Opening doors for your child to the world’s leading schools

Select:ed has helped hundreds of families like yours secure places at the world’s leading schools

Education consultancy, entrance preparation programmes, private tutoring, assessments: experts on British curriculum school admissions worldwide

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We help families like yours secure your child’s place at top schools, in the UK, the Middle East and around the world.

Select:ed is an education consultancy, opening doors for your child to the leading schools in the UK, Middle East and around the world.

Your expert guides will help you navigate the complex field of education, worldwide. We lead you through the process of selecting schools that balance support and intellectual stretch, then prepare your child for entrance assessments, with the journey continuing all the way to starting at their new school.

My singular aim is supporting families like yours to secure a place at the right-fit school for your child. Since 2019, we have successfully crafted personalised educational journeys for more than 240 families and their children. I would love if you would join them.

Adam D’Souza, Founder

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“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, San Francisco > London, happy parent writing on Google Reviews

Westminster School

Sevenoaks School

St Paul's Girls' School

Brighton College

King's College School, Wimbledon

Tonbridge School

Charterhouse

Dulwich College

Westminster School Sevenoaks School St Paul's Girls' School Brighton College King's College School, Wimbledon Tonbridge School Charterhouse Dulwich College

Equipping students with the academic flexibility and critical thinking tools to secure places at the top British schools

We don’t just prepare students for exams; we curate an academic trajectory for your child that might begin years before the first application is submitted.

OUR SERVICES: EDUCATION CONSULTANCY + COMPLETE ENTRANCE PREPARATION

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

Adam D’Souza then uses that insight to craft a personalised educational journey including 1:1 personalised tutoring and mentoring, strategic school admissions guidance for parents, and responsive assessment. The aim is equipping your son or daughter that equips them with the critical thinking tools, perseverance, confidence and communication skills that will open doors to the right-fit school for them – whether that is a highly selective, academic day school; a British boarding school; or an international school in the Middle East.

UK School Search & Select

Individually tailored education consultancy: school search and placement that helps to secure a place at the right-fit British day or boarding school for your child, using our IQ+EQ approach.

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Academic Day School Entrance

Strategic readiness for competitive, academically selective day schools – without hot-housing your child. Supporting students and parents through 11+ entrance to London and Surrey schools.

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British Boarding School Entrance

An exclusive 360º preparation programme for globally mobile families, opening doors to competitive British boarding schools for your child. Combining personalised and mentoring tutoring with bespoke, empathetic school admissions advisory.

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Middle East School Search

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

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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

Securing the right-fit school for your child

Adam D’Souza and the Select:ed team of education experts will help you cut through the complexity to find the right-fit school for your child in the UK, Middle East, 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.

    For families choosing our preparation programmes, you gain a discreet edge in a noisy, hyper‑competitive market. Your child follows a tailored weekly programme that will keep them ahead of the curve without endless late‑night battles about homework.

  • Select:ed’s IQ+EQ approach emphasises human intelligence and emotional insight, while pioneering a sharper, more data-driven approach to educational consultancy.

    Using psychologically robust, adaptive assessments we accurately benchmark your child’s current cognitive ability profile, and identify untapped potential for future academic success.

    This is combined with personal judgement on which schools actually fit your child – academically, socially and pastorally – and why, not just a list of famous names.

  • Select:ed has supported families with relocation into and out of the United Kingdom. Adam D’Souza and his team are recognised worldwide as experts on premium, British curriculum education.

    We have worked with families from the UAE, USA, China, Italy, 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 school searches, international school admissions, or placement into boarding schools.