Twyford Private School

• Location: Twyford, Hampshire, United Kingdom
• Age of students: 3 to 13 years
• Total number of students: 400 people
• Educational programs: preschool preparation (KS1-3 levels)
• Type of accommodation: full board, weekly boarding house (residence)
• Type of studying: mixed.

The independent private school Twyford School organizes the studying and education of children aged 3 to 13 years: this is the preparatory classes and junior levels of secondary education. The school accepts mixed education: boys and girls from any country of the world can study here, regardless of their origin, nationality, and religious beliefs (the official religion is Anglicanism, but it is by no means imposed on students). The total number of students reaches 400 people: many are on full-time education, some prefer a one-week boarding school - children leave for their families' homes, and foreign students live in the homes of their official guardians.

Today, the school campus is located in Hampshire County in the small village of Twiford: London can be reached in about an hour and a half. The institution proudly bears the title of the oldest preparatory school in Great Britain: it was founded in the beginning of the XVII century, and at the present place the campus is located since 1809.

Twyford School is proud of the quality of its academic education. Preparation for admission to secondary and senior classes in the relevant schools here begins in advance: the children are divided into groups depending on which school they are applying for, so that the graduates correspond to the introductory requirements of one or another boarding house to the maximum. Located near the famous Winchester College for many students and parents is a natural priority, and boys who want to continue their studies there, are engaged in the group. W. Winchester College has repeatedly noted that it is the Twyford School is the main "conductor" of perfectly educated, gifted and disciplined students. The quality of academic education is emphasized by the success of graduates - they enter the best, most prestigious and ranking boarding schools in Great Britain, among which:

• Downe House School
• Sherborne School or Sherborne Girls' School (schools in Sherborne)
• Bradfield College
• Charterhouse School
• Cheltenham Ladies
• King Edward Vl School
• Bryanston School
• Godolphin School.

According to a recent check by the prestigious Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI, 2013), Twiford School received excellent marks and scores on all key parameters:

• Excellent: for academic success of children, the organization of out-of-class education, the level of children's upbringing, the work with parents, the conditions of education, childcare and safety, the quality and organization of the curriculum, the quality of childcare, the quality of teaching and school management.

The well-known and respected reference book The Good Schools Guide gives the school the following characteristic: "Despite its pronounced academic dedication, the school managed to create a friendly, almost family environment."

Twyford School offers its students both full-time tuition (without accommodation) and a week-long boarding school: Monday to Friday (on weekdays, school days), children live on campus, and spend their weekends in their own or their host families (for foreign students weekends are organized in the homes of their official guardians).

Subject list: Art, biology, chemistry, Culinary skills, drama, exact sciences, geography, history, Information Technology, maths, music, physical education, physics, Religious studies, sports science, theatre studies
Activity list: cricket, hockey, netball, swimming, track-and-field athletics

But not only academic education is famous for Twyford School - here a lot of attention is paid to extra-curricular activities, sports and creative development of each child. On the campus there are many different sections, clubs and circles of interest: they can be devoted to certain types of art or music, have a scientific or sporting orientation - in short, every child will find a job for his taste and like-minded people!

In their spare time, children can attend sports sections, a film studio or a vocal circle, study at a theatrical drama studio or the Horse Riding School, get carried away with drawing or ceramics (clay modeling), and learn how to play different musical instruments.

Traditionally for British schools, Twyford School emphasizes physical education and sports. In total, children are given a choice from more than 20 sections, clubs and teams:

• Dances
• Field hockey
• Swimming
• Gymnastics
• Tennis
• Cricket
• Squash
• Horse riding
• Football
• Athletics and etc.

Twyford School for children provides comfortable residences for a week-long boarding school, as well as a sufficient auditorium: all classes are bright, spacious, fully furnished and equipped with necessary equipment. There are comfortable studios for practicing music and fine arts, own theater and a studio for practicing dramatic mastery. Excellent sports infrastructure, which includes numerous fields and playgrounds for team games, dance studio, tennis courts, a multifunctional sports complex and a spacious swimming pool with clean water.

The  price of the course is not included and paid separately:

• Educational deposit
• Additional mugs, sections and clubs, additional entertaining activities and excursions (optional)
• Additional supportive academic studies (optional)
• School lunches
• Guardianship (agency registration fee + guardian services)
• Personal pocket expenses
• Air tickets in both directions
• Transfer in both directions
• Consular fee (to be paid at the embassy)
• Express delivery of documents and visa invitation
• Medical insurance.

Extras:

• Application fee 1000 GBP
• Registration fee (for a programme/course) 50 GBP

• Guardianship services during the studies
• Student supervision