School Advisory Overview
Nursery Advisory
Pre-Prep and Prep School Advisory
Senior Day School Advisory
Senior Boarding School Advisory
For Children Aged 0-4
Keystone’s advisory team are experienced in providing school-specific support in preparation for school selection from nursery up to sixth form entry.
Understanding how to choose the right nursery for your child can be overwhelming. Keystone’s consultancy team are able to provide advice relating to nursery selection, giving a full overview of options and ensuring that you feel confident about the choices you are making for your child.
We work alongside nursery specialists to ensure reliable, up-to-date advice is available to families. In London, some popular nurseries require registration at birth. Some nurseries have an entry assessment and others act as feeders to some of the most competitive London pre-prep and prep schools. Our nursery application advisory support is here to reduce the stress that can so often hamper the process of finding the right nursery school for your child.
Keystone Nursery Consultancy – Key Services
Initial consultation meeting (in person or online) - Our initial consultations enable us to understand the specific needs of your family, your objectives and key criteria for nurseries. An initial consultation with a nursery specialist will either act as a starting point for our Shortlisting or Full Nursery service or will be offered through our Hourly Consultancy service.
Nursery Shortlisting Service - Following your consultations, your specialist nursery consultant will assemble a shortlist of suitable nurseries that meet your requirements. This shortlist will outline recommended nursery school options, will provide a background on each nursery and will give a clear sense of the next steps you need to take along with any other key information.
Full Nursery Advice - If you are looking for a specialist nursery consultant to oversee your nursery search and subsequent applications then we can support this through our Full Advisory service. Within this we will shortlist your nursery options, and following discussion and confirmation of your preferred options, we will complete registrations, arrange nursery visits, and undertake any other necessary clerical work.
Ongoing support - For families looking to source the right nursery for their child, and then to look further ahead to Pre-Prep and Prep Schools, we can provide a clear educational timeline and strategy.
Ad Hoc Advice (Hourly Consultancy) - If you are looking for an unbiased perspective on nurseries, or for an experienced nursery consultant who can give some insight into a specific topic, we are able to help on an hourly basis. Before a consultation we will collect relevant information, and if applicable, you will receive a summary email with further recommendations following the meeting.
If you’d like to book a free initial consultation about nursery school placements then please do contact us to request your free consultation.
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