Long-lasting values
BRITISH private schools have a reputation for high standards. Expert teaching, leading to excellent results, is combined with stimulating extra-curricular programmes, and the individual attention and pastoral care are second to none.
Ashbourne College, Kensington, is one of the most successful of these institutions. It recruits equal numbers of British and international students, many of whom stay in student residences close to the college, including a small but significant number of Malaysians.
Ashbourne is selective, requiring its students to have good English skills and a serious academic attitude.
Ashbourne is rated as “Outstanding” by Ofsted, the government agency that inspects British schools, and enjoys excellent exam results. Last summer, its A-Level grades were 54% A*A, 77% A*AB and 91% A*ABC.
Students progress to top British universities, including the London School of Economics, Imperial College London, University College London, King’s College London and the Universities of Edinburgh and Manchester and Oxbridge.
Many take degrees in Medicine, Engineering, Mathematics, the Sciences, Business and Finance, as well as creative subjects such as Art and Fashion.
Ashbourne College offers over 30 subjects, from which students select three or four to take for A-Levels such as Economics, Psychology or Sociology, or perhaps one with a vocational element, ranging from Accounting to Drama, Film and Media Studies, or creative art such as Fine Art, Textiles, Photography and Graphic Design.
Ashbourne’s success lies largely in the high degree of individual attention given to each student. In addition to extremely small classes, Ashbourne operates a unique personal tutor system.
The students see their personal tutors for two hours a week and are helped with extended writing, note-taking, goal-setting and organising of time.
Above all, Ashbourne produces successful students who go on to highest-ranking universities.
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