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Virtually!
We add countries, cities and schools all the time...
AND THIS SUMMER...
We're expanding UNI IN THE USA!!
Follow our correspondent, John Wallis, as he couchsurfs across America, checking out colleges and universities, highways by Greyhound, and the sofas of strangers!
For just two months, all of John's university reviews plus the entire original Uni in the USA are available for FREE!
Why subscribe?
find out moreWelcome to The Good Schools Guide International- maybe the best international schools guide in the world.
And the only one that's completely independent!
But that's not all!
On Thursday, 21 May, the Financial Times launched their brand new International Schools section... chock full of articles, links and even an interactive world map of international schools.
To help celebrate the launch, GSGI Editor Harriet Plyler and ECIS Deputy Director Mary Langford answered questions live online for an hour about international schooling. You can now see the entire Q&A session on Ask the Expert.
The Good Schools Guide International
- Full write-ups on the best British, IB, American and international schools abroad (see countries covered in box at left).
- Discerning, discriminating, analytical school reviews....real guidance, not dispassionate descriptions or PR fluff.
- Schools for children ages 3 to 18, state or independent.
- Brisk, personal advice on expat life and educational overviews for each city, plus wide ranging articles (read some for free: see underlined red links below);
- Real-time updates and red alerts in case of coups d'etat or war.
Like The Good Schools Guide (UK), the GSGI is forthright, up to date, occasionally irreverent and pulls no punches. We don't shy away from making judgements.
School reviews are selected, written and paid for by the Guide - never the school. We choose what goes in, and what to say. Schools are in (or out) whether they like it or not.
Some of the guide is free, but for complete school reviews and inside story, you have to subscribe. Can you afford not to?
If you're moving your family abroad, YOU NEED THIS GUIDE.
Advisory Service
Parent to parent, expat to expat...
Personal advice on everything our editors wish they’d known: schools, neighborhoods, traffic, shopping, health, servants…
The one moving cost you can't afford NOT to pay.
Our advisors can give:
- insider info on specific top (or not) local schools
- advice on pros and cons for your own child
- general local schooling overview
- acclimatization advice for expert expat survival
- network to other parents and expats
- an understanding ear
- a lifeline to your new country
- all of the above by phone, email or face to face
Yes, I want to hire a GSGI advisor (for Advisory Request Form, click here).
Feature Articles
Articles to fill in the blanks, help you plan, or give you heart…
Over 200 articles about schooling abroad and even expat life; transitions from school to school; travel tips; where to start children; how to decode curriculum and the exams each one uses; how to plan from birth to university...
with translations from English into Australian, American into English...
To sample articles without a subscription, click on the underlined samples below...
- English National Curriculum: Interpreting the Scores
- International Schools in London: Educational Overview for Expatriates
- "Inspected By Ofsted": Can You Believe It? (Nope)(Or at least, not yet!)
- Special Education Needs: Which is Which and Where to Find Help
- US Accreditation: Telling the Bogus from the Real
- The IB Explained
- How to Check Out a School
- The Basics of an American Education
NEW! Published for the first time online...
Uni in the USA- Life on American campuses as you've never thought of it before...
The hilarious (but absolutely accurate) UK guide to American universities, written by Alice Fishburn and only sold in book form...until now. Complete, unabridged and online, updated with 2009 college funding and application info.
For a limited time only, Uni in the USA is available for free, because this summer we're doubling the universities covered! Follow our correspondent John Wallis' couchsurfing, college searching blog and read each new uni write-up as he rolls them out.
