Age 9 study in UK boarding

dsm

Plan to let my son go boarding, better to put him in prep school or straight to senior "through train" school? The agent strongly recommend prep school as cheaper and better caring....but hv to change school at yr 9, but the agent said the process is simple, is that true?

orangelina

From Yr 9, it is much better to get in from Prep School

pet88

hv your agent told many 1-100 school are almost full and 100-200 the seats are limit it seem u are very late to apply so there are not many choice for u to go to in now so your agent suggest u to go to prep school.

orangelina

you sure you want to send your son to UK so early?
.... the boy may get very homesick...
I went to UK when I was 11... I cannot say I was happy!

hkparagirl

yes, exactly,  佢地好多都同 yr 9 的學校掛歐的，我仔仔 HK4年級來升 yr 6, 今年入大學啦，我都過埋來住，細仔都yr 11了

primary2007

請問你是租樓住定買樓住?平日你會做什麼?

hkparagirl

租樓，當然係返工，英國是消費高的國家。

cmaggie

Hi hkparagril,
My children will go UK to study this coming Sept. Is it easy to have a job there? I'm just thinking should I go UK too?   Or i need to find a guardian in UK.

hkparagirl

cmaggie, it depends on what kind of job you are looking for, for the office job might be a bit difficult。

primary2007

Are u looking for boys school or coed school for your son ?

cmaggie

My son will go to stats boarding school for Y10 this coming Sept. I don't have friends in UK, so I need to find a guardian to take care for him. Or I go to UK too.  But I think it is hard for me to find a job there.  Any good idea?

primary2007

乜寄宿學校生都要找guardian?

dsm

My son finally got admitted to 2 schools for this Sep and pending admission for another 2 which they are full this year and only offer next Sep entry. We actually went to visit these schools and obtained more information of them.

kate513

原帖由 primary2007 於 11-6-19 23:37 發表
乜寄宿學校生都要找guardian?

yes and u can find it through agency.

dsm

Anyone can recommend a guardian or a better agency? I heard that the service of many agencies are very poor. My son's prospect school will be either in Leicester or London.

dsm

Can you pm the agent contact pls, many thx!