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School & University Admissions

From preparatory school to university, we treat admissions as a single, unbroken piece of work. We begin with the child: a thorough assessment of academic ability, interests and potential, read against the entry requirements of British schools, from which we settle on five target schools and a plan for each. At every point of entry — 7+, 11+, 13+, 14+ and 16+ — preparation and strategy are matched to the child: the choice of school, the application, entrance examinations and interview practice, through to the offer and the first term. Our students have taken up places at some of the finest schools in Britain, Eton, Harrow, Westminster and Oundle among them.

School admissions · how we work

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Assessment and direction

  • An initial consultation of thirty minutes with our Director of Education Planning.
  • Academic assessments, with UKiset where a school requires it.
  • The Director interviews the student and writes an academic report, prepared solely for the target schools.
  • At a second consultation we agree the five target schools.
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Application and tailored preparation

  • The Director approaches each target school and submits the application; our consultant in China completes the registration and follows its progress.
  • A personal programme of tuition and examination preparation, adjusted as the student progresses and as each school requires, with a reading list suited to their age.
3

School visits, interviews and the summer

  • School visits in Britain, entrance examinations and school assessments, arranged on the family’s behalf.
  • Two mock interviews; and for the holidays, a summer school we recommend and apply to on the student’s behalf.
4

Settling in, and support thereafter

  • For younger students, guardianship in Britain by our AEGIS-accredited team.
  • Our consultant in China prepares and submits the documents required before entry.

University admissions

For able and ambitious sixth-formers aiming for Oxford, Cambridge and the other universities of the G5. Our advisers include former Heads and admissions tutors from leading independent schools, who know how these universities choose and what they look for. From an individual academic plan, references and admissions-test preparation to interview practice, each student is prepared for what their chosen course will ask of them.

University admissions · what the service includes (planning may begin three years ahead)

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First conversations and planning

  • How British universities admit, with guidance on subjects and A-level choices.
  • A written summary of recommended universities and a plan for subject examinations and British and international competitions, discussed with the student over one or two extended consultations.
2

Admissions tests and interviews

  • Two or three sessions on the admissions tests and interviews set by Oxford, Cambridge and particular courses.
3

University choices and the personal statement

  • Two or three sessions on the choice of universities, the personal statement and other application materials, through to submission.
4

Oxbridge admissions tests and interviews

  • An initial assessment of ability and potential by one of our experts; for students who go forward, ten structured sessions of thorough preparation for the admissions tests and interviews.

Written reports and assessments

The university plan, the subject-choice guide and the shortlist of institutions. Every significant decision comes with a written report: the reasoning, the timetable, and who is responsible for what.

We mark entrance assessments and mock examinations paper by paper, so that what remains to be done is clear, and set a week-by-week plan through to the examination itself.

Where a student is not applying through a registered UCAS centre, Ultra Education registers them with UCAS and guides them through the application.

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