幻想用35分钟跑完10K, 如果我都得, 无物无可能吧!)

Enjoy your trip!

annie40

Tommy,

學術基礎唔係好紮實的孩子,进入严格纪律的英国borading school后, 大部分都能追上和喜欢读书的. 重有得玩,  加紧找合适学校吧, 有好土壤和新鲜空气(虽然好贵), 幼苗便会自力更生地成长!

你是先头部队, 日后跟我们分享出洋父亲日记, 给大家指点和鼓励呢!

Tommy

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Annie,

多謝您的鼓勵，明天一早便坐飛機去英國了，剛剛開始執行李。除了幾件衣服之外，也帶了我們很多盼望，又擔心孩子能否追趕上，始終他的學術基礎唔係好紮實。不過無得驚，人地收先算，呢條路由我和太太安排，但最後是他自己決定。決定了就無得驚，No U turn.

Tommy

annie40

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令郎的母语是英文+广东话, 早已熟悉英式教育, 相信很快便能如鱼得水,
*****    ****
Tommy,

Perhaps I have Alzheimer that I've forgotten that your son studies at local school.  Please forgive me.

annie

annie40

Tommy,

其实香港的IS 课程算是松散, 如果不是东方人父母及到实一实, D成绩边有得同英国的私立一线学校挥, (无数据, 纯个人观察, 如果唔同意唔紧要, 就当我讲错)

在港的高薪外籍朋友, 系甘把孩子送回英国的boarding school, 爸妈留港揾食, 孩子放假即回港共聚天倫, 初时他们怕被标签为';紧张父母',唔多想提洋孩子出洋的真实原因, 后来才说女儿的boarding school, 六成以上孩子入oxbridge.  哗! 你话几有吸引力, 两年前, 小女跟她女儿成绩相若,, 我都有想过申请.  后来阿女和外子都无兴趣, 我又无勇气接受最坏结果(刚好阿女的资质系余下的三成, 入唔到oxbridge), 自己不就是'罗呢辛苦'吗?

令郎的母语是英文+广东话, 早已熟悉英式教育, 相信很快便能如鱼得水, 我见的经验总是非常正面的.  几乎全部读书好似D新年挥春甘:学业猛进!:

Have a good trip!

annie

Tommy

Annie,
妳絕對唔係路人丙喇！大家在網上認識很多年了。正如Fate 兄所說："生命裡有著很多exception。 "過去幾星期，事情有意想不到的發展，快到我只能用common sense 和直覺作决定。

学校O K 的，在BK 有很好的評價，机票已訂了，好快就要飛到英國interview ,如—切顺利，阿仔的生命將有很大的变化。又是—條不—样不平凡的路，我的直覺告訴我，這個大轉變对他是好，希望今次设有錯。現在出差，遲些再傾。

Tommy

annie40

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Tommy,

希望你唔介意我呢个路人丙的common sense意见 (凭空想法, 无个人经验)

For a Form 3 student, if he joins Year 10 in a UK school in the middle of the school year, is it very tough for him to catch up the missing curricular and coursework?  Is it another Mission Impossible?  How to tackle this challenge.
******

一间有责任感的UK boarding school ,如果在year 10 年中, 收录孩子入读, 应该有各方面的额外教学, 扶助孩子追上原来的进度和课程.  学校有义务解决这问题的.  家长也有 權利理解教学质量.  如果无把握帮孩子追回已缺席的课程, 有良心的学院应会明确地谢绝申请.   好像一般香港的IS, 绝对不收Year 11 and Year 13  的新生.  除非是很特殊情况

GCSE 课程不算艰深, 若孩子能收拾心情,而学校又有教学资源, 我想问题不大!

近日几个友人担心香港的IS 教学过于松散, 正计划让孩子往英国的boarding school, 无internet, 无电视, 从早到晚有编排, 边科唔够好, 有老师grooming 吓 (老师又是住在学校, 好方便!). 成绩唔会差!

2.   Apart from A Level results, are the GCSE results another major selection criteria for university admission?  In case a student only gets mediocre grades in GCSE but later on he strives to achieve very good grades in A Level, how much does the mediocre GCSE results affect his university choices?
****      *****   

GCSE 考得好, 好似预早入大学申请书时有少许'着数', 例如觉得个学生几好, 回复如个GCE有 2A + 2B, 就收录! GCE 放榜时, 成绩不差已有着落. 不用四周找大学. 当然是突然阿仔'平地一声雷', GCE 成绩奇佳, 甘就唔使等, 马上去Oxbridge 入申请书吧!

其实GCSE 或IGCSE 是预习试, 最终还是看GCE A level 或 IB 分呢!

