Parent Testimonials

Assessments

“Thank you for going through the assessment. I found it very enlightening and helpful. I feel reassured and hopeful that with a few pushes we can help improve the quality of her school life."

– MRS S, KNIGHTSBRIDGE

School Search

“We’d like to thank Janie and her team for the invaluable service they provided helping us place our children at great schools that meet our needs and values. Our brief to Janie wasn’t straight forward. It involved two children of different ages, a move from London into a new county, and an enormous range of possible educational paths.

We also wanted to keep the move as stress-free as possible for the children (and parents).

Janie met the brief brilliantly and supported our family over the months it took to get everything in place. This was all the more remarkable given everything was constrained by lock-down. We thank Janie for bringing her vast experience to bear, thinking strategically at each step of the journey and being a real source of comfort and support for us parents!

I recommend her and her service highly.”

- DAN and NINA, ISLINGTON, LONDON

School Search

"Janie has helped me with enormous dedication to find schools which fit my children. Not only she has great knowledge about schools, but also has wonderful sensibility and understanding of the individuality of each child, which must be considered when choosing a school."

– MRS M, BRAZIL

You gave us the confidence to make appropriate decisions.

"Thank you very much for working with our family to achieve an amazing result. When we first moved to London from the United States it was a challenge to understand the system and be able to assess our child’s place within it. It was clear that it’s not enough to go for the ‘best’ school, but a school that is a good match for the child’s potential and character. The first assessment gave us what we were looking for – a fantastic insight into our child’s strengths and weaknesses – the discussion afterwards put things in a much clearer perspective and gave us the confidence to make appropriate decisions. The continued support through the next year, thoroughness and wisdom, became essential to any decisions we made, whether it was selecting a tutor or corresponding with the school. We loved the creative writing sessions, chess, mock exams and interview preparation your company offers. We found all instrumental in making our boy’s talent shine."

– MRS S, LONDON UK

Assessments

"A note to say a huge thank you for your time yesterday evening. It was so very helpful to meet and we are so grateful for your thorough feedback based on our son's assessments and invaluable advice with regards to schools as well as counsel with regards to crafting an action plan for the year ahead."

– FULHAM, LONDON

The list of schools was invaluable.

"I had no idea which schools my daughter could possibly sit at. The assessment helped us to have a better idea of where she could gain entry, what she would need to do to gain entry and the areas she needed to improve in. To actually be given a list of schools was invaluable."

– MRS R, CHELSEA

Janie Richardson has been the single biggest influence on my daughter’s selection into the school of our choice.

"I met Janie Richardson almost a year ago. Without a doubt, the team has been the single biggest influence in my daughter’s selection into one of the schools of our choice in the UK. Her assessment and insights into the short list of the schools we should be looking at was a huge first step. It helped to demystify the system and gave us clear focus. My daughter not only benefitted immensely from the interview training and the creative and discursive writing courses she took, she thoroughly enjoyed them too. She really grew in confidence and skill with each interaction. As a parent, I really felt like my daughter's training was in super hands. There were so many times that the team went out of their way to accommodate a request at short notice and I can't thank them enough for doing so. It took the pain and anxiety out of cramming a lot into a short week in the UK and made it super pleasurable and productive. I look forward to continue to work with them as my daughter tries to up her craft this year. We couldn’t have come this far and achieved so much in such a short span without Janie Richardson. A genuine thank you from us."

– KAVITA, SINGAPORE

Such a wonderful help!

"With the help of Janie Richardson we have been able to map out an educational plan for our three children. Janie Richardson has supported us throughout the past 18 months with nursery applications, prep school applications and now secondary school applications. Janie Richardson diarised our school visits, completed registrations and basically kept us on track at this busy time of our lives."

– MRS P, MAYFAIR, LONDON

School Search

"It was so nice to meet you and thank you again for all your insights. You are extraordinary knowledgeable in this area and we are extremely grateful for all your advice. It is wonderful to see a path towards success for our two children with your fine guidance. We are very grateful."

– MR & MRS K, FULHAM

We were well prepared.

"We had no idea that some nurseries and schools needed registrations for places at birth. We were so pleased we had contacted Janie Richardson to talk through the process before our son was born. We were well prepared with application forms and visits before the sleepless nights set in! Thank you."

– MR & MRS C, NOTTINGHILL