Number of Hong Kong students at Britain’s independent schools surges nearly fivefold in 2 years
- Affluent parents who move their children from free schools ‘seek better facilities, teaching quality’
- Most Hongkongers who migrate to Britain put their children in state or publicly funded grammar schools
The number of Hong Kong students in Britain’s private independent schools shot up almost five times in two years, as affluent parents chose to pay more for their children’s education.
According to a report by the United Kingdom’s Independent Schools Council last week, 2,357 students from Hong Kong with at least one parent living in the UK were attending exclusive schools, up from 1,538 last year and 496 in 2021.
There were almost 5,654 more Hong Kong students in private schools whose parents lived overseas.
Hongkongers were the biggest group of overseas students in private schools for the second consecutive year, followed by those from mainland China and Germany.
Private schools charge hefty fees, compared with the United Kingdom’s free publicly funded campuses attended by most Hong Kong children there.