United Kingdom

Continuing the series of interviews with representatives of the schools who visited our exhibitions in Lviv and Kiev in February I talked with Abbey College in Malvern, UK. A representative of the school surprised me with a small number of students in the school, told about short-term academic programs and preparation for the University program Foundation in high school. Read more in my interview:L: What is the main advantage and feature of the school?R: Primarily, we are talking about the location – campus of our school is located in Central England in an amazingly…

Millfield School is the biggest co-educational boarding school in UK. You will not find this school on the top of ranking pages. At the same time it's so popular that you would need to apply to the school for the year ahead. That's despite the fact that high school alone has more than 1,200 students. During the ICEF conference in Berlin the representative of Millfield School explained me the lackluster performance in the ratings and why the school is so popular among British and international students.

Senior School and Junior School

The school is divided into two…

A real find for me was meeting with representatives of the National Mathematics and Science College, British school which prepares students for admission to programmes in STEM field of best universities in the world. The concept of STEM education includes 4 key academic disciplines: science, technology, engineering, mathematics. STEM education is actively developing in the West becoming one of the most promising training program at universities, that is why the collaboration with the school of such a level I consider being very promising.

Several advantages of studying in England in…

School for boys Whitgift School has an excellent academic reputation and at the same time is among the schools with the best sports results. School can boast of graduates who have occupied prize-winning places at the Olympics as well as surprise by boys' interest in such subjects that seems to be popular only in girl school. About this all we talked with a representative of Whitgift School at an international conference in Berlin.L: The school is located in the capital of England and still has sport infrastructure for professionals right on campus. That's impressive!R: Yes, we are…

During his last tour of international schools, I visited one of the best schools for girls in Scotland Kilgraston School. The first thing I noticed when I walked on campus, is incredibly happy and smiling students. When I asked whether they like to study here, the girls jumped with delight and clapped their hands, expressing happiness. I've never seen such reaction in any school I visited! So the first question I asked the representatives of Kilgraston School was how they can make kids so happy at school. In their impressions of the school, In this review I will talk about the sports…

Among all British schools at secondary education workshop ALPHE I chose to meet Mill Hill due to a few reasons:first, the school is located in North London in so-called Mill Hill Village which allows students to live and learn in the British capital;second, foreign students can get into independent British school Mill Hill where there are only 5% of international students;third, in 2015 Mill Hill opened international college with carefully selected teachers and small classes that allows children to adapt quickly to studying abroad.From my interview you…

I maintain contacts with all students whom we helped to enter schools abroad. Not so long ago, back home on holidays my student Nastya. We helped her with admission to the International Baccalaureate program at ACS Cobham International School. She eagerly agreed to give me an interview in the office of the company "Aspect" to tell about her experiences during the first semester at the school.We talked with Nastya about her adaptation to school, the features of International Baccalaureate in ACS Cobham and also learned about her future plans to study.L: Tell us about your first…

international IB school ICS Primary School in London

Initial branch of the international IB school ICS is located in the heart of London, just across the road from one of the city's beautiful parks – Regents Park. Elementary school is only the first stage, through which the children enrolled in the international program IB. So in fact, the ICS school consists of three schools located in different districts: elementary, secondary and higher. Despite the fact that for admission to the Diploma Programme in high school no prior learning in the IB system, more and more…

Recently, in the office of company "Aspect", I held a meeting with the representative of one of the ranking schools in the UK, Queen Ethelburga's College. The school is located in the suburbs of York, according to the "Time", is ranked in the top five schools in the North of England. I, first of all, interested in the ability of our students to enroll in school to get secondary education on such a high level.In the interview we discussed what the benefits of the campus of one of the largest boarding schools in the UK, why are different requirements for admission to…

IB school St. Clare's, based in Oxford, has interested me for several years ago: the consistently good results of the school's graduates and the neighborhood with one of the most famous universities in the world looked promising. So one gray December day, on Christmas Eve, I boarded the train to Oxford and went to meet with the school representatives.

To start with, some statistics about the school:

The Saint Clair School has about 280 students, which is indicative of the relatively large size of the school.In 2015, the school was ranked sixth in the…