如果我以上的common concept 有错, 唔该话我知!  谢谢!

annie

Tommy

Hope Ruby1219 and other parents don’t mind I put another two questions in here to gather more information.  

1.        For a Form 3 student, if he joins Year 10 in a UK school in the middle of the school year, is it very tough for him to catch up the missing curricular and coursework?  Is it another Mission Impossible?  How to tackle this challenge?

2.        Apart from A Level results, are the GCSE results another major selection criteria for university admission?  In case a student only gets mediocre grades in GCSE but later on he strives to achieve very good grades in A Level, how much does the mediocre GCSE results affect his university choices?

Many thanks for your advice.

Tommy

CPU1995

Hi Fate

Many thx for yr useful and valuable info.

As I am not familiar with the Eng edu system，would u briefly describe what is a grammar school and why the grammar schools drop from 800 to below 160?

For Reading, what's the updated inf on scrapping the 11+? Or else are there any planned changes for the remaining 31 state boarding schools?

It's quite disappointing to use catchment area as selection criteria.

HKdevil

To answer one of the parents question about Reading school, yes it is an excellent school with the ranking of 19th last year, while Colchester Royal Grammar ranked 11th.

But of course, like any other good school, it is very difficult to get in. I am planning to send my son there, but my lovely little boy said he wants to go a co-ed school where he could study with girls and boys!

HKdevil

I agreed with Annie40, well said. useful information are all good information, afterall, we call are independant parents, thus can exercise our own judgement. Besides, they are all for references only.

There is no need to attack anyone here, conflict of interest might not  necessarily be a bad thing, as long as they make it known. For one thing, it might mean that they are in the profession and indeed know the rules.

Let us all set a good example for our children and to love one another, not to attack one another.

God bless us all.

annie40

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真心喜欢Fate 和 Anglo-chinese 的分享!  我是牆头草, 觉得合用合听就学吓, 太复杂的我看不明白, 也学不来. (天生有防火牆), 非常低层次的.  你们皆是有心有力之人, 请继续坦白分享.

Fate

Dear All Smart Parents,

TIME

At last, the Time has come.
Although longer than I expected, 'someone' finally sent me a PM.
Attacking me for accusing her MISLEADING others.

It's about Time that I settle this Once & For All.
Because I believe GOOD should NOT be Teased by BAD.
I therefore have NO choice but to come back again.

I now respond OPENLY to the 'someone' sending me a PM,
The member named,  'anglo-chinese'.
The Following is addressed to 'anglo-chinese'

Dear Dr anglo-chinese,

Although you liked to address fellow parents with 'halo' (in 2#) and 'Hi Guys' (in 24#),
I was taught the Old Way & therefore would like to use the Old Way in the opening.
I trust you do not mind me beginning with 'Dear', then Dr.
(Sorry, what subject did you say you got a PHD in? Please refresh us)

TRUSTWORTHY

May I start with your following comment first.

點評
anglo-chinese Do you really trust Daily Mail? A newspaper who wants all foreign students and immigration out of UK? 發表於 昨天 20:20

To many people, your comment could be a Provocative Remark.
But I think differently as I do appreciate people saying different opinions.
I'm sure you're more than happy to share your answers to the following questions with us,

1) Would you be kind enough to enlighten us on WHICH WORD, SENTENCE OR PARAGRAPH of the 6 Daily Mail reports I quoted has contained, what you claimed, 'wants all foreign students and immigration out of UK'?

2) Ops.... If your claim is NOT based on any of the above 6 articles, but rather on OTHER Articles of Daily Mail,  may I remind you that in the Highest Court in UK, which upholds Justice & Fairness, will sentence a defendant BASED ONLY on the offence currently in court & the defendant's PREVIOUS criminal records will NOT be allowed to be disclosed.

Do you agree that you have made yourself appearing to be rather BIASED and UNCONVINCING, as your accusation against Daily Mail CANNOT be found in ANY of the above articles?.

3) Everything is Relative. Like I may not like my tiger wife that much, but I like my bear mother-in-law less. So, adopting the same logic, although I do NOT trust Daily Mail that much,  I am sorry to say that I find the Daily Mail is MORE Trustworthy than YOU. Do you think I have got the logic wrong?

Because you've a conflict of interest - you have started a thread, ' 有人需要英國監護人嗎？' ; continue to recommend parents to send child at Yr 9 MAINLY for the Home Fee status (in 2#, 31#) ; and you stated it YOURSELF in 31# , '2) choose a normal state day school and live with a host family.
I know a guardian company charge £800 per month for accommodation and food.'



