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Bringing the best of Advanced Level British education to students across the world

Welcome to Freemen's Global School

Using state-of-the-art technology, originally developed for Harvard University, Freemen’s Global provides an opportunity for ambitious schools across the globe to partner with City of London Freemen’s School to attract and retain high achieving students who wish to study UK qualifications.

They are taught in English through live lessons by Freemen’s UK qualified teachers.

Freemen’s Global ensures those international students studying with us, but attending our partner schools, are supported by expert counselling to achieve their ambitions for entrance to the world’s top universities and beyond.

Students learn in a Freemen’s Global centre within their own school. They join others on a video wall from around the world in small classes taught by Freemen’s Global staff who use the same teaching and learning methods which have made Freemen’s a top 5 UK school.

When students are not working with Freemen’s teachers, they attend activities in their own school, enjoying all of the benefits of in-person school life, such as sport, extra-curricular activities and pastoral care.

Students joining Freemen’s Global become part of an international network of Freemen’s alumni, with access to former pupils from across the world in all fields of work.

Freemen’s Global School has been established to teach GCSEs and A Levels to students attending partner schools around the world.

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Advanced Level Learning is particularly suited for students wanting to gain a deep understanding of a subject in which they show a real interest. A love of the subject is very helpful in ensuring success. A Levels offer students the opportunity to play to their strengths.

Keys to a brighter future

A Levels

A Levels – or Advanced Level Learning – are recognised as an academic gold-standard for university entrance in the United Kingdom and the United States. A number of top universities in the Far East, Middle East and across Europe also accept A Levels as evidence of academic ability. A Level candidates are aged 16-18.

Students usually take three A Level courses with many supplementing their chosen programme by completing an Extended Project Qualification (EPQ). This is an A Level standard standalone qualification, designed to extend a student’s abilities beyond the syllabus and demonstrate to universities their competence in studying at a higher level.

GCSEs

Prior to A Levels, students between the ages of 14-16 frequently prepare by study of an International General Certificate of Education (IGCSE) programme. Students can complete anywhere between eight and ten IGCSE courses, which offer a broad-based knowledge of their chosen subjects. High scores in IGCSEs, followed by top grades at A Level, are impressive qualifications which university admissions tutors acknowledge as superior evidence of a student’s academic abilities. Students can however enter A Level courses without IGCSE support, but with either local evidence of academic ability or by completing successfully entrance examinations set by Freemen’s Global School.

What is the difference between A Levels and the International Baccalaureate?

Advanced Level Learning is particularly suited for students wanting to gain a deep understanding of a subject in which they show a real interest. A love of the subject is very helpful in ensuring success. A Levels offer students the opportunity to play to their strengths.

Some universities require students to have studied a particular subject before admitting them onto an undergraduate course. For example, to study Medicine or Veterinary Science at university level, students will be expected to have achieved a high grade in Advanced Level Sciences and, often, Mathematics. Paradoxically, some undergraduate academic disciplines, such as Law, do not require Advanced Level Learning in that subject.

Counsellors at Freemen’s Global and the local partner school are available to help students and parents make their subject choices.

The International Baccalaureate (IB) is a more general course with students having to undertake some compulsory subjects and make choices of others.

Our partner schools offer supplementary programmes, such as the development of Critical Thinking, or community service opportunities, which are embedded into the IB but which are additional to the A Level academic studies.

A Levels offer students the opportunity to play to their strengths and their interests.

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Freemen’s Global School offers international students the keys to access the world’s top universities and to the career opportunities which follow.

Preparation for university

We are very experienced and successful at this. Students who study at Freemen’s Global are able to inform universities that they have studied with City of London Freemen’s School.

Year on year, students attending Freemen’s gain entry into Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College, the London School of Economics, Durham, Bristol and other members of the ‘Russell Group’ – the top 20 UK universities.

Additionally, many of the US-based Ivy League universities visit our School, looking for scholarship candidates to enter the likes of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT and Stanford. We support their applications and advise on the entry process.

In addition to excellent academic results, students applying through the UK’s University and Colleges

Admission System (UCAS) are required to complete a Personal Statement, aimed at attracting the interest of Admissions Tutors. The content of the UCAS Statement must be evidence-based with students able to demonstrate they have undertaken work experience or related activities relevant to their chosen field of study.

Increasingly, international and UK universities are requiring students to undertake formal interviews. Preparation support for this is provided by Freemen’s Global.

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Freemen’s Global offers a full university admissions counselling programme.

