Our consultants will learn as much as possible about a child’s background and suitability to particular schools. This consultation may take place in London or at a family home outside London (we travel extensively in the UK and overseas). A more rigorous assessment of the children may also be carried out if necessary.

We provide a post-assessment report that includes a list of possible schools, both of which form the basis for an extensive discussion and exchange of ideas between parent, child, and consultant.

Our consultants prepare a shortlist of schools with a detailed report on each suggestion. These are then presented to the family for further discussion and any questions or concerns can be addressed, it is after this that we make our final choices, and contact with chosen schools can begin.

Nosce acts as liaison between your family and the shortlisted schools, dealing both with the pragmatics of application and ensuring there is a mutual understanding between the parents’ expectations of the school and the school’s expectations of the child.

We organise and accompany you for visits to as many as seven prospective schools. Being there with you in person helps provide an impartial introduction to each school along the way, and keeps us well informed of what feels like a good fit for your family.

We organise for a child to sit the appropriate school entrance exams – either at home or at the school, and offer extra support if needed, providing tuition services that ensure your child feels confident and prepared. We also advise on scholarship exams and bursaries.

A child may be given an unconditional offer or placed on a waiting list for a first choice school. If that happens, we then do all we can to find movement within that list. Hopefully, a child will be offered a place in which case we assist with the acceptance documentation and any visa work if required.