CJA Educational Consultancy

 An educational consultancy firm can help you prepare for your child’s education. Serving clients from around the world and in SW London, CJA Educational Consultancy aims to enlighten parents who are unfamiliar with the UK education process, particularly the highly competitive London school systems. From providing nursery and school advice, property suggestions and reports, to booster sessions in key subjects and interview practice, CJA Educational Consultancy is a firm choice for parents trying to find the best fit schools and choices for their children in the UK.

Our Educational Consultancy Services

• Introductory meeting to get to know the family and their child/children
• School advice for both primary and secondary schools in the London area and beyond (according to need)
• Support and advice on suitable school choices
• ​Projection reports on nursery and school choices depending on area
• Property reports
• Specialist support and advice for the parents and child in specific subjects/areas
• Assessment when required to establish child’s levels
• Subject booster sessions available in key subjects through to GCSE provided by experienced and qualified teachers
• Interview skills and practice

Personalised Educational Consultancy Services

Our leading  consultant, Chloe Abbott, is a mother herself who has put her children through the London school system. She can fully empathise with some of the worry and stress that parents can feel. She has written several articles and blogs discussing the pressures and giving tips to parents from making nursery choices to sixth form and in the past year was invited into many schools to meet the Heads. Chloe has been honoured to be invited to take part in events such as the Speed Dating Entrepreneur Talk to girls in Year 10 at Putney High School alongside ten other leading female business women and entrepreneurs. 

Chloe and her team work and liaise closely with schools and Heads and are very familiar with many different schools in the SW London area and beyond. They work with many experts in education and have a team of specialists to support and advise clients from nursery choices, geographical locations through to university applications. CJA Educational Consultancy is a partner with Clapham Mums and Walton Estate Agents based in Knightsbridge.

When you choose to work with CJA Educational Consultancy expect bespoke, personalized services including: expert advice and support designed to cater for individual needs and requirements.

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Our leading Educational Consultant

Chloe Abbott, BA, PGCE, Dip

Chloe began her early teaching career in Madrid teaching English to adults and children. When she returned to the UK she was promoted to Director of Studies (running an English school in Woking) and later taught Business English and university preparation classes for both diplomats and refugees. After having children, Chloe worked at Swaffield school in Wandsworth, supporting EAL children access the curriculum in Maths and English, and then took the Wandsworth SCITT Primary PGCE/MA and moved into the Primary teaching sector. Over the past 10 years, she has worked in three diverse and interesting Independent schools in London and continued to take on more responsibility and leadership roles. Through Chloe's experience working in Marketing and Senior School External Liaison she ran Senior School Fairs, Nursery Heads gatherings and has worked with Estate Agents and Relocation Agents, forging links between properties and local schools. She organised weekly Parent Talks preparing parents and children for their move to Independent London schools and boarding schools.
Chloe has established a strong reputation and many parents come to seek her advice and support with their plans from nursery choices to thinking about the future, 11 plus, 13 plus and Sixth Form choices. Chloe has developed good relations with both London day schools and many day and boarding schools outside London and tries to visit and meet the Heads to be fully versed on entrance procedures and new developments. Chloe advises many parents on a wide variety of schools including: Westminster, St Paul’s, Kings College, Alleyns, Putney High and Magdelen College (Oxford), Reeds and Epsom College and many boarding school options. Chloe works with Clapham Mums and Walton Estate Agents in Knightsbridge to ensure she is up to date on parents needs and local properties. Chloe’s team includes: English, Maths, Reasoning, Interview technique and University Entrance specialists (all qualified and experienced teachers in their subjects).​ Please do not hesitate to get in touch and we will be happy to help you!​

ASSOCIATED PARTNERS & EDUCATIONAL EXPERTS

Sarah Alakija

 Educational Consultant and University
​Application Advice (Charters Education)

Sarah has worked in independent schools since 1997, working in a variety of roles including Vice Principal and Head of Higher Education and Careers. As well as her private client work, she currently works part-time with a leading London independent girls’ day school and has undertaken consultancy work for a number of independent day and boarding schools in the UK and in Malaysia.  Sarah is currently consulting for an HMC boarding school and an international school in Chengdu. She was educated at the University of Cambridge, where she read Law.
 
Sarah has extensive experience within the independent sixth-form sector and is therefore well versed in all aspects of university applications. She can offer guidance on applications for most subjects, with special expertise in social sciences. Experienced with applications to Oxford and Cambridge, she has authored four editions of the Trotman guide “Getting into Oxford and Cambridge.” Latterly she has helped to design the curriculum for an online course for international students wishing to make British university applications. Sarah is aware of how important it is that parents feel informed about the application process and has given a number of presentations to help parents find their way through the maze of the UCAS system and the personal statement. In addition, she presents engaging workshops to students, helping them to prepare the best application to university, as well as helping teachers, both in the UK and abroad, to construct references for their students.
 
Having always enjoyed working with teenagers, offering them support throughout the university application process, she encourages families to see the process as a long-term strategy, which starts with an appropriate selection of A Level/IB or equivalent subjects and continues with carefully curated research in the form of books, lectures, podcasts, summer courses and other bespoke recommendations. Discrete and highly knowledgeable, Sarah is adept at listening carefully to students and parents in order to ascertain what is required and will put together a strategy to achieve the most appropriate goals.
 

Simon Dredzen

Owner & Managing Director, Walton Estates

Simon Dredzen acts as a property finder and independent sales agent in prime central London for home buyers, investors and developers. Simon has assisted many investors in building up their property portfolios, finding development opportunities, and assisting buyers in finding their ideal home. Simon provides professional and independent property search and acquisition advice to identify the right home or investment opportunity for his clients. As a property investor, former solicitor and investment banker, Simon has all the necessary skills to ensure a smooth and successful property transaction based on substantial experience and knowledge of the prime central market.

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We invite you to view our educational consultancy testimonials. We work hard at CJA Educational Consultancy to provide all of our clients with the reliable advice they need for their child’s education. Should you wish to learn more about our firm and the services we have to offer, please do not hesitate to reach out to us. We hope to hear from you soon.

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