One third of the students in British private secondary schools come from Chinese mainland and Hongkong.

According to Wenhua Weekly, in recent years, China's parents began to spend a lot of money on their children's education. Britain attracts more and more international students from China with its leading education industry, and the number of "small international students" studying in British primary and secondary schools is also increasing year by year, which has attracted attention from all walks of life. According to the data of the British Private Schools Council, one third of the 65,438+00,030 overseas students in British private secondary schools are from Chinese mainland and Hongkong. How much does it cost for "little international students" to study in Britain? What kind of China family can afford it? What kind of benefits can a small international student from China bring to the British economy by studying in a private school in the UK? Are there any skills to follow between academic performance and huge expenses? Wenhua Weekly conducted a comprehensive survey of readers. Although the tuition fees of most boarding private schools in Britain include accommodation, teaching materials and the use of school public facilities, the extra expenses for students include uniforms, dresses and various extracurricular activities arranged by the school. This extra fee is at least equivalent to tuition. Therefore, the expenses of small international students closely related to their studies are at least twice the tuition fees. According to British media reports, Hampton College London, which has a history of more than 500 years, has one third of its graduates studying in Oxford or Cambridge every year. During the six to seven years of studying in this school, there will be an extracurricular activity with the theme of 1 month every year, such as history, architecture, music and so on. These activities are usually led by experts in related fields to study in the best place on this topic. For example, about the study of Renaissance history, the school will organize students to study in Renaissance historical sites in Italy, France and other places, and the cost is naturally high. According to the Public Schools Act passed by the British Parliament 1868, the tuition fees of nine public schools, such as Eton, Harrow, Westminster, St Paul and Winchester, which are known as the cradle of nobility, are all around 30,000 pounds. If you only read the secondary school in 1967, the total cost will be at least 400,000 pounds, including tuition, uniforms, extracurricular activities and other related expenses. According to the current exchange rate, it is equivalent to more than 4 million RMB. Even in other private secondary schools, which are second only to nine public schools, the annual tuition fee is between1.5,000 and 30,000 pounds, and the whole secondary school will cost at least 2 million to 3 million RMB. Although the pound has depreciated by nearly one third since the financial crisis in 2008, attracting a large number of small students from China to some extent, the cost is still high. The above fees do not include guardianship fees, family visit fees, shopping fees and pocket money for students studying in the UK. According to the British academic system, primary education is six years and secondary education is six or seven years. If you add the preparation stage and the higher education after that, all the expenses in these 20 years are really not a small sum. A large number of young students from China poured into Britain, which greatly stimulated the British economy. In addition to the expenditure directly related to study, the consumption of residential transportation, parents visiting relatives or accompanying students, as well as related purchases and investment in home ownership or industry have all increased geometrically. According to the information that Mandarin Weekly learned from Ms. Alison, the property consultant of Countrywide, the largest real estate agency in Britain, in Wandsworth branch in south London, nearly half of China buyers in the branch area chose several public schools nearby, including St. Paul's College for Men, St. Paul's College for Women and King's College at Wimbledon. It is reported that in the last three years, about four or five such China buyers bought houses through the company's Wanzworth branch every year. With the property price of Barnes-on-Thames, where St Paul's College is located, not less than 400,000 pounds, the cost of buying a house with China's parents will not be less than 4 million yuan. Even in Kensington, London, Westminster Abbey and other luxury residential areas with millions or tens of millions of pounds in the center of London, there are a large number of small China students who buy their own homes with them, and they are still rising. According to a report released by Knight Frank, a high-end real estate agency in Britain in June, in April and May this year, China people invested as much as 65.438+0.2 billion pounds in buying a house in London. In 20 10, nearly 10% of the buyers of new residential transactions in London were China investors. One of the selling points of major real estate agents to promote real estate is the educational facilities around the real estate. Tips for Investing in Foreign Students For most families of foreign students in China, studying in private primary and secondary schools in Britain is a huge financial expenditure. However, if the quality and achievements of foreign students are excellent, there are skills for parents to invest in education. In an interview with Wenhua Weekly, Ms. Zhang, who successfully helped her eldest son get into Hampton College and five key public grammar schools, revealed that clever strategic planning can save parents 20,000 to 40,000 pounds each year between high-priced private public schools and key public schools with similar scores. In the end, Ms. Zhang chose a free public grammar school for her son and sent more than 30 students to Oxford and Cambridge every year. "Clever education planning can save a lot of money for China students with excellent grades." According to Wenhua Weekly, instead of spending 2 million to 5 million yuan on education in private public schools, the parents of an excellent China pupil should fully understand and make use of the British investment immigration policy and public education system, and save millions of pounds by investing in immigrants first, and then training their children to enter public grammar schools that are not inferior and free through effective resident status.