UK INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS ...A very international British education


The perceived rigour of a UK-style education, alongside the global recognition of its qualifications, appears to be fuelling this growing demand around the world. According to a new British Council research report, Global Expansion of UK Boarding Schools: A Study of Branch Campuses, the past year has seen rapid expansion of UK boarding schools across the world, with growth centred on East Asia and the Middle East. And there are no signs of this trend reversing, as strong economic growth in regions such as Asia is creating a growing middle class eager to give their children a quality education. Parents surveyed by the British Council during a recent UK schools and colleges exhibition in Hong Kong confirmed that there was a long-standing belief that attending a UK boarding school would lead to a successful application to a UK university. “The priority given to education rises alongside the growth of the global middle class,” said Anna Esaki-Smith, author of the report. “Thus, the expansion of UK boarding schools overseas is a reflection of not only that correlation, but the belief that a UK-style education provides a quality academic experience.”


Mark Herbert, head of schools’ programmes at the British Council, said, “The UK has long held a reputation for world-class education, and this emerging opportunity for growth overseas is exciting. It is too soon to tell the long-term impact of how the cultures of some of the UK’s oldest boarding schools will combine with communities thousands of miles away, but, with the current approach, there is potential win-win for both sides.”


As John Bagust, member of the Council of British International Schools (COBIS) executive committee and head of primary schools at Prague British School, said, “With a perpetually changing world, there are now more people working abroad than ever before, and that change in work patterns has created a huge need for high-quality British schools abroad. As leaders of these schools, we have been given a huge challenge to ensure that these ‘global nomadic’ families, not only from Britain but from across the world, have access to the best British education can offer.”


Box Hill School


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