St. Andrew's College Cambridge

I wanted to take a moment to thank all the staff for the incredible experience I had at St Andrew’s College.

I spent four amazing months there and enjoyed every single moment as a 1 term student from Italy. I especially loved living at the school and being part of the boarding community. I feel that I made a lot of progress, both academically and in learning the language, and this experience has been extremely valuable to me.

Thank you again for all the support, kindness, and help you gave me during my time at St Andrew’s. I will always carry wonderful memories of my stay, and I truly hope to come back and visit in the future.

Kind regards,
Davide

Our daughter received CDU in her Year 13 results at her local state school, and we were devastated. We initially planned for her to repeat Year 13 at St Andrews College, Cambridge, but after a very detailed and thoughtful conversation, the staff recommended that she join the Engineering Foundation programme instead. They explained that this pathway is internally assessed, which meant there was no risk of final exam surprises, and it would give her a strong route into top universities. This advice turned out to be absolutely right. Our daughter was so much happier after transferring to St Andrews. With the support and guidance of the incredibly knowledgeable and responsible staff, she went on to receive offers from five Russell Group universities and successfully met all the conditions. We are truly grateful that we chose St Andrews—it was the best decision for our daughter’s future, and we cannot thank the team enough for their professionalism, care, and insight.

Our son Ben was struggling at his previous state school and his results were not great. After completing his GCSEs, he joined St Andrews College Cambridge for his A-Levels and the transformation has been remarkable. From the very beginning, the teachers provided unwavering support and encouragement, offering plenty of catch-up sessions and taking genuine care in helping him rebuild his confidence. Ben gradually became more outgoing, made many positive friends, and truly started to enjoy learning again. To our surprise and delight, he went on to achieve four A grades at A-Level* and has now progressed to Imperial College London to study Theoretical Physics. We are incredibly grateful to the caring and dedicated teachers at St Andrews for their commitment and guidance. They not only helped Ben excel academically but also gave him the confidence and resilience to succeed.

My child's college entrance exam (Gaokao) results in China were not ideal, and for a time, they felt very lost about the future. We are very fortunate that they later chose the Computer Science and AI undergraduate foundation course at Cambridge St. Andrew's. The school offers small class sizes, with an average of only 8 students. The teachers provided patient, hands-on guidance, which not only helped our child build a solid academic foundation but also greatly boosted their self-confidence and independent thinking skills.

Thanks to the teachers' meticulous nurturing and the school's comprehensive support, our child successfully gained admission to the University of Edinburgh's integrated Master's program in Computer Science, and also received offers from King's College London, the University of Manchester, the University of Birmingham, and the University of Leeds.

We especially want to thank the boarding house staff (warden/residential tutor) for their meticulous care. They not only looked after our child's daily life but also became a comforting source of support in a foreign land. As parents, we are sincerely grateful to Cambridge St. Andrew's for helping our child find direction again after the Gaokao setback and realizing their dream of entering a world-class university.

We are incredibly grateful to St. Anne's Cambridge for their meticulous nurturing and care throughout our child's growth journey. Not only is the academic standard here first-class, with a curriculum closely aligned with the requirements of top UK universities, but there is also daily academic guidance from a team of Cambridge University PhDs, which has greatly enhanced our child's academic thinking and confidence. The school's boarding management is detailed and thoughtful, ensuring safety while also making our child feel the warmth of home. The diverse international student environment has allowed our child to learn cross-cultural communication and independent living beyond academics. Our entire family feels immensely reassured and pleased that our child can grow up in such a caring and high-standard environment.