众所周知,想要进入英国顶尖的私校,例如伊顿、哈罗是一件难上加难的事情。要从小学阶段就开始准备,经历注册、申请、考试、面试等等环节,最终经过残酷的竞争才能进不错的私校。但其实,想要入读传说中的“九大公学”一类的名校,还有一个捷径,就是:对口小学Feeder School!
也就是“重点中学喜欢特定的某些重点小学输送的生源”。很多预备小学Prep School,会因为地域、或者其他关系与私校关系密切,就会向这些私校定期输送学生,这些预备小学也就是顶尖公学的对口小学—Feeder School。每个顶尖私校都有自己固定的Feeder School,也就是在招生上默认偏爱某些小学的孩子。在这里这里了几所顶尖公学的对口小学,父母们可以参考一下:
伊顿公学
Ludgrove School 12;
Summerfields School 15;
Sussex House 14 ;
Wetherby Prep 9 ;
Westminster Under School 8;
The Hall School, Hampstead 7 ;
Eaton House the Manor 4 ;
Dulwich Prep 3;
哈罗公学
Northcote Lodge, Clapham;
The Hall School;
Eaton House the Manor;
Thomas's Battersea;
Dulwich Prep;
Wetherby Prep;
Arnold House;
Newton Prep;
Hill House;
威斯敏斯特公学
13+ Feeder Schools:
Westminster Under School 49
Hall School 12
Sussex House 7
Hereward House School 6
Eaton House The Manor 5
Dulwich Prep London 4
North Bridge House 3
Westminster Cathedral Choir School 3
Wetherby Prep School 2
Newton Prep 2
圣保罗女校
Bute House 15;
Kensington Prep 8;
Falkner House 7 ;
St Christopher's Hampstead 5;
Glendower Prep 3;
Ravenscourt Park Prep School 3;
Pembridge Hall 3;
Newton Prep School 2;
Orchard House School 2;
拉提默中学
Latymer Prep 40;
Ravenscourt Park Prep School 14;
Falkner House 11;
Bute House School 7;
Kew College 10 ;
Thomas's Kensington 7
Glendower Prep, 4 ;
The Roche School 3;
Kensington Prep 3;
Newton Prep 2;
国内学生想要去一所好的英国顶尖公学,往往需要提前4-5年进行准备,注册时间也会在入学前2-3年截至。也就是说,想要让孩子13岁入读顶尖私校,最早7岁就要开始准备。