Articles for Tag "independent fee-paying schools"

Choosing A School - Thoughts For Parents

Finding the best school


St Trinian's or St Paul's - how do you decide?

What is your child really like? This is your starting point for finding a school to suit him/her rather than you. Having decided what your child is really like, ask yourself:

What do you want for your child?

State school or fee-paying? Day or boarding school? Single sex or co-education? It helps to have a game plan, even if you change it at a later date.


From Embryo To Eighteen - How To Survive The Education Highway
A lively look at education planning for children of all ages and their parents!Forethought to five 'Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six...

Saving For School Fees
  With the financial markets in turmoil, city bonuses slashed, unemployment topping 2 million and, in some areas, more than a third of pupils failing to get a place at their...

Questions To Ask When Visiting A School - Academic Matters
Will they enthuse, inspire, encourage?  Don't rely on league tables  - look beyond the headlines. Check-out our detailed analysis of results to uncover how well a school...

Questions To Ask The Staff When Visiting A School
What matters is what is important to you. Avoid disaster by asking the right questions before you sign-up but... ask even half these questions and you will probably never be invited...

Consultancy Services
The Good Schools Guide Advice Service 0203 286 6824 How can we help? The Good Schools Guide Advice Service is a consultancy run by The Good Schools Guide. It is a personal service...

Boarding Schools Explained - The Right Choice?
  Find the right boarding school for your child, with boarding options that suit your child and your family, and they will likely have the time of their lives. Boarding isn't...

Mix And Match State And Private Education
    It is no longer the case that parents opt to educate their children wholly in the private school sector or wholly in state education. Savvy parents are switching...

School Obituaries
  Investing thousands in your child's education? How do you ensure the school will survive your child? The death of a school can be a disaster for parents. Schools never...

What Price Boarding?
  It's not just the financial outlay... Most people are aware that, for the vast majority of boarding schools hefty fees and extras are a given, but what about the hidden costs? The...

School Fees - Extras
Beware the 'all-exclusive'.   While some schools offer a virtually ‘all-inclusive’ package, at others it’s akin to paying for a 5-star hotel then discovering...

Celebrating 25 Years Of The Good Schools Guide - Winchester College
     'A little bit of Oxford fell to earth one day, it landed in Winchester.' Keith Pusey's attempts to retire from WInchester College in 2009 didn't quite go...