(BTW, I am at lost when seeing your ' A newspaper WHO wants' - has the grammar been changed? Do we start using WHO to describe a newspaper?)

THREAT

May I point out that your PM could, to many people, be seen as a Threat because you've used the title,  'stop being nasty ok?',  your 1st  sentence began with, 'please stop attack me on my post', and your last sentence was,

'I feel sorry for your sons to have a pushy parents like you'  - which to many is TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE, A NASTY CURSE from someone REALLY LOW.

But to me, I just get used to deal NASTY People CALMLY (Sorry to be different from you).

I trust you do NOT mind sharing with us of your answers to the following questions,

4) Why do you think I was talking about YOU, when I have NEVER mentioned any name? (Is it because you felt you'd done something wrong YOURSELF?)

5) Why do you think I was being 'nasty', I was 'Attacking' you ? (All I did was to REMIND Desperate parents to be careful about someone trying to take advantage of them by providing MISLEADING information, the 3-Year Home Fee Qualifying Policy)

6) Why did you say, 'stop attack MY post'? (I thought it's Ruby1219's post. Was it because that you're SO INTO it, you WRONGLY thought the post was yours? And you WRONGLY thought how dare I was to remind others in YOUR post?

7) Why did you bring my boys into this? (Have you NOT learnt the Western Culture, which NEVER bring others like parents, children, spouse etc. into an argument?)

TRACK

In YOUR post, yes this one is yours,  ' 有人需要英國監護人嗎？' , you've stated that you've over 7 years experience of being a guardian, so for the sake of helping those desperate HK parents (i.e. your POTENTIAL Customers) and helping you to PROMOTE your business, I trust you are eager to share with us of your INSIGHTS on Guardian Services,

8) What LEGAL requirements that a guardian MUST meet? (e.g. license from statutory regulator/professional body, public liability insurance, minimum number of fire alarm/toilet/shower room in a house, minimum room size for students etc.)

9) Does the guardian have to be confirmed by the 2 UK credit rating agencies of NEVER having a Default? (www.experian.co.uk, www.equifax.co.uk) (Conforming a guardian is financially TRUSTWORTHY)

10) Does the guardian have to be cleared by the police and be given a CRB Enhanced Disclosure as children and the young are involved? (Confirming a guardian is morally TRUSTWORTHY)

11) Does a guardian have to be cleared by the NHS and be given a Health Certificate? (Confirming a guardian is MENTALLY stable AND has NO infectious disease)

12) Does a guardian have to be cleared by the St Johns and be given a First Aid certificate? (Confirming a guardian can perform life saving CPR before the arrival of an ambulance)

13) Does a guardian's home has to installed with a particular type of Burglar alarm? (Confirming help will come sooner)

14) Do you think it is REASONABLE to ask a guardian to provide AT LEAST two References of HAPPY customers? (Confirming a guardian is Consistently Reliable in providing a GOOD service)

15) Any other ESSENTIAL information that a parent should ask? (e.g. where a guardian lives - as some areas have more crimes than others, www.police.uk)

I trust you agree with me that given that there are 5,000 headteachers are Incompetent,http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/9062107/5000-head-teachers-lack-leadership-says-Ofsted-chief.html, and 1,000 serving police have criminal records, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8987795/Nearly-1000-serving-police-officers-and-PCSOs-have-a-criminal-record.html, you can feel why parents need to be VERY CAUTIOUS about TRUSTING someone to look after their innocent child, because every guardian will NEVER say they are a bad one themselves, will they?

You must have a good track record, so you must be 'over the moon' now for being given the opportunity to show what you REALLY ARE, and why parents should TRUST you and NOT other guardians giving a Lower price or just because they live in London, by you answering ALL the questions.

TRUTH

You've kept urging parents to send their child SOONER mainly because of this '3 Year Home Fee' status.

Given that you've been so keen in promoting this status ,and you've been in the business for 7 years with so many university students staying with you before (so you claimed), yo must have some TRUTH (i.e. FACTS).

I trust that you are so happy now to be given the opportunity to show us the TRUTH,  HOW PREPARED and HOW CONSIDERING YOU ARE by answering the following question,

15) DO YOU MIND GIVING US THE LIST OF ALL UNIVERSITIES THAT GIVE HOME FEE TO THOSE UK PASSPORT HOLDERS LIVING IN UK 3 YEARS PRIOR TO START THEIR UNIVERSITY COURSE? (about 116 of them, http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings)

   
    TRAGEDY

May I remind you that to many people, your NASTY COMMENT of,
'I feel sorry for your sons to have a pushy parents like you'

will make them Very Angry.

