Any overseas student under 18 years of age attending a UK boarding school will be required to have Guardianship. This simply means a responsible adult to take on the legal responsibility for the young person. There is, however, more to it.

• A Guardian will find a “guardian family” close to the school where the student will be able to stay at half terms and some weekends out of school.

• This family will also be expected to meet the student on arrival in the UK and take him or her back to the airport when they return home at the end of each school term.

• They are also expected to attend Parents’ Meetings and any entertainment in which the student is taking part.

• The official Guardian will also be in regular touch with the school to check on academic progress and the parents to ensure that they are kept fully up to date.

Shilcock Education Guardianship Service can do all of the above plus much more – as much or as little as the parents wish.

We can do everything – from purchasing school uniform and flight tickets to paying school bills and pocket money.

Alternatively, if parents have a friend or family member in the UK, then they may wish them to become Guardians. Parents may wish to consider using Shilcock Education then to monitor the child’s educational progress and negotiate with the school where necessary.

Good Guardianship can make the difference between success and failure or a happy experience and an unsatisfactory one!

Contact me to find out more.

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Jill Shilcock

Director
Shilcock Education Advisory Service Limited (SEAS UK)