Education Consultants for Parents in the UK

At EJC Education Consultancy, we help parents make confident, informed decisions about their child’s education. As leading education consultants for parents in the UK, we provide clear, impartial advice on school admissions, academic planning, and boarding school options. Our support covers every stage of the process, from early education planning to senior school and university preparation.
School Guidance For Parents | EJC Education Consultancy

What makes our school admissions consultancy in the UK different?

Our school admissions consultancy offers a personalised, end-to-end service for families in the UK and internationally. Led by founder Elizabeth Clarke, our approach is built on over twenty years of direct experience within leading British independent schools.

We work closely with each family to understand their child’s academic profile, interests, and personality. This allows us to offer independent school admissions advice that is honest, informed, and tailored to your goals. We act as your trusted partner, ensuring every decision is grounded in expertise and understanding.

Our team supports families worldwide, including those based in Singapore, India, Thailand, Austria, Belgium, the UAE, Turkey, and the USA. We deliver the same level of detail and care whether you meet us in person or online.

How do we help parents choose the right boarding school in the UK?

Choosing the right boarding school in the UK can feel complex, especially when balancing your child’s academic, social, and emotional needs. Our team provides clear boarding school guidance for parents, drawing on first-hand experience from within boarding education.

We help you understand the differences between full boarding, weekly boarding, and flexi boarding options, so you can decide which best fits your family life. You also receive insight into pastoral care, boarding school life, and how extracurricular activities help your child develop essential life skills and personal growth.

Our advice focuses on both academic standards and wellbeing, ensuring that the environment you choose offers the right balance of challenge, comfort, and stability.
School Guidance For Parents | EJC Education Consultancy
School Guidance For Parents | EJC Education Consultancy

What support do we offer during the admissions process?

We guide families through every step of the school admissions journey. From initial research to interview preparation and final school selection, we ensure you have the clarity and confidence needed to make informed choices.

This includes:

  • Education planning for children at prep and senior levels    
  • Support for entrance exams and scholarship applications    
  • Guidance on subject selection for Sixth Form and beyond    
  • Parent support in school admissions, including timelines and requirements    
  • Advice on how to choose the right UK school based on your child’s strengths and aspirations    

Each stage is managed personally, with detailed feedback and professional insight. We stay involved from your first enquiry until your child secures a confirmed place.

How do we prepare families for boarding school life?

For many parents, understanding boarding school life is just as important as helping their child prepare for it. We explain what daily routines look like in boarding houses, including study periods, sports, weekend activities, and social events.

You will learn about how most UK boarding schools manage mobile phones, pastoral care, and emotional support. We also share insight into how international pupils adapt to life within diverse communities and develop friendships that often last well beyond school years.

Our goal is to help you feel comfortable and informed about every aspect of boarding life, so you can make choices that support both your child’s happiness and academic success.
School Guidance For Parents | EJC Education Consultancy

How do we help international families?

Families relocating from overseas often need additional support to understand the British education system. Our UK education consultancy for families provides full assistance with applications, school visits, and interviews for international students.

We ensure that your family understands the cultural expectations of British independent schools and how different curricula, such as A Levels or the International Baccalaureate, may affect university pathways.

By combining international experience with in-depth UK knowledge, we make the process of studying in the UK as straightforward and reassuring as possible for parents and children alike.

How do we ensure your child’s wellbeing and progress?

Our guidance goes beyond admissions. We believe that a successful education should balance academic achievement with emotional wellbeing and personal development.

We help you evaluate how schools provide pastoral care, manage extracurricular activities, and create supportive learning environments. This ensures your child benefits from small class sizes, individualised attention, and strong teacher-student relationships.

We also encourage parents to consider long-term outcomes such as preparation for university life, independence, and confidence.
School Guidance For Parents | EJC Education Consultancy
School Guidance For Parents | EJC Education Consultancy

Why choose EJC Education Consultancy?

EJC Education Consultancy is independent of all schools, which means our advice is always unbiased and centred on your child’s best interests.

With over thirty years of combined sector experience and leadership positions in top British schools, including roles as governor and deputy head, we bring deep insight into what makes an excellent education.

Families choose us because we offer a private, professional, and highly personalised service that treats every child as an individual. We understand that family life, cultural background, and academic ambition all play a part in finding the right school environment.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you work with families worldwide?

The practice has more than two decades of teaching and working with young people across multiple countries, cultures, and genders to bring to the relationship. We understand youth in all its forms. Current families are based in Singapore, India, Thailand, Austria, Belgium, the UAE, Turkey, and the USA.

I lead and manage all the relationships I have with parents and students.

As soon as possible for the most in demand schools and I will give you a clear road map to navigate the differing requirements, deadlines, and processes per school.

You work with me throughout each stage of the school decision making process that is individualised for what you specifically need. Ability and willingness to work weekends and evenings to ensure that I can have the contact you need. Your child is front and centre of all decision making, and professional opinion and guidance is informed, unbiased. A serious commitment to the demands of a first-class education that is required by each student based upon thirty years of sector experience in the UK and internationally and over a decade of current experience as a governor of two schools in the UK, Downe House and Whitgift.

That should be understood. I do not have any personal social media accounts and confidentiality is what many current clients would comment positively about me and my approach to their child’s needs.

I work with you from enquiry to offer stage and your child joining school.

Yes. Scholarships and bursaries (financial aid) will all be part of the decision-making process for you and your child when considering school choice, culture, and opportunity.

Yes. All subject choices will be discussed as part of the decision-making process for school options at 16+ together with curricular opportunities. These will be based upon ability and interest, university course options, and graduate employment data, together with the skills, knowledge, and wider requirements as a lifetime of adulthood.

Yes. I support with all types of subject specific testing as well as neurodivergent learning. specific subject support for example with verbal or non-verbal reasoning, CAT 4 testing.

Yes, once I have asked the family concerned.

A vast range of prep and senior schools. They include Hazelgrove, Port Regis, The Dragon, Cottesmore, Godstowe, Summer Fields, Eton, Harrow, Radley, Sherborne Boys, Sherborne Girls, Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Wellington College, Charterhouse, Millfield, Oundle, Uppingham, Downe House, Wycombe Abbey, Cheltenham Ladies College. Boarding schools out of the UK include Aiglon College in Switzerland and Philips Andover, Philips Exeter, Groton, Miss Porters and other East Coast boarding schools in the USA as well as West Coast boarding schools such as Cate School (Carpinteria, near Santa Barbara), The Thacher School and Woodside Priory School (Portola Valley, near Silicon Valley) Entry points have been at 11+, 13+ and 16+.

Yes. EJC Education Consultancy supports you fully and in an unbiased manner as a constructively critical’ friend and adult to navigate the opportunities and the requirements of each school that is of interest to you and that you can successfully contribute to as a prospective pupil, current pupil, and an alumni member. There are outstanding boarding schools located globally.

Yes. Sometimes families with children in US curriculum schools around the world, particularly those children taking AP’s want to remain with a US High School Diploma offering enhanced with AP provision. Some boarding schools in Switzerland offer this alongside the IB diploma and there is some US schools located in the UK which have boarding and can provide this opportunity. The choices should always be based upon unbiased and data driven research which provide children with the ‘deep fit,’ required for a happy and successful school life and a durable foundation for college or university in the US and beyond.

Begin your child’s education journey with confidence

If you are considering British independent schools or exploring school options for your child, our education consultancy for families in the UK can guide you through every step.

Contact EJC Education Consultancy today to arrange a confidential consultation. We will help you choose the right school, prepare your child for entry, and ensure their long-term success in education and beyond.

Learn more about our approach to UK school placements or contact us directly to start your journey.
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