Elizabeth Harding Independent school advisory, UAE

For professional advisers

Private school advisory for your client’s family.

Education is often the element of a UAE relocation that cannot be solved through a standard checklist. Every child, school and admissions situation is different.

Elizabeth welcomes introductions from the professionals looking after a family’s move, and works with the family directly from there. She is paid by the family, takes no commission from schools and does the work herself. How far her involvement goes depends on the engagement the family chooses.

Discuss a client introduction

Introductions are welcome from

  • Family offices
  • Private banks and wealth advisers
  • Private client lawyers
  • Immigration professionals
  • Relocation advisers
  • Executive search and mobility teams

Process

How an introduction works.

  1. You make a confidential introduction

    By email or through the enquiry form. Share as much or as little as the family is comfortable with at this stage.

  2. Elizabeth speaks directly with the family

    An introductory conversation with the parents, at no charge, to understand the children and what the family needs.

  3. The engagement is agreed with the right person

    Together with the family, Elizabeth recommends which of her four services fits. Terms are agreed with the family, or with the office acting for them, whichever the family prefers.

  4. Elizabeth does the work herself

    Whichever service is agreed, she does the work personally. Only Private School Search & Placement includes her support at every stage until the family receives a confirmed offer.

  5. You are kept informed, where appropriate

    If the family is happy for you to be kept up to date, Elizabeth will do that. Nothing is shared without their agreement.

Engagements

Four levels of involvement.

Some families need a single conversation to make a decision; others want Elizabeth alongside them throughout. The engagement is agreed with the family at the outset.

01 School Decision Call
An experienced view on the schools you’re already considering. One hour.
02 School Strategy Consultation
A researched shortlist and a clear plan built around your child. Up to two weeks.
03 Strategy & Application Support
A personalised strategy, with guidance through applications and school follow-up. Up to two months.
04 Private School Search & Placement
Elizabeth personally alongside your family throughout the school search. Until a confirmed offer.

Compare the services in full

Scope

What Elizabeth can handle

  • The UAE school landscape
  • Fit between each child and each school
  • Availability enquiries
  • Curriculum choices
  • School visits
  • Applications
  • Assessments
  • Offers

Depending on the engagement: availability checks begin with the School Strategy Consultation, guidance through visits and applications comes with Strategy & Application Support, and offers and support through to a confirmed offer are part of Private School Search & Placement.

What stays outside her work

  • Visas and immigration law
  • Property search and brokerage
  • Financial advice
  • Tuition and tutoring

Elizabeth is happy to work alongside whoever is looking after these, and to talk through how they fit around the school timetable.

How Elizabeth works

Three things that stay the same for every family.

Paid by families

And by no one else. Elizabeth takes no commission, referral fee or introduction fee from any school.

Done personally

Elizabeth works with a small number of families each term and does the work herself.

Kept private

Nothing about a family, a child or an outcome is shared with anyone, and no family is ever named.

Discuss a client introduction.

You can write to Elizabeth by email or through the enquiry form. She replies personally, usually within the same working day.

Discuss a client introduction enquiries@elizabethharding.com