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Early Years Admissions Planning: Your First Step Toward Private School

A structured parenting support system to help families with children aged 0–30 months understand early childhood milestones, build confident routines, and prepare for the preschool years ahead.
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WHO IS IT FOR:​

Parents of infants and toddlers aged 0 to 30 months who:

  • Plan for their child to attend private school in the future;
  • Want to understand early developmental milestones and adopt effective parenting methods; and
  • Want to proactively prepare for daycare, preschool, and JK private school admissions.
Proven Track Record of Success

Our Results

Every year, KEY students receive offers from top private schools and universities across Canada, the United States, and abroad. Our results reflect the strength of our personalized guidance, academic preparation, and strategic application planning that help families turn their educational goals into reality.
2021-22 results
Why Families Choose KEY Education

Benefits

Integrated Parenting & Admissions Support

Expert guidance helps families plan admissions from daycare through JK while supporting child development.

Parenting Aligned with Private School Values

Education content reflects the expectations of top private schools, helping families prepare early.

Actionable & Practical Guidance

Includes 1:1 monthly coaching, online classes, Parent & Me sessions, and resources for at-home learning.
Comprehensive Guidance From Start to Finish
A structured parenting support system to help families understand early childhood milestones, build confident routines, and prepare for the preschool years ahead

    Early Years Admissions Guidance

    We plan admissions timelines and strategies for daycare, preschool, and private school (JK) based on each family’s goals and school fit.

    Parent Education Program

    Our Parent Education Program equips families with expert insights on child development, learning routines, and the factors that contribute to private school readiness. Through monthly online classes and 1:1 coaching, parents learn how to support their child’s cognitive, social-emotional, and language growth from infancy onward.

    Parent & Me Classes

    In these interactive classes, parents and children participate together in guided activities that strengthen the parent-child bond, support language development, and build children’s ability to confidently adapt to classroom settings. Children gradually develop social confidence and overcome separation anxiety, while parents gain practical strategies for supporting learning and development at home.

    Family Profile Planning

    We help parents understand how private schools view family involvement and parent profiles. Through personalized planning, we advise on building the right mix of community engagement, extracurricular involvement, and family routines that will support a strong profile when admissions time arrives.

    Family Activity Planning

    We work with parents to design meaningful at-home and extracurricular experiences that support whole-child development and align with private school expectations, ensuring every opportunity in your child’s early years contributes to their future readiness.

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With a Complimentary Consultation!

