Let’s find the right-fit school for your child

Select:ed has helped hundreds of families like yours secure their child’s next step in education. Experts on British curriculum and international school admissions.

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We help families like yours secure their child’s next step in education, in the UK, the Middle East and around the world.

UK school search
Worldwide school placement

ABOUT US

Select:ed is a leading education consultancy, experts on admissions to British curriculum and international schools – in the UK, Middle East and around the world.

My singular aim is helping families like yours navigate the complex field of education, worldwide. Our team of expert guides will lead you through the process of selecting the right-fit school for your child, then preparing for entrance assessments. Since 2019, we have successfully supported more than 230 families. I would love if you would join them.

Adam D’Souza, Founder

Securing the next step for children aged 3-18 in their educational journey

OUR PRODUCTS

Select:ed is re-defining educational advice with a modern IQ + EQ approach that combines psychologically robust cognitive abilities benchmarking data with an empathetic understanding of your child’s personality, interests and what motivates them.

UK School Search & Select

Individually tailored advice to secure a place at the right-fit British school for your child, using our IQ+EQ approach.

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Middle East School Search

Specialist educational expertise on British curriculum schools in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha for families relocating to the Gulf.

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School Shortlisting

Identify attainable schools within your local area, including academically selective private or grammar schools.

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Assessments

Understand your child’s academic strengths and weaknesses with this psychologically robust cognitive abilities assessment.

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  • Adam is the consummate professional, extremely knowledgeable and bags of experience in the field, highly motivated and genuinely keen to find workable solutions for our daughter and family. His reports are very well written, case specific and very thoughtful / extremely helpful to us as a family with qualitative and quantitative observations.

  • Like many parents, we were a bit lost in terms of knowing which secondary schools (post 13) could be right for our son when we were considering a change. Adam has a charismatic personality and was able to work out what made our son tick through discussion and humour. He was able to talk through a large number of potential options (both day and boarding) and then gave recommendations which he helped us explore. We highly recommend him.

  • He presented us with detailed and thorough analysis of possible secondary schools/sixth form options for our son and daughter. In each case, Adam was highly sensitive to our children's individual needs and even thought strategically about the best way to 'pitch' the various options to them - understanding that their 'buy-in' was all-important. If you're looking for someone who understands the UK independent school system and what it takes to get into certain schools, but who also takes a holistic approach, taking into account the perspective of the child, then look no further!

    Polly, London/San Francisco, happy parent of two successful students, writing on Google Reviews

  • His breadth of expertise and knowledge were very welcomed. He guided us through the process in a very well articulated manner. Our son was successful in his application and comments were made by the school as to how wellprepared and knowledgeable about the school he was.

    Chris T, Switzerland, happy parent on Google Reviews

Finding the right-fit school for your child

Your Select:ed education expert will help you cut through the complexity to find the right-fit school for your child in the UK, or around the world.

  • Single sex or co-ed? State or private? Day or boarding? Making moves at age 7, 11, 13 or 16? The British curriculum school system can seem complex and difficult to navigate. Select:ed education experts are sought out by families in the UK and internationally for advice on schooling, worldwide.

  • Select:ed is pioneering a data-driven approach to educational consultancy, using psychologically robust, adaptive assessments to accurately benchmark your child’s current cognitive ability profile, and identify untapped potential for future academic success.

  • Select:ed has supported families with relocation into and out of the UK. Adam D’Souza and his team have recently worked with families from the UAE, USA, China, Switzerland, India and Singapore (to name a few).

    Our proprietary dataset covers schools worldwide, but focuses particularly on the UK and Middle East markets. Our educational experts can support UK and international school searches, or placement into boarding schools.

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