UK EDUCATION


finding School choice


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the fit


Parents moving to a new location must make host of decisions about their children’s education. Following November’s Independent Schools Show in London, Relocate presents advice and tips from some of the UK’s most respected headteachers on how to find the right school.


here is no such thing as the perfect school; every family is different, and every child is an individual


with specific needs and requirements from their education. Parents need to make decisions about


what is best for their children when moving to a new location and looking for a new school. Some of these decisions may be tough. Added to this are the often- underestimated complications of meeting deadlines for complex independent admissions arrangements and entrance examinations. At this year’s Independent Schools


Show in London’s Battersea – where hundreds of the UK’s leading independent schools came together to help parents choose schools for their children – Relocate


heard from some of the country’s most esteemed headteachers about matching schools to children’s individual needs.


Setting aside emotion Before parents engage with the quantitative research that is involved in finding the right school for their child, their initial shortlist may be inf luenced by unhelpful emotions and unwarranted perceptions of a school’s attributes, said Sir Anthony Seldon in his session, Action for Happiness. As vice-chancellor of the University


of Buckingham and former headmaster of Wellington College, Sir Anthony warned parents in the audience of the dangers of selecting a school because it was fashionable or popular. He also advised


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