Schools
Alice's journey to Wycombe Abbey UK
Alice came to BE in May 2019 as a young girl with a love for art and unicorns, a little nervous about the idea of moving to the UK and some challenges with concentration. She is a delightful, smiley person and had ambitions for going to top all girls’ schools…
Spectacular educational journey for Cathay
Cathy has been on a spectacular educational journey. Starting at Edge Grove in 2020, Cathy enjoyed three years at the coeducational school, honing her art skills and engaging in a great many sports. Cathy is particularly fond of netball, lacrosse and hockey which combined with her artistic talent means she can get the most possible out of life in the UK. Living North of London, Cathy became aware of NLCS as one of the top day schools in the country academically and decided to apply, after a few years of coeducational schooling, all girls appealed too! Alongside NLCS, Cathy applied for Downe House, Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Woldingham and Benenden (all of which she gained offers from!) The tests at 11+ for NLCS are in English, maths and interview. For Cathy, the key focus was exam technique, concentration and vocabulary building. She worked hard with support from both the tuition teams and Alex to gain an offer.
Eileen gained an offer from Charterhouse School
Eileen came to us at BE Hong Kong in November hoping to find a school for the September in the year following. A tight timeline when many of our schools test two or three years ahead of entry point. Fortunately, Eileen is an intelligent young lady, dancer, grade 7 pianist and has a flair for the dramatic arts so we knew she would love life at a British school. Studying at that point at Harrow Hong Kong we looked at Oundle, Marlborough, Badminton and Charterhouse for her. Charterhouse impressed Eileen and her family during a school visit, the beautiful grounds and fantastic facilities really drew the focus. Nonetheless, Eileen had to make strides in the accuracy of her written English, quickly develop stronger interview skills and ready herself for a chilly January visit to the UK. After a few short months and lots of hard work (with a last-minute space opening up) Eileen gained an offer! She is now well into her second year and loving life. She is cheerleading, acting and taking full advantage of the opportunities available to her. Well deserving of success.
Helping Claire to reach her dream school
A year later it was time to help Eileen’s younger sister, Claire, to find a perfect prep school to help prepare for following Eileen to Charterhouse or to perhaps Wellington! The team at BE Hong Kong helped reaching out to brilliant prep schools locally and prepared Claire for visiting Aldro, Edenborough, Eagle House and Feltonfleet. A prep school application is a different matter to the elders and Claire learnt a lot about all that she would face in the UK as well as working on spelling and grammar within her writing. Nearing the end of her first term now at Eagle House, Claire couldn’t be happier, has made lots of friends and is taking part musically, on the sports pitch and in science.
Mizuki made her way to Phoenix House School
Mizuki in Tokyo, currently at Phoenix House School, will be taking up a place at Mayfield in 2025 joining their year 7. A brilliant dancer, diver and artist, as well as a delightful young lady, Mizuki decided that she wanted to go to a British boarding school after the BE events in Japan late in the Summer of 2024. With such a short time to prepare for testing in Autumn, she worked intensely with Alex and William in the Hong Kong office. Whilst confident writing and happy speaking in English, the online testing element was a challenge for Mizuki so she committed to lots of work in computerised preparation, vocabulary learning, British style maths questions and mock papers to see her scores rise. A highlight of her trip to the UK was absolutely visiting Mayfield.