Results and Destinations

Freemen’s has a long-established reputation for ensuring students from both the UK and abroad achieve outstanding academic outcomes. Freemen’s results place it amongst the best schools in the UK.

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Destinations

International Destinations: University of Chicago, McGill University, Montreal

Most popular university destinations of Freemen's Sixth Form graduates since 2019

In the 2022 The Sunday Times Parent Power league table, Freemen’s ranks 14th in the UK amongst co-educational independent schools for results at GCSE, and our students’ success in achieving A* (8/9) grades is significantly higher than those of our neighbouring schools in Surrey.

Subject Choices

For A Level course starting in September

From September 2022, the following subjects will be offered. Many more subjects will be added to this list for students beginning their A Levels in 2023.

Students may select one option from each block A-D, up to a maximum of three options. Students who take Further Mathematics will have additional lessons to accommodate the fact they will be taking four A Levels.

Business Studies Computing

Extended Project Qualification

An EPQ is an additional programme and can be undertaken no matter what subject choices are made. The content of the EPQ will be of the student’s own choice and will develop research skills, referencing skills and communication skills.

Co-curricular

By joining Freemen’s Global, students will be able to participate in the wide range of Co-curricular activities that Freemen’s undertakes, all of which can help support applications for university places.

Freemen’s Global offers activities from our Business and Economics Society (BEST) to our Scholar’s lecture programme.

IGCSE

Should students be interested in studying IGCSE courses with Freemen's Global, they should contact their local school.

Public Examinations

Both Advanced Level Learning and IGCSE Examinations will be held at the partner school. Partner Schools are being supported to become formal Examination Centres. Examinations will NOT be taken using the Digital Immersive Learning Technology. Examinations are usually conducted between May and July each academic year.

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Programme Leaders

HEAD OF FREEMEN’S GLOBAL: Mr Paul Bridges, BSc, MA, PGCE

Mr Bridges has been at Freemen’s for four years, firstly as Deputy Head Academic and now as Head of Freemen’s Global. Prior to Freemen’s, Mr Bridges was the founding Principal of RGS Guildford in Qatar, an Assistant Head (T&L) at the Royal Grammar School, Guildford and Head of Economics at Tiffin Boys School. An Economics and Politics graduate of Birmingham University,Mr Bridges studied for his MA in Educational Leadership at UCL and his PGCE at the Institute of Education.

HEAD OF SIXTH FORM: Mrs Sarah Stewart, BA, MA, PGCE

Mrs Stewart has taught at a number of day and boarding schools in both the maintained and independent sector and served as Head of English at Guildford High School for Girls. A graduate of King's College London, Mrs Stewart holds a BA in English Literature and a MA in 19th Century English and American Literature. She also completed her PGCE at King's College London.

HEAD OF PHYSICS: Mr James Hallam, BSc, PGCE

Mr Hallam studied Physics at the University of Bristol, then returned to Bristol to complete his PGCE qualification. Mr Hallam has been part of the teaching team at City of London Freemen's School for 26 years and has led the successful Physics Department for 21 of those years. During his time at Freemen's, he has also been Head of Science, a pastoral Head of Year and Head of Sixth Form (Academic).

HEAD OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS: Mrs Justine Marvin, BSc, PGCE

An experienced member of staff, Mrs Marvin has been at City of London Freemen's School for 13 years as both Head of Economics and Business and Head of Lower 6 and Upper 6. Prior to this, Mrs Marvin ran departments at Shenley Brook End School where she introduced Economics and Business into the school curriculum, and Ryeish Green School where she first started her teaching career and had responsibility for a number of Government pilot schemes. Mrs Marvin studied Economics and Agricultural Economics at Aberystwyth University before completing a PGCE at University of Worcester.

HEAD OF BIOLOGY: Mr John Graham, BSc, MSC, PGCE

Mr Graham studied Zoology with Marine Zoology at The University of Wales Bangor before completing his MSc in Pollution and Environmental Control at The University of Manchester. Mr Graham has been part of the teaching team at City of London Freemen's School for ten years. Joining initially as a NQT after gaining his PGCE at the University of Chester, and progressing to become Head of Biology.

HEAD OF MATHEMATICS: Mrs Marie Cast, BSc, PGCE

Mrs Cast has over 25 years’ experience teaching Mathematics, Further Mathematics and Statistics. After graduating from Exeter University with a BSC (Hons) in Mathematical Statistics and Operational Research, Mrs Casr qualified as a Chartered Accountant before gaining her PGCE from St Mary’s University in London.