But I just FEEL SO SORRY for you.

Because for you to have acted SO LOW could only mean that you probably had been a subject of BEING Pushed YOURSELF (That's may be why you NATURALLY thought others are Victimised like you were before), or you have been UNHAPPY YOURSELF as you've NO LUCK in finding a DECENT, PROPER, WELL PAID job over many many years, might have been forced to carry on studying and might now end up with heavy student loan debt, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/news/article-2084992/Jobs-bottleneck-graduates-struggling-work-creates-backlog.html (Is this why you've to take on 4 students - a FULL time job at home?)

I trust you're to share with those hard working parents, who MAY Become your customers, spending a fortune in sending their child overseas, about your Job Experience, helping them to visualise what the future will be for their child,

16) Do you mind sharing with us your JOB EXPERIENCE after finishing your degree?

17) How much MORE you have earned after finishing your PHD when compared with you having a degree only?

DEAR ALL  SMART PARENTS AGAIN,

I've now completed my MISSION in this post with Better than expected results.

Because firstly, anglo-chinese is to answer the questions some of you have asked me through pm.  The most important answers you now to look for are the ones Regarding the guardian and the LIST. But to me personally, every singe one of the above 17 questions is important.

Secondly, you all now have a better understanding of vital importance of the Integrity of a guardian - NOT how much a guardian charge, NOT how much experience a guardian has, NOT how convenient a guardian's home is etc. but HOW IMPORTANT THE MORALITY  and MENTALITY of a guardian count.

Thirdly, I've shown you how (or how NOT) to Present Ideas Clearly & Logically, how to Back points with Evidences, how to Control the Flow, how to Exceed expectation... ..... , which does NOT require a PHD  but ONLY PRACTISE - if I can do it, so can you and your child.

It's been a great pleasure to share with you all and I'm to have my LAST sharing with you an E Mail I'd sent, which is attached below - how I try to build a network for our boys by sending an Open Invitation to All school parents, inviting them to our home for a tea.

See you lot again in MAY.

Best wishes
Fate
One can Fool everyone at some times,
One can Fool someone at all times,
But noone can Fool ALL at All times.
    www.fatersecrets.blogspot.com
    www.myboysmyboss.blogspot.com

Dear Fellow Parents

OPEN INVITATION

We are very Grateful,
To see our son progressing well and is Cheerful.
Thanks to CGS's Staff doing their job so Wonderful!

We then have a Thought.
If CGS's Parents would too enjoy Mutual Support,
By regularly coming together for a relaxing talk?

We are now Inviting,
You if free to drop by our home for a tea & a Sharing,
0915-1115 hrs, Every Term TimeThursday Morning,

We wish there would be a Happy Ending.
For us,   a Pleasure in Asking.
For you, NO Pressure in Coming.

Names provided
(Parents of X in 8X)
Address provided
(3-minute walk from CGS)
Home & Mobile Nos. provided
Emails provided

Fate

Dear Alert Parents,

I trust most of you now know the MAIN reason that I keep coming back. (As stated in my last comment 33#)
Which is : To WARN you all NOT to be MISLED by someone trying to sell you of her Guardian/Referring Service.
   
I have done my DUTY as a RESPONSIBLE Edu-Kingdom member, and would like to make my LAST Two replies (to CPU 1995 & tweetybird), which some of them may also find useful.

CPU 1995

1) The following article may be of interest to you, as the Reading School may have a Fundamental Change.
(Do read the READERS' Comments at the bottom)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1389623/New-11-plus-row-Tories-PM-urged-fight-grammar-schools.html

2) Also, the following sharing from a UK mum, made about  3 weeks ago may also be of interest to you,

'Our local grammar Kendrick is planning to change its current open policy to one based on catchment. Similar super-selectives such as Henrietta Barnett or the Tiffins or Queen Elizabeth Barnet have no such plans, despite the fact that many local students surely do not gain entry. Reading Boys grammar  has a catchment area, but accepts boarders out of catchment. Kendrick has no boarders so its entry outcomes will be affected significantly.

Reading is educationally more like Barnet than Bucks, Essex or Kent. So the proposed change will lower standards across the board within Reading, with Kendrick most affected.

Interestingly the change is only for 11+ and not 16+. This presumably because a fair few of the current girls would have to look elsewhere at 16+. In fact, academically selective options at 16+ are thicker on the ground than at 11+, so it would be less of an issue to introduce the catchment area at 16+ rather than at 11+. Better for local students too. So why a catchment selective at 11+ and super selective at 16+?

