Oxford · independent education consultancy
The way to universitybeginslong before it
We walk international families along the whole British route: school preparation, the British school, GCSE, A-Level or IB, university, master's and MBA. One route and one team — instead of scattered applications.
Step inside — the route begins here.Step inside — the route begins here
- 20+years of combined team experience
- 240+offers received
- 180+families guided
figures in preparation TBC — details to be confirmed
Principle
We do not file applications one by one. We hold the whole road in mind — from the first test to the graduation gown.
In British education every decision opens or closes the next. The school decides which subjects are available at GCSE. The A-Level or IB subjects decide which university programmes become real. The university decides which master's or MBA stays within reach.
So we plan the route as a whole and revise it at every stage — together with the family and the child.
You can join at any stage: we start with an academic assessment and with wherever your family stands today.
The route
One trajectory — from the first school to the MBA
Each stop is not a separate project but a continuation of the last. We carry forward everything we learn about the child: strengths, pace, interests, results.
Stage I
Preparing for school
The first step into British education.
An academic assessment, preparation for entrance exams and interviews. We shortlist the schools that suit this particular child — not only the famous ones.
Stage II
The British school
Day school or boarding — and life inside it.
Choosing between day and boarding, submitting applications, settling through the first terms. For families abroad — guardianship and a constant line to the school.
Stage III
GCSE, A-Level or IB
The subjects that open the right doors.
Subject choices aimed at the future specialisation, tutor support and intensives before exams. When school is not working — home education leading to British qualifications.
Stage IV
University
The UK, Europe, the USA — and Oxbridge.
An admissions strategy: the country, the course, the list, the entrance tests, the Personal Statement and the interviews. Career thinking comes before the choice, not after it.
Stage V
Master's, MBA and beyond
When the first degree is not the finish.
Master's programmes, MBA under executive education, and doctoral routes — for those returning to study after a career.
You can join at any stage.
Discuss your stage
How we work
Calmly, in order, for years ahead
A decision about British education is taken for years ahead — and the cost of a wrong step is high. So there is no haste and no off-the-shelf "packages": there is a sequence of steps the family understands at every stage.
Meeting & academic assessment
A conversation with the family and an assessment of the child's current level: where they are, what comes easily, where they are drawn.
The route map
A written plan years ahead: the stages, the forks, the key exams and the fallback options. The map belongs to the family and is revised as the child grows.
Walking it together
Test preparation, tutors, documents, the Personal Statement, interviews — in one pair of hands and at one pace, with no handovers between contractors.
Admission — and after
We stay close after enrolment: settling in, guardianship, revising the route ahead of the next stage.
The Albion difference
Four commitments we do not bend
An English-speaking team inside the system — not an agency selling it from the outside. These are the things a large consultancy cannot copy.
Oxford-based
We live and work in Oxford, street by street, registrar by registrar. When a school needs seeing today — or a child needs someone nearby — it happens today.
Independent
No commissions from schools and no network quotas: when we say a school fits, it is our opinion — not a placement.
Direct
You speak with the people who do the work — no sales desk, no consultant swap after signing. Questions travel without intermediaries.
Confidential
Family matters stay inside the room. Nothing about a child appears in our materials, our talks or our statistics without permission.
Directory
If you already know what you're looking for
Every ALBION discipline — from entrance exams to executive education. Each one is part of the same route.
Albion · Offers
From Oxford to the world
The universities and schools where Albion families study today. The list is in preparation TBC — details to be confirmed
Universities
- OxfordOxford
- CambridgeCambridge
- UCLLondon
- ImperialLondon
- LSELondon
- King's CollegeLondon
- DurhamDurham
- BristolBristol
- OxfordOxford
- CambridgeCambridge
- UCLLondon
- ImperialLondon
- LSELondon
- King's CollegeLondon
- DurhamDurham
- BristolBristol
Schools
- EtonWindsor
- HarrowLondon
- Wycombe AbbeyHigh Wycombe
- WestminsterLondon
- St Paul'sLondon
- SevenoaksKent
- Cheltenham Ladies'Cheltenham
- Brighton CollegeBrighton
- EtonWindsor
- HarrowLondon
- Wycombe AbbeyHigh Wycombe
- WestminsterLondon
- St Paul'sLondon
- SevenoaksKent
- Cheltenham Ladies'Cheltenham
- Brighton CollegeBrighton
The team
20+
years of combined experience across the team
The people who walk the route
School and university consultants, tutors and guardians work as one team: each knows what came before their stage and what comes after it.
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Results & figures
- Admissions across the route's stages
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- Families we walk with
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"Words from a family who walked the route with us"
Open day
Standing eventStep into the quad — see the route from the inside
A meeting for parents: how British education works, how we build a route, and where your family should begin. Questions answered by the consultants in person.
- Next date
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- Format & venue
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- Duration
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- Attendance fee
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Albion · Guides · Vol. I
A parent's guide to British schools
PDF · freeAlbion
Guides · free PDF
Start with the parent's guide
A calm, honest walk through the British system — schools, exams, timelines — written by the consultants who do the work. No jargon, no sales funnel inside.
- A parent's guide to British schoolsthis one
- Entrance exams 11+/13+/16+ in 90 days
- The admissions interview, decoded
Consultation
Let's begin with a conversation
Tell us where your child is now and where you are looking. We will reply and suggest a time for a first consultation.
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- Telephone
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- Office
- Oxford, United KingdomTBC — details to be confirmed
- Consultation format & fee
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