EPQ COORDINATOR: Ms Harriet Pennington, BA, PGCE

Mrs Pennington has been teaching at Freemen’s for 12 years as a teacher of Geography and lead coordinator for the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ). Prior to this, Mrs Pennington taught Geography at a secondary school in the London Borough of Kingston. After graduating with a BA (Hons) in Geography from the University of Wales (Lampeter), Mrs Pennington studied for her PGCE at Keele University.

HEAD OF CHEMISTRY: Ms Alex Mistry, BSc, MA, PGCE

This is Ms Mistry’s third employment at Freemen’s since 1996, and most recently, she has been here for three years, initially as a teacher of Chemistry, but now as Head of Chemistry. Before that she was Head of Chemistry at Mayfield Girls School and Ardingly College, both in East Sussex, and at Freemen’s until 2002, when she left to start a family. Following her graduation from Kingston University in 1986, she obtained a PGCE from the University of Surrey and then an M.A in Science Education from the Institute of Education in London in 1998.

Freemen’s Global is not an online set of resources which students follow independently, like a MOOC. Freemen’s Global allows students to connect into our digital immersive learning classroom with our world-class Freemen’s teachers and be taught by them in small groups, situated in their local school, according to the best possible classroom practice.

Live learning

Our teachers offer direct classroom instruction, questioning, assessments and feedback, challenges and homework. Just like a physical classroom, students are sometimes taught as a class and sometimes the teacher works in small groups or even individually.

Students are expected to work hard, complete work to the best of their ability, ask questions to enhance understanding, reflect on material and make improvements based on feedback. Most importantly, students are expected to aim high.

The technology

Students have access to two state-of-the-art technologies. Seated in specially configured classrooms in their own school, they have a PC with their own screen, a set of noise-cancelling headphones and a Laptop or iPad, with stylus, so they can work on a digital exercise and text book through Microsoft’s 365 ‘One Note’ software.

A teacher or support assistant, and technical assistant, is available to help supervise the learning in the local classroom. Their images are life-size on a video-wall located in City of London Freemen’s Digital Immersive Learning Classrooms. On their own PC screen, they have the choice of multiple camera angles to view the lesson and are able to speak directly to the teacher.

The teacher has a number of digital support mechanisms to identify when students wish to speak

or ask questions, break into smaller work groups, or participate in polling. Students can access both their own whiteboard and that of the teacher. When asked to complete an assignment they are directed to use their OneNote, and the teacher is able to comment on the work, request amendments or additions, in real-time as part of the live lesson.

The technology, which was originally developed by X20 Media for Harvard Business School, also includes a mechanism to alert the teacher if the student’s attention has drifted elsewhere on the internet. Behind the scenes, the technology provides further data for the teacher to gauge levels of participation and involvement in the lesson.

Logging into the lesson initially requires a number of security checks to be completed. The technology also has the capacity to amend the bandwidth in the event of connection disruption or interference.

How parents will keep up to date with progress Freemen’s Global will provide regular progress updates to students and parents every half term indicating performance to date plus likely grades in the final assessments. These will take the form of report cards. In addition, parents and guardians will be invited to attend parents’ evenings where they will be able to speak to Freemen’s Global teachers.

The student experience

Advanced Level students attending City of London Freemen’s, based on a our 57-acre site in the Surrey Hills on the outskirts of London, have been using Digital Immersive Learning over recent months. You can hear about their experiences in the video below.

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Summer School and Easter Revision

The Summer Schools are open to students aged 14 and above and focus on university entrance preparation and the development of personal and leadership skills. Bespoke programme streams according to student needs and interests are available.

Courses run for either two or three weeks and involve trips to UK university sites, special counselling, English-language learning and cultural explorations of the City of London. Development of leadership skills feature strongly.

The Easter Revision Course is for science students requiring support with their Practical Experiments (where required for public examinations) and development of study skills.

Students engaged on the Freemen’s Global programme will be invited to attend annual Summer Schools and Easter Revision Courses at our UK campus.

How to apply

Students wishing to enrol on the Freemen’s Global Programme are asked to be in direct contact with our Partner School in their territory.

City of London Connections

City of London Freemen’s School is overseen by the City of London Corporation. The Corporation supports a number of schools in the London area.

To learn more, watch the Headmasters' Welcome video below from Headmaster, Mr Roland Martin.

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