Category: Tips for Parents

An open day gives you roughly ninety minutes to judge an institution your child may attend for seven years. The

If you’re confused by British school terminology, you’re in good company — the system seems designed to mislead. “Public” schools

Let’s start with the number nobody puts in the prospectus. Educating one child privately from 11 to 18 now costs,

Virtual open days were born in lockdown and survived because they turned out to be genuinely useful — above all

Most children experience an open day as two hours of being walked around behind adults talking about Ofsted. They learn

Every year, a significant number of families choose a school without setting foot in it — or with only the

Ask a hundred parents how they chose their child’s school and most will describe the same process: they looked at

Most parents leave an open day having asked polite questions and received polished answers. The Head was charming, the facilities