Company Background

High Achievers is a specialist advisory service for students, parents and language teachers, run by Eileen Harrington.  Eileen is a very experienced languages teacher, she has taught in Britain and  spent 15 years in international schools where she was Head of Department in Hong Kong (South Island School ) and in Singapore (United World College).  She has been responsible for university applications for her students and has a particular interest in this area.  She has excellent first-hand knowledge of the boarding school sector in Britain and  has been researching language schools for overseas students since 1978. She has also taught for the British Council and ran a summer English language school in England.   She is a former A Level and IB examiner.

Eileen has two children, now both lawyers in the City,  whom she has seen through most exam crises known to parents.    She completely understands any anxieties parents may have, especially for a teenager coming long distance to Europe for the first time.

High Achievers has been in existence since 1994  and the language course advice is a free service to parents and students.