For partners
Secondary education with business abroad
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from 20450.00 € / year -
In 2018 - near 75% of students attained grades A*-C
ScotlandEdinburghCurrently watching: 1from 11900.00 £ / term -
from 8250.00 £ / year -
from 11145.00 £ / term -
In 2021 - 86% of A Level students achieved A* - B
United KingdomStaffordCurrently watching: 1from 10085.00 £ / term -
from 10000.00 € / semester -
from 10680.00 £ / term -
In 2021 an average IB score was 32.2
SwitzerlandLausanneCurrently watching: 2from 24800.00 CHF / semester -
from 19500.00 $CAD / 2 semesters -
from 18000.00 $CAD / year
Business, entrepreneurial activity is now the basis of national welfare in almost any country in the world. Therefore, the task of forming the professional orientation of adolescents in the field of business and entrepreneurial activity, the development of business competencies as a set of skills and knowledge that allow them to creatively comprehend and transform ideas into demanded tangible and intangible values, is very relevant today.
That is why business training in secondary school is especially important, it includes the development of the most important personal qualities:
- independence;
- communication skills;
- Creativity;
- enterprise.
Business education teaches students appropriate thinking, allows them to acquire the skills necessary to quickly and consciously respond to challenges, tasks, problems arising in the course of entrepreneurial activity; teaches teamwork, communicative strategies.
Learning programs-summary information
| Name | Meaning | Equivalent | Min. age | Duration, years |
Next stage | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GCSE | General certificate of secondary education | secondary education (non-accomplished) | 14 | 1–2 | A-Levels | 15,000 USD+ |
| A-Levels | Advanced level | secondary education (accomplished) | 16 | 2 | University | 15,000 USD+ |
| BTEC | Business and Technology Education Board | secondary special education | 14 | 2–3 | University/ work | 15,000 USD+ |
| Oxbridge Preparation | Preparing for Oxford and Cambridge | secondary education (accomplished) | 17 | 1 | University | 15,000 USD+ |
| International Baccalaureate | International baccalaureate | secondary education (accomplished) | 16 | 2 | University | 18,000 USD+ |
| Foundation/ Pathway Year | Preparatory year | admission to the 1st year of university | 17 | 1 | University | 14,000 USD+ |
| NCUK | The Northern consortium | 2 year university | 17,5 | 1 | 2 year University of NCUK | 13,000 USD+ |
| Special Preparation (Medics/Math/Business) | Specialized training | - | 14 | optional | optional | 4,000 USD+ |
| Academic English | Academic English | Language school | 8 + | 6–12 months | School or University | 8,000 USD+ |
Advantages and disadvantages of English schools
| Advantages | Disadvantages |
|---|---|
| The opportunity to enter the best universities in England, USA, Canada, Switzerland, Europe, the world | Expensive |
| High quality of education and academic standards | Strong workload |
| Perfect English after graduation | The need to change the social environment; it takes time to adapt |
| Useful contacts | The difficulty of choosing the most suitable school for the child, requires a qualified specialist |
Top 21 boarding colleges in England 2025
| 1 | Cardiff Sixth Form College |
| 2 | National Mathematics and Science College |
| 3 | Abbey College Cambridge |
| 4 | d'Overbroeck's College |
| 5 | MPW London |
| 6 | CATS Cambridge |
| 7 | Kensington Park |
| 8 | DLD London |
| 9 | King's College St Michael’s |
| 10 | Bellerbys Cambridge |
| 11 | Chelsea Independent College |
| 12 | MPW Cambridge |
| 13 | Bellerbys Brighton |
| 14 | CATS London |
| 15 | St Clare's Oxford |
| 16 | Bishopstrow College |
| 17 | CATS Canterbury |
| 18 | Bellerbys London |
| 19 | Ealing Independent College |
| 20 | Cambridge Tutors College |
| 21 | Abbey Manchester |