Take the first step toward your child’s admission success. In this free, no-obligation session, we’ll discuss your goals, answer your questions, and map out a personalized plan to guide your admissions journey.
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Grace Hsueh
18 March 2025
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My experience with KEY has been nothing short of amazing. They spent alot of time to understand our child and our family before making recommendations. The consultants were highly knowledgeable about child development and different private schools, and able to answer many of our questions. The whole process with school selection/application was thoughtful, intelligent, and strategic. Suggestions and recommendations were always clearly explained, and delivered in a professional and timely manner. KEY also provided classes for my child, which were well structured and suitable for his age and developmental stage. My child loved KEY's classes. They also have parenting classes that offered wonderful information for families with young children. All in all we are happy with our experience with KEY. Thank you!
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Mary Chen
8 March 2025
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The team at Key Education is incredibly professional and dedicated. Throughout the entire application process, their staff demonstrated diligence and expertise, which provided us with invaluable support. We received personalized guidance for every step of the application process, ensuring us to be well-prepared for the school interviews and assessments. Thanks to Key Education’s expertise, our daughter was accepted into our top-choice private school, and we couldn’t be more satisfied. We’re glad we chose Key Education from the start, and we highly recommend them to anyone navigating the private school application process!
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Shan He
1 March 2025
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We had a fantastic experience with Key Education Consulting, especially with Cameron and Ben. They were highly professional and provided invaluable guidance throughout the private school application process. Their expertise and support were instrumental in helping us secure an offer for our child. We truly appreciate their dedication and would highly recommend their services to any family navigating the private school admissions journey.
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JO
29 March 2024
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KE Y很专业。在孩子私校申请中节省了我们大量时间和精力。 首先,他们帮你理清思路,回答你关于为什么要上私校的问题以及应该选择什么样的学校的问题,让你不再犯晕。 其次,他们在申请文件准备上和程序把控上给予你绝对专业的,有针对性的辅导和培训,突出孩子的特点以及家庭特点。全过程辅导,培训,提醒,绝无可能因程序繁杂而犯错。辅导老师一对一服务,专业,耐心,客观,诚实。 感谢在KEY的帮助下孩子成功拿到了理想私校的Offer。 真心推荐。
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Zhang Anbon
27 March 2024
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Key Education 非常重视并尊重孩子和家长的想法,无论是在规划初期还是整个过程中,他们都表现出很专业水平和积极态度。这使得我们的申请过程非常顺利,并最终成功地让孩子被我们首选的学校录取。
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lingjuan wang
26 March 2024
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我们在取得二所顶私中学的offer后,果断地放弃了其他几所顶私的面试邀约。这个结果也算是在我们的意料之中。六个月key的陪伴,不仅使我们熟悉了解了温哥华、多伦多不同学校的特点和要求的侧重点,更加使我们对孩子的学习方向、目标和未来愿景有了清晰的认识和思考。专业的事交给专业的人和机构区做,key就是这样的机构,顾问就是这样专业的人。谢谢key。
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Jay Wu
25 March 2024
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KEY Education is a wonderful establishment, especially when kickstarting a child’s journey towards a private school education. The staff and advisors are incredibly helpful and responsible when monitoring our children’s learning and growth. Both our boys have successfully gotten into the school they’ve hoped for and we couldn’t be more grateful for KEY’s guidance during this process.
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Sam J
25 March 2024
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We are deeply thankful for the assistance Key Education provided in helping us secure private school placements for our children. Their team exhibited exceptional diligence and meticulous organization, ensuring a seamless and structured process from start to finish. They also played a crucial role in improving our boys' overall academic performance. There dedicated team showed an exemplary display of teamwork, and our children have become more effective learners thanks to KEY's influence.
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Li Nicky
19 March 2024
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As a new family moving to Canada one year ago, we believe that we will not make such big progress without Key’s help and guidance. They provided very helpful advices helping us adapt ourselves to the new environment and prepare for the challenges. In addition the teachers at Key are amazing and devoted and our kid made huge progress in language and social emotional development throughout their various classes. We got to our ideal and favorite top school and would like to attribute this success to their support.
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Joyce Liu
6 February 2024
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Ben is very patient and helpful. Teachers there are experienced and kind. We always receive warm greetings when we send kid to Key. Highly recommend!
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Alex Li
5 April 2023
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总体来讲是不错。通过不到半年的课程学习(孩子)和面试培训(孩子和家长)进入到了所有申请学校的面试阶段,最终顺利拿到了理想学校的offer。 它的收费不便宜,不过也是市场价。从服务质量的角度而言,也是不错的。虽然期间也经历了换顾问、换客服的事儿,但人员流动大也是这个行业的特点吧。我们后来的顾问是特别认真负责,还专门为我们做加场的面试培训。 我们从一开始就知道孩子能否拿到Offer,取决于诸多因素。对于我们而言,孩子能够最终拿到Offer, 在Key的学习和培训是非常重要的因素。 在此,感谢Key Education的顾问、老师和客服们!
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teresa zhang
22 March 2023
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Key education在申请学校方面很专业也很负责,从每个助理,顾问,培训老师都给与了我和我孩子特别多的帮助,让申请整个过程都非常顺利和简单轻松,key education非常值得信任的机构,只要你积极配合,我相信大家都能有所收获[呲牙]
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Paul K
24 February 2023
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Answers to Parents’ Most Common Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

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  • Is it too early to start if my child is under 1 year old?

    Starting early is a smart move. Building strong habits and a nurturing environment from infancy lays the foundation for language, social, and emotional development. Top private schools often look for families with a long-term educational vision.

  • How is this different from a typical parent-child class or daycare?

    Our program combines parenting coaching and admissions planning. Unlike daycare or playgroups, we focus on long-term development goals and school readiness, offering structured support based on your child’s age and future aspirations.

  • We don't have a specific target private school in mind yet. Can we still join?

    Absolutely! We guide families to understand private school options, clarify educational goals, and create a step-by-step admissions roadmap based on your values and your child’s unique strengths.

  • If we enroll in KEY’s LaunchPad preschool later, do we still need this program?

    Yes. This program lays the foundation for LaunchPad and beyond, helping families establish parenting routines and developmental readiness so children can thrive once they enter preschool.

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