Euro-Internatsberatung Tumulka

Wolfgang Tumulka founded Euro-Internatsberatung Tumulka in Munich in 1979 and still runs it as managing director. The firm says its team at the Munich head office brings together educators, psychologists and boarding school specialists. Families can meet an adviser at consultation days held in cities across Germany, or start the conversation by phone or email.

The work is split between two departments. The German department covers boarding schools in Germany and Switzerland across all school types, from schools with a focus on sport, music or STEM to schools for gifted children and for children with ADHD. The international department places pupils at English-language boarding schools in the UK, the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and also advises on gap years. Among the families it addresses directly are parents whose child is having a hard time at their current school.

Placement is only one part of the service. Parents can make a first pass with the free online Internate-Finder, which suggests schools to look at, and the firm advises on scholarships and on funding from the Jugendamt, the local youth welfare office. School leavers can get study and careers guidance, including an aptitude assessment called the Potenzialanalyse. For language trips, gap years and summer schools, the firm names GET Global Education Tumulka as its partner company, and says the two firms together form the Global Education Group.