Our Armed Forces UK Boarding School Service is available to all British military families.
We know that finding the RIGHT school for your child can be challenging at the best of times but especially when you are under time pressure or not even in the country. We are currently helping many families through this process designed specifically for military families. We are very proud to say that 100% of our families would recommend us.
We believe our success is due to us spending a lot of time understanding exactly what our parents want from their child’s school – ALL the schools we deal with are very good schools but not all the schools would be RIGHT necessarily for all students. We then take time to get to know the student as well as we can, again to find out what sort of school would suit them. We use our extensive knowledge of the UK private boarding school market to put together a short list for our families. We support our students and help them with practice papers, interview skills etc. to ensure that they do as well as they can in their assessments. We make all the arrangements for visits and assessment days and if require we can accompany the student and families and “hand hold them” through the process to ensure that the whole assessment/visit experience is a successful one.
As proud military families ourselves we are particularly interested in helping other families through this process and making the whole experience less stressful and more enjoyable and exciting.
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“Amanda assisted us in finding the right boarding school that suited our son.
For us finding a school that had all of the academic, social, sports and pastoral needs that we as parents wanted for him was a mammoth task. Where to even start!
She conducted research on our behalf and was very informative on many schools knowing what their strong points were. She suggested schools that she felt would suit his and our needs and arranged for us to have tours.
It certainly took the pain and worry out of trawling through prospectuses and visiting numerous schools.
Amanda was very friendly and helpful. I felt that she had our son’s best interests at heart and genuinely cared that he was placed in a school in which he would thrive and be happy. She went above and beyond anything we expected. Thank you Amanda” – Nancy Goldsmith
“Are you thinking about enrolling your child(ren) into a boarding school but have no idea where to start? Message these fantastic ladies.
Kate helped us find a school for our two boys one of which has SEN. We wanted them to go to the same school but had no idea on what to do first to get the process started. Kate called us, we spoke about our boys – their likes, dislikes, personalities as well as their needs – We discussed finances, logistics, support and lots of other factors too and she helped us find the best options of schools.
We were posted overseas at the time and had no way to view the school beforehand but Kate reassured us and maintained communication between us and our chosen school.
We returned back to the UK mid Jan and our boys started school a week later.
We have waited to write a review because to be honest, it all seemed too good to be true. We wanted to wait and see how our boys settled first. They have been at their new schools for a month now and the staff are so happy with how they have settled and more importantly the boys are having the time of their lives. I’m missing them like crazy but we are so happy we found Kate at the AFBSS and followed her guidance.
Our boys would not be having all the fantastic experiences without Kate’s help.
Thank you Kate. You are a superstar. “
“Highly highly recommend to any family or friends who are thinking of getting lil ones into boarding school, Kate and Amanda have been absolute brilliant, they both go above and beyond in what they do, the support and communication on top notch.
The connection they both have for the boarding schools is good they wouldn’t recommend just any they find the best.
Save the hassle and drop them a message”
“With just a week to go before all the schools shut before summer I called Kate as we needed to find a new boarding school for our two children who will be starting this September.
She was brilliant. She made excellent recommendations and then was able to setup viewings of 3 schools (it would have been 4 but 1 didn’t have space for both children).
She made what would have been difficult (during an upsetting time) effortless and we were just able to consider our options rather than spend time and effort talking to various schools.
She is knowledgeable, clearly had excellent relationships with many schools and takes all the leg work out of searching.
If you are thinking of boarding school speak to Kate. It costs you nothing but will save you valuable time.
I really cannot thank Kate enough for help”
“When we first embarked on searching for a boarding school for our daughter (and hopefully her 2 sisters in years to follow), it was an incredibly overwhelming thought. Amanda well and truly helped relieve that stress and immediately made us feel like we were in good hands.
Being based overseas really does limit the possibilities to explore potential options ourself, but I trusted Amanda’s knowledge and felt confident she knew what we were looking for.
I highly recommend getting in touch with these wonderful ladies, they were an essential part of the first step of our boarding school journey.”