I want to send my daughter to study in Britain at a young age. What age is better?

In Britain, primary education starts at the age of 5, and preschool classes start at the age of 3. For young international students, 8 years old is the first important age division interval. I'll give you a detailed analysis of the abilities that children of three ages, that is, before 8 years old, 8- 13 years old, 14- 16 years old, can acquire while studying in the UK, and the possible problems.

Children before the age of 8 choose to study in Britain, provided that one or both parents accompany them all the way, because children can't live on campus before the age of 8. Before the age of 8, it is also the time when children have the greatest potential, because at this time, the differences between children and British children are minimal in terms of language, study habits and understanding of things. When you go out at this age, you are most likely to pass two important exams, 1 1 Plus and 13 Plus, and enter top middle schools (Eton College, etc. ) for further study. Therefore, parents considering sending their children under the age of 8 to study in the UK need to weigh the advantages and disadvantages mentioned above.

8- 13-year-old children: the least stressful, which is conducive to the development of specialties.

Children of this age will directly transfer to the corresponding grade. Except for a few top middle schools in Britain, there will be no important pressure for exams and further studies in the short term, and children can have more time to adapt to and surpass the life of studying in Britain, especially to cultivate the thinking and learning style of British natives, which will help lay a solid foundation for children to consider overseas employment and life in the future. Children of this age are less likely to encounter cultural conflicts and language barriers after studying abroad. More importantly, children at this stage have a wide range of majors and hobbies, and are basically not limited by previous academic qualifications (such as learning a second foreign language, musical instruments, art, etc.). ), which is very conducive to mining and developing children's real fields and specialties.

14 to 16 years old: the study pressure is great, but it is also easy to realize the dream of college.

14-year-old domestic students will directly enter the GCSE stage in the UK when they arrive in the UK, while 16-year-old students will enter the final stage of secondary schools in the UK, namely the A-level stage. Global Bian Xiao warmly reminds: the learning pressure of children of these two ages will become much greater, especially for A-level students. A year later, they will take the A-level exam and apply for university. Students of this age group may only complete junior high school education or part of senior high school education in China. Based on this, when British schools admit students of this age, they will take the basics of mathematics, physics, chemistry and other basic subjects as admission criteria in addition to the language requirements for children. Therefore, young students who go abroad at this age need to make adequate language preparation in advance, or choose some transitional language courses to ensure the convergence of their studies after going to Britain. But don't worry too much, because the competitive pressure of the "College Entrance Examination" in Britain is relatively small, and a large part of children going abroad at this age have a clear purpose, all in order to sprint the world's top universities. The actual result is the same. Many students from Chinese mainland, especially those majoring in natural science, computer science and engineering, can get many G5 (referring to Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College, London School of Economics and Political Science, University College London) admissions.

To sum up, for primary and secondary school students of different ages, the purpose and actual situation of studying abroad will be different. The younger a child is, the greater the chance of entering a prestigious school in primary and secondary schools (because the differences in language and ability are smaller). However, it should be noted that before sending their children to study in the UK, parents need to accurately judge their children's self-reliance and psychological endurance, and understand their learning ability, independent ability, English ability, ability to accept new things, social ability, etc., so as to better determine whether their children are suitable for studying in the UK at an early age.