Paradise London services for selecting the right schools and arranging admission to them

• Identifying the family's needs and interviewing the child (of school age) in Russian and English (if their age allows), or testing the child's language proficiency.
• Selection of 2-5 schools in the UK and/or Switzerland that ideally match the family's needs, the child's character and abilities, and are realistic in terms of admission for the specific child. If necessary, we select more schools at no additional cost. For example, if the child was unable to enrol in any of the selected schools. This happens very rarely. But in case of failure, you know that we will continue the process until we find a place in a good school. At no extra cost.
• Assistance in choosing a programme for each individual child.
• Organisation of school visits at no extra cost (except for the escort service).
• Organising the admission process, including filling out all forms, providing invoices, helping with organisational payment issues, advising on which of the schools offering a place is best to choose, and helping to understand the school contract or terms & conditions.
• Preparing your child for the school interview, coordinating the interview time with both parties, and tracking the process of writing entrance exams.
• Filling out all paperwork and explaining all the pitfalls.
• Answering all the numerous questions parents have during the application process: you can always call us, we work on a turnkey basis!
• After signing the contract and receiving the prepayment, we create a working group on WhatsApp, where we will communicate with all participants in the process. We will be in touch with you, promptly answering any questions at any time from the moment you contact us until 1 October of the first academic year. Even if you contacted us several years ago!
• Assistance in preparing for departure, explaining school rules, events throughout the year, a list of things to bring, laundry tags, providing a list of extracurricular programmes and clubs/sections of interest, helping your child choose and register for them so that they can integrate immediately.
• Explanation of which extracurricular programmes will make the applicant's university application more attractive.
• Assistance with subject selection.
• Arranging a guardian (a requirement of British schools if the student lives in a boarding house).
• Arranging airport transfers.
• Supervision during the first month of study, helping both children and parents to relax and adapt.

First, we conduct a consultation, which lasts from 1 to 2 hours, in a format convenient for the client: video or audio. During the consultation, we discuss the child's characteristics and the family's goals, explain the nuances of the British or Swiss secondary education systems, and outline possible educational paths for the child.
After the consultation, once the client is satisfied with our level of expertise, they make a decision about further work.

How our work will be structured

After signing the contract, we begin the assessment, collect documents and compile a list of suitable schools. This stage takes at least a month, and considering public holidays and the need for timely responses from the client, it often takes about a month and a half. Once these steps are complete, we proceed to register with the selected schools.

The following steps are carried out sequentially during the process:

1. Conducting two interviews:
– in Russian to understand the child's characteristics and preferences;
– in English to assess their language proficiency.
(Specialists work by appointment, and there is a waiting list for interviews.)

2. Collecting the necessary documents.

3. Selecting schools and preparing detailed descriptions of them with explanations of why these schools are suitable for your child and how they differ from each other (other companies do not do this).

It takes at least 14 working days to select and prepare a high-quality description; this is the minimum time required.

The work is done entirely online, so your location does not affect its speed or quality.

• Once you receive our school recommendations, you take the time to carefully review the materials, form your own ranking, and select 2-3 schools to register for.
• We send the schools you have selected a description we have prepared, explaining why this particular student is suitable for a specific school and why they should be admitted to the entrance exams (we often succeed even when there are no official places available).
• If there is enough time before the entrance exams, we coordinate the dates of visits with the family and schools.
• We provide recommendations on how to prepare for the tests, even if there is very little time left.
• We prepare the child for the interview (this is the most important part of the process!) and, if necessary, conduct several rehearsals.
• Then we agree on the time for the tests and other entrance exams.

Below is a detailed example of how we work from the moment the contract is signed. Take a look at it to understand exactly how the process will be organised, step by step, day by day:

Example of daily work with a client

Here are more details about the questions that parents have and that we help to resolve

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By using our company's services, clients will avoid catastrophic mistakes that will only become apparent a year later and will be extremely difficult to rectify, given the specific nature of the British and Swiss systems.

Investing in your child's education at a British or Swiss boarding school is a strategic decision that can affect their entire future life. Such investments are comparable to investments in business or real estate, and the cost of a mistake here is too high.

Making such a decision requires professional expertise of the highest level. The cost of a quality recommendation reflects the level of responsibility and the importance of the choice.

With our help, your child will not only have a better chance of understanding which school is best suited to achieving maximum results and development, but also of getting into it.
The key task is to choose the right school.

Schools are interested not only in entrance exam results, but also in the student's personality and interests. That is why we prepare a recommendation that presents the student in the most favourable light for each specific school, because we know the requirements and expectations of schools.
With such a recommendation, we can gain admission to entrance exams even for students whose grades are not considered high enough to qualify. But we have the opportunity to persuade the school to give the student a chance.

We also prepare the student for the interview, which is extremely important for admission and can tip the scales in favour of a positive decision, even if the entrance exam results are not high enough.

Sometimes a student may be rejected simply because too many children of their nationality have applied to the school. No one will ever say this directly, the tests cannot be seen after they have been written, and no appeal can be made.
Therefore, as a company, we do everything we know the school will like in order for our student to get a place. And we achieve this, even if it seems impossible at first.

If a student is aiming for the most prestigious schools, we conduct testing to determine how realistic these ambitions are, and if so, our expert (usually a former headmaster of one of the top schools) assigns the amount of work the student needs to do before admission.

Our clients' reviews are impressive! They include photos, surnames, job titles and even email addresses.
Our clients are so satisfied that they are happy to share their personal details.
They explain why the school we helped them choose turned out to be ‘the one’.
It's very interesting, take a look!

Why choose us

Our services for selecting the right schools and organising admission to them cost £6,990 per child.
We work on a prepayment basis: £4,990 is payable upon signing the contract, and £2,000 is payable within three working days of the client signing the school place offer.

If the client decides to send two children, the cost is £9,990. Three children – £11,990.
The prepayment for two children is £7,990, for three children – £8,990.

(For comparison: professional companies in London charge up to £20,000 for this service for one child).

The cost of school selection for one term is £1,990. If the client continues to study at the school, they pay the full amount for the school selection service – £5,000. Schools for one semester are selected from a limited list of schools and only for those clients who are going to the UK to test the British education system. It is not possible to offer a wide choice of schools in such situations. If a client comes to us with a desire to enrol in a specific school that they have already chosen themselves, the cost of our services will be £1,990.

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