Ellipsis Learning was set up in Singapore in 2011 by Fiona Hodgkins to provide British educational services for the global student. Ellipsis was established to meet the growing demands for educational services in Singapore and elsewhere and now comprises a global network of educators able to provide these services to internationally mobile clients. These services include schools advice and tutoring services across a wide range of subjects and age groups.

Fiona prides herself on the relationship she builds up with families which can begin with schools advice many years before the tuition begins and continue long after school entrance at 11+ and 13+ to continues support to A-level/IB and University applications.

Educational Consultancy

Selecting a school for your children is one of the most important decisions any parent can make. Too often this decision is based on a subjective assessment of a school’s suitability, perhaps on hearsay or a friend or family member's attendance at a particular school. While these may be valid reasons, Fiona’s overriding belief is that each child should be “matched” more specifically to school/s according to academic and other criteria in order to get the best out of your child's education.

Ellipsis Learning provides advice and support for school entry from Prep to Sixth form as well as University choices & UCAS.

Educational advice is predominantly centred around British and other expatriate clients considering UK based education of their children - either in the UK private or state sectors, whether boarding or day schools, at all levels up to 16+. Advice includes the evaluation of the academic needs of clients' children and together with other factors, matching it to a selection of UK schools.

Fiona’s aim is to empower parents to make the right school choice for their child by knowing what to look for and ask.

Tuition Services

Working with a network of tutors, Ellipsis Learning covers all subjects from pre-11+ to Sixth form including English, Maths, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, modern languages, History, Geography, Economics, Business Studies, Philosophy & Ethics, and Reasoning.

Core to Ellipsis Learning is tutoring which is offered to support the learning and educational needs of later primary and early secondary school students (Years 5 to 8), predominantly for the preparation of UK entrance exams at 11+ and 13+. Continued tuition and support is offered to families to University level.

Fiona has hand-picked all the tutors she works with and personally monitors all lessons tutored by other tutors.

Since being established, Fiona and her tutors have provided thousands of online Skype lessons and helped hundreds of clients globally achieve their educational goals.


Articles

The following educational articles have been also been written by Ellipsis Learning

UK University Applications (June 2024)

UK schools in a COVID-19 environment (June 2020)

UK schools in a COVID-19 environment (June 2020)

Summer learning loss 2020 (May 2020)

Summer learning loss 2020 (May 2020)

11+ / ISEB pre-test /Common Entrance / 13+ - what are they? (April 2020)

11+ / ISEB pre-test /Common Entrance / 13+ - what are they? (April 2020)

Navigating through these uncertain times (March 2020)

Navigating through these uncertain times (March 2020)

Will your children suffer summer learning loss (July 2017)

Will your children suffer summer learning loss (July 2017)

Expat mum’s problems provide inspiration (June 2017)

Expat mum’s problems provide inspiration (June 2017)

Expat children need a helping hand (May 2017)

Expat children need a helping hand (May 2017)

Parents: Help your children through exam season (May 2017)

Parents: Help your children through exam season (May 2017)

Choosing the Next School - Returning to the UK (May 2017)

Choosing the Next School - Returning to the UK (May 2017)

Help prepare your children for exams using Skype Tuition (May 2017)

Help prepare your children for exams using Skype Tuition (May 2017)

Choosing An International School (March 2017)

Choosing An International School (March 2017)

Boarding School Advice - BEAM (2013)

Boarding School Advice - BEAM (2013)

The Same but Different - Old Cornelian (2010)

The Same but Different - Old Cornelian (2010)


Schools Experience and PLACEMENT UPDATES

The following links provide a list of schools for which Fiona has:

  • Recently placed students in the recent academic year

  • Prepared students for entrance exams

  • Personally visited

  • Been in contact with on behalf of parents

School Placements 2020 (June 2020)

School Placements 2020 (June 2020)

School Links - a list of schools that Fiona has had direct experience of.

School Links - a list of schools that Fiona has had direct experience of.

2019 School Placements (July 2019)

2019 School Placements (July 2019)

2018 School Placements (July 2018)

2018 School Placements (July 2018)


References

A selection of recent comments from clients is provided below.

LINK: References