guardianship for students on the Pangbourne Immersion Programme
Pangbourne Immersion Programme and Bright World Guardianships
Parents who are sending their child to UK boarding schools need to nominate an educational guardian, based in the UK, to act on their behalf and offer an extra layer of safeguarding care. This applies to all students on the Pangbourne Immersion Programme.
Pangbourne College is committed to ensuring the safety of all their students and Bright World Guardianships has been selected by them to provide this service to the students on this programme.
Bright World will provide Pangbourne Immersion Programme students with welfare support from our Local Coordinator, Head Office assistance from a dedicated Guardianship Care Manager, Chinese speaking support, 24/7 emergency assistance, and host family accommodation in emergency situations.
our team dedicated to our Pangbourne Immersion Guardianship students
Maria Novais
Guardianship Care Manager
All Pangbourne College students and their parents will get to know their Bright World Guardianship Care Manager, Maria Novais. All parents will be able to contact Maria in working hours on any subject. Maria will also keep in regular contact with the school to update them on any parental or student requests or activities we are organising.Maria will be overseeing our strategic partnership with Pangbourne School and will manage our student activities there.
Cheerful Chow
Local Coordinator and Bright World Buddy
Once you have enrolled, you will receive a profile of our Local Coordinator and your child's Bright World Buddy, Cheerful Chow. Cheerful will visit all students on arrival to introduce herself and will then be available to them during their time at Pangbourne College in case they need a chat or want to ask a question. They will stay in touch throughout your guardianship programme.
Grace Wang and Hai Li
Chinese-speaking support Regional Managers
Grace and Hai live and work in China for Bright World. They are available during office hours and on Wechat to offer an extra layer of support to parents of students on the Pangbourne Immersion Programme.
Su Warren
Managing Director
Su Warren will oversee the work of Maria and Cheerful which is supported by a larger Team of staff at our Head Office.
what we do for you
Welfare Visits
Our Local Coordinator, Cheerful, will visit all the students during the first few days of term and can help liaise with the school and parents for any small issues that may arise. She will talk to all the students and explain our role at Bright World. She will also introduce the students to the Bright World App and ask them to download it so they have easy access to information and important contact details.
Emergency host family stays
In the unlikely event that the school closes during the programme or students need to leave in an emergency, Bright World will arrange for them to stay with one of our local and fully screened host families until they are able to return home.
Emergency assistance 24/7
All students and their parents will have access to our Emergency telephone number and our out of hours email support service for the duration of the programme. This is managed by a Duty Manager who is a member of our Head Office Team and parents can be assured of a prompt and reliable service in times of need.
Transport services
Although the Pangbourne Immersion students arrive together and transport is not usually required, Bright World Guardianships can arrange ad hoc airport transfers should they be needed using one of our accredited drivers.
Blink for parents - your Bright World in the cloud
All parents joining our programme will automatically receive login details to Blink. This is a our cloud-based parent portal where they can see a live timeline of our reports, and visits.
more about Bright World Guardianships
A trustworthy service from an experienced team of professionals
Bright World was established in 2000 and has been dedicated to offering UK guardianship to international students ever since. Our staff are all expertly trained in Child Protection and Customer Service to create the optimum service for parents and to provide the support and mentoring that young children studying in the UK require.
Accredited to Gold Standard by AEGIS
Bright World has been accredited by AEGIS, the Association for the Education & Guardianship of International Students, since 2006. Bright World is a gold standard member, offering guardianship at the highest standard possible in the UK.
Multi award-winning guardianship since 2000
Bright World won the Guardianship Provider category at the StudyTravel Secondary Awards for 5 consecutive years 2021-2025. Winning 5 times means that Bright World has gained First Class Winner status demonstrating a consistently high standard and reputation. Voted for by schools and educational agents, the awards celebrate outstanding services in the International education industry.
Impressive cloud-based portal and Student App
The online portal was designed to meet the needs of overseas parents and students and includes a unique Host Family Selection tool. Our Student App is available to download and contains all the information a student will need to guide them through their guardianship programme.
Well considered, safe host family accommodation
Bright World can offer safe and secure host family accommodation during both planned and unexpected events. Find more about our host families below.
