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How to Eliminate 80% of the risk and apply to just THREE international schools to get ONE offer

TopSchoolsHK

Feb 272 min read

How to Eliminate 80% of the risk and apply to just THREE international schools to get ONE offer

Are you feeling that getting your child a spot in their best-fit international school is complicated, competitive and costly?

Less ‘tiger’ and more ‘tea’ : Choosing a British tutor over there, rather than a tutor here

TopSchoolsHK

Aug 1, 20232 min read

Less ‘tiger’ and more ‘tea’ : Choosing a British tutor over there, rather than a tutor here

Finding the right fit tutor is as important as finding the right fit school and the private tutoring sector in Hong Kong is big business.

How a Top Tutor can make all the Difference

TopSchoolsHK

Jun 8, 20232 min read

How a Top Tutor can make all the Difference

Parents often turn to tutoring to help their child improve academically, build confidence and develop better study habits. A key purpose...

ESF K1, Year 1 and Year 7 Central Applications in Sept: FAQs: Updated for 2024/2025

TopSchoolsHK

Sep 1, 20225 min read

ESF K1, Year 1 and Year 7 Central Applications in Sept: FAQs: Updated for 2024/2025

English Schools Foundation, as the largest provider of English Language Education in Hong Kong, operating 16 primary, secondary and all thro

TopSchoolsHK

Oct 1, 20211 min read

The danger of an early offer

Thank you to The Standard for inviting us to speak at the recent Kindergarten Fair and for this summary of the pertinent points,...

Advanced School Research for Smart Parents

TopSchoolsHK

Sep 5, 20213 min read

Advanced School Research for Smart Parents

CSI :Are the schools you're considering robust and not about to go bust? Tips on conducting advanced research - Canny School Investigations!

TopSchoolsHK

Aug 23, 20211 min read

Grade Calendar 2023/24

It can be hard to decipher various schools' terminology, especially when it comes to grades. Here, we compare as best we can.

Waitlist or Wait Pool: What's the difference?

TopSchoolsHK

Aug 21, 20212 min read

Waitlist or Wait Pool: What's the difference?

Waitlists and waitpools : schools are selective and the selection criteria are, unfortunately, not transparent.

Diminishing diversity - the changing faces of Hong Kong International Schools

TopSchoolsHK

Aug 21, 20213 min read

Diminishing diversity - the changing faces of Hong Kong International Schools

One of the apparent side effects of this year's unusual evens is that more places are available in Hong Kong's international schools. Why?

Operation Application : Streamline your application strategy for success

TopSchoolsHK

Aug 1, 20213 min read

Operation Application : Streamline your application strategy for success

The admissions process may appear to be straightforward, yet it has a LOT of moving parts and needs to be planned and actively managed....

Space Oddity: School Places, Rumours & Reality

TopSchoolsHK

Jun 10, 20213 min read

Space Oddity: School Places, Rumours & Reality

There are many rumours flying around about available places at international schools in Hong Kong. We look into some of the facts and figure

Wycombe Abbey: Preparing Hong Kong’s Children for Success at Secondary School and Beyond

TopSchoolsHK

May 25, 20214 min read

Wycombe Abbey: Preparing Hong Kong’s Children for Success at Secondary School and Beyond

#sponsoredpost Since welcoming its first pupils in 2019, Wycombe Abbey School Hong Kong (WASHK) has gone on to build a strong reputation...

TopSchoolsHK

Feb 12, 20213 min read

The Demise of the Corporate Debenture

As admissions experts, we believe that professional management of an application can usually substitute the need for an expensive corporate

Why choose to work with an Education Consultant?

TopSchoolsHK

Nov 4, 20202 min read

Why choose to work with an Education Consultant?

The most compelling reason to use an expert is to generate a result you could not have achieved alone.

How not to pay application/registration fees

TopSchoolsHK

Oct 29, 20203 min read

How not to pay application/registration fees

In Hong Kong, the whole process seems to set the parents up for failure. It is often, in contrast to the UK, a very negative experience.

HeadTalk: Paul Friend, North London Collegiate School, Singapore

TopSchoolsHK

Oct 10, 202016 min read

HeadTalk: Paul Friend, North London Collegiate School, Singapore

At NLCS, we're so confident and certain that what we do is effective, that we're sure we can resist all those fads that come along.

Pushchair to Preschool: A Don't Panic Guide

TopSchoolsHK

Oct 5, 20202 min read

Pushchair to Preschool: A Don't Panic Guide

The notion of accepting applications from birth for international schools is also inherently flawed.

Baby blues: is it fair to take school enrolment applications from birth?

TopSchoolsHK

Oct 5, 20203 min read

Baby blues: is it fair to take school enrolment applications from birth?

Until recently, the market demand has enabled many schools to accept applications from birth. But most parents agree that this practice achi

TopSchoolsHK

Aug 29, 20201 min read

Why we don’t do hourly consultations

Time offers you no value. Parents often ask us for an hourly consulting, but buying more time, doesn’t necessarily lead to better results.

Debentures/capital levies charged by private schools - they are NOT approved!

TopSchoolsHK

Jun 24, 20203 min read

Debentures/capital levies charged by private schools - they are NOT approved!

EDB have been turning a blind eye to the way that private schools have routinely been charging multiple, "other" fees for decades.