Apart from the obvious political pressure put on it by our MP who has his eye on local voters, I'm struggling to see why the change at 11+ rather than at 16+. Our venerable MP had initially pointed out that there is actually no shortage of places, but has since demonstrated that facts don't matter for him either. Putting aside the jungle mentality that passes over most of us when it comes to our DCs, is the Reading seat more shaky, is Reading more small-minded than Kingston or Barnet, is the Kendrick Governing Body weaker intellectually, or something else? There's been a change of Head at Kendrick, is this a sign of things to come, and of more erosion of the sort of school it will be?

This isn't about selection, more why copy Reading Boys when there's no boarding option at Kendrick, and why start with 11+ when 16+ would be far more sensible, possibly with a two year delay to allow year 9/10s to plan ahead. Most odd.

Are there similar changes planned elsewhere? Or already occurred?'

3) Regarding how to compare schools - could you wait until around May?
(I'm too busy at the moment e.g.finalising accommodation arrangement for my coming Jul/Aug 34-day HK trip with my family)

tweetybird

Below please find my quick answers to your  2 questions - contain Valuable information from INDEPENDENT & TRUSTWORTHY Sources.

1) The 3 Year Home Fee Qualifying Policy

     Please refer to my last comment at 33#, under WHAT, explaining in details' NOT every...& NO Guarantee....

     DO NOT LET ANYONE MISLEADING YOU ON THIS - ESPECIALLY FROM SOME HAVING A CONFLICT OF
     INTEREST (i.e. Offering Guardian/Referring Service)

     Scotland is getting more complicated as the Political Landscape is changing dramatically and will continue to
     be so, as  it is fighting for its Independence/More Autonomy
     
     http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2085143/Scottish-independence-Alex-Salmond-break-UK-matter-us.html

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2092925/Scottish-independence-debate-Is-end-Britain.html

     This will have a Tremendous Effect on how much you're to pay for your girl's university fee in the future.
     The fee is confusing enough at present and could be even more so in the future if Britain is to break up.
     
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2034143/36-000-degree-Edinburgh-University--youre-English.html
   
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2030676/Aberdeen-Scottish-university-raise-fees-9-000.html
   

2) Regarding IB acceptance by UK universities, the following articles may interest you (Do remember to read the Readers' Comments at the bottom)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2030670/The-International-Baccalaureate-backlash-Scores-private-school-pupils-ditched-A-levels-fail-university.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/9027992/Top-school-reintroduces-A-levels-after-exam-overhaul.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/secondaryeducation/8881037/How-to-choose-between-A-levels-and-IB.html

CPU 1995, tweetybird and ALL other parents, please be PATIENT, I'm to start a new thread possibly in May, trying to help you lot to find the full answers YOURSELF.

Amongst other things, I'll give you all a UK website where parents discussing education issues like Edu-Kingdom, enabling you all  to ask questions, share views, discuss concerns etc. DIRECTLY with UK Mums - to AVOID you being MISLED by someone trying to get business from you here in Edu-Kingdom.

Sorry, Ruby, I feel GUILTY of taking so much space of your thread, and parents please wait for another 2-3 months for my thread.

For the time being, do have another great weekend with your family - for whom we have come to this world.

Best wishes
Fate
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anglo-chinese

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halo

there are a number of schools that are doing IB nowadays in UK, there is absolutely no problem finding an IB school in UK so don't worry

here's a link to show what schools offer IB

http://www.best-schools.co.uk/league-tables/ib-schools.aspx

however if you are sending her back to Glasgow you need to be aware the education system in Glasgow (Scotland) is different to the rest of the country unless they follow A-level or IB, but I believe you should be able to find an IB school in scotland area.

One of my students went to Fettes College (Edinburgh) which run with an IB programme, their alumni includes Tony Blair.

For South East England (around 1 hr to London), i have students went to Charterhouse and King Edward's School Witley for IB and another for the IB programme in Cheltenham Ladies College

tweetybird

Hello Fate

My daugther was born in Hong Kong with dual citizenships (Hong Kong and UK as her father was born in UK) and now is a Year 5 student in a IB school.  

May I have your view please?
1) Should I send her back when she was 13 (Year 9) according to what others suggested in order to qualify for the home fee?

2) As IB is pretty new and not sure what Uni she can apply for, any thoughts?

Thanks very much!!

tweetybird

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Thanks for your valuable information.

In fact, we have a family there in Glasgow and London, and thinking of sending her back to Glasgow for the best.  In this case, I do not think a host family will be needed.

She is now with RCHK and a Year 5 student, and RCHK is IB programmed school.  I am wondering what choices do we have in terms of this background?

Thanks very much once again.