Education Consultant
Expert guidance to support every stage of your child’s education
Expert Education Consultants with Dukes Tutoring
Navigating the world of education can be overwhelming for families. From choosing the right school and planning entrance exams to understanding your child’s unique strengths and challenges, there are many decisions that shape a child’s educational journey. Our education consultancy services provide clear, personalised guidance and ongoing support to help you make confident, informed choices at every stage.
Our education consultants are qualified educators and specialists who work with families closely and consistently, helping you feel supported every step of the way. We offer impartial, experienced advice tailored to your child’s academic profile, personality and goals.
We are experienced in supporting families through whatever they may need support with, including school placement support, academic planning, admissions and entrance examination preparation and specialist support. We also offer consultancy on school reports, and consultancy services within both of our academic assessments.
As part of the Dukes Plus family, we can also refer you to specialist university admissions consultants for Oxbridge, US, medical school and more.
FAQs
Education consultancy provides expert, personalised guidance to help families make informed decisions about their child’s education. This can include school choice, admissions strategy, academic planning, exam preparation and longer-term educational pathways.
Our services are suitable for families at all stages, from early years through to senior school and beyond. Our education consultants support families looking for the right school for their child, relocating, preparing for transitions between schools, and those who need tailored academic or pastoral guidance.
Tutoring focuses on subject-specific academic support, while education consultancy looks at the bigger picture. Consultancy helps families make strategic decisions about schooling, admissions and long-term planning, often working alongside tutoring where appropriate.
Yes. We provide guidance on entrance exam requirements and can arrange tutoring, mock assessments and interview preparation to help students feel confident and well prepared.
We have decades of collective experience helping families and children find the right schools, plan their education, and navigate transitions and relocations. Our lead education consultant, Clive, is an expert in the UK independent sector. He has been Head of two UK prep schools and served on the boards of two of the major independent schools bodies, the Independent Association of Prep Schools and the Independent Schools Council.
We are proud to be part of the Dukes Plus family. Within Dukes Plus are specialist consultancies including Oxbridge Applications, A-List Education, and The Medic Portal, which have decades of experience supporting students with Oxbridge, US, and medical school admissions respectively.
Meet Clive, our Education Consultant
After an initial career in business, Clive has spent more than twenty years in education, with mathematics as his core teaching subject and the majority of his career in senior leadership roles focused on student outcomes and wellbeing. He has led two UK prep schools – Packwood Haugh and Northcote Lodge – and completed interim headships overseas in Egypt and Spain. Well connected across the independent sector, he has previously chaired the Independent Association of Prep Schools finance committee and served on the Independent Schools Council finance committee, giving him broad insight into both day and boarding schools.
Clive has exceptional expertise as a school admissions consultant and takes great pride in guiding pupils to their first-choice schools. Following our academic assessments, Clive also offers consultations to help parents clearly understand the results and plan practical next steps. A long-standing member of the Dukes Tutoring team, he combines strategic perspective with a genuine enjoyment of working one-to-one with students.
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