ELT Education Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Tatsuya Tanaka; "ELT"), a company specialising in English-language education and admissions support for international and boarding schools, visited NLCS Kobe (North London Collegiate School Kobe, Rokko Island, Kobe) on 26 August 2026 for meetings with Principal Matthew Williams, the Admissions Manager, and the Director of Marketing.
Meeting Overview
The discussions covered the following topics:
How to provide Japanese families with accurate, first-hand information about the school
Potential English-language preparation support for families considering admission
The school's planned boarding campus on Mt. Rokko, scheduled to open in 2028
The visit also included a tour of the campus, where ELT observed the school's small-group teaching model and its distinctive Japanese language and culture programme.
Background
ELT regularly visits Japan's leading international and boarding schools, engaging directly with principals, admissions leaders, and senior