Expert Guidance for Your Child’s Educational Journey Talks are free and available on a first-come, first-served basis, but visitors need to register in advance. The talks will be located in two theatres, allowing visitors to choose from a range of sessions throughout the day.
Loading Boarding Schools Fee Assistance Parent Briefings Wednesday 21 May Good Schools Guide Forum 10:00 10:30 Is a Highly Academic School Right for Your Child? Good Schools Guide Forum Gary Savage - Westminster School Parent Briefings 11:00 11:30 Choosing the Right Boys’ School: What to Look For & Why It Matters Good Schools Guide Forum Caroline Gill, Director of Admissions - St Paul's School Parent Briefings 12:00 12:30 Co-Educational Schools: Exploring the Benefits and Challenges Good Schools Guide Forum Adam Pettitt, Head - Highgate School Parent Briefings 12:45 13:15 Choosing the Right Girls' School: Key Considerations for Parents Good Schools Guide Forum Boarding Schools 13:45 14:15 Life Beyond London: Relocating with Confidence Good Schools Guide Forum Parent Briefings 14:45 15:15 Is a Highly Academic School Right for Your Child? Good Schools Guide Forum Think Academy Theatre 09:45 10:15 Why Private Schools Lead the Way in Education Think Academy Theatre Sir Anthony Seldon, Historian, Author, Educator Parent Briefings 10:30 11:00 How to Get In: Strategy & Tips for Senior School Entry Think Academy Theatre Jason Zhou - Think Academy International Education Limited William Petty, Director - Bonas MacFarlane Boarding Schools 11:30 12:00 Boarding vs Day: Which School Experience is Right for Your Child? Think Academy Theatre Fee Assistance 12:30 13:00 Understanding School Fees: Shopping Around, Bursaries & Ways to Pay Think Academy Theatre Parent Briefings 14:30 15:00 Pre-Tests Explained: What They Are & How to Prepare Think Academy Theatre Harry Cobb, Director - Bonas MacFarlane Jason Zhou - Think Academy International Education Limited
Top Educators at the Independent Schools Show Speaking: the leaders of London's independent schools and London's leading educational advisors Irfan Latif Headmaster Royal Hospital School Jason Zhou Think Academy International Education Limited Adam Pettitt Head Highgate School Katharine Woodcock Headmistress Francis Holland School, Regent's Park Alastair Chirnside Warden St Edward's Oxford Lucinda Byron Evans Principal The Young England Kindergartens Alison Fleming Head Newton Prep Melanie Sanderson Good Schools Guide Camilla Smiley The Good Schools Guide Sarah Wood Assistant Head - Boarding Benenden School Candida Cave Principal Hampstead Fine Arts College Suzie Longstaff Principal London Park Schools Charles Bonas Founder Bonas MacFarlane Tom Rogerson Headmaster Cottesmore School David Clark Head Cranbrook School Tori Roddy Group Director Marketing & Admissions The Stowe Group David Woodgate Chief Executive Independent Schools' Bursars Association Will Goldsmith Head Bedales Dr Anthony Wallersteiner Head Stowe School William Petty Director Bonas MacFarlane Adrian Rainbow Head London Park School, Mayfair, Sixth, and Hybrid Andy Mayfield St Paul's School Grace Moody-Stuart Director The Good Schools Guide Helen Davies Editorial Projects Director The Sunday Times Harry Cobb Director Bonas MacFarlane Dr Maryhan Munt Psychologist & Podcaster How Not to Screw Up Your Kids Keith Metcalfe Headmaster and CEO Malvern College Ben Thomas Principal & CEO Thomas’s London Day Schools David Benson Head Mill Hill School Guy Schady-Beckett Director & Head of Research Next Step Exhibitions Ltd Tana Macpherson-Smith Founder ClearMinds Education Judith Fremont-Barnes Head St Paul's Cathedral School Michelle Catterson Headteacher Moon Hall School Vanessa Danz Head of Specialist Education Cavendish Education Ltd Gareth Parker-Jones Head Master Rugby School Maxine Shaw Head Notting Hill Prep School Matthew Brown Headmaster Epsom College in Malaysia Mike Stanley Headmaster The Lyceum School Gareth Evans Vice Principal (Pastoral and Boarding) DLD College London Dr Elena Hesse Principal Abbey College Cambridge Susan Brooks Head London Park School Clapham Jacqui Segal Director of Fundraising, Marketing and Communications Place2Be Andrew Humphris Vice Principal Academic Abbey College Cambridge Antonia Geldeard Head Sydenham High School, GDST Hilary Wyatt Headmistress St James Nursery & Preparatory School Samuel Adu-Gyamfi Founder and CEO Sam Tutoring Adam Williams Headmaster Lord Wandsworth College Sara Acworth Director of Marketing, Admissions and Communications Frensham Heights School Adam Whitehead Headteacher Steyning Grammar School Marius Carney Headteacher Glenstal Abbey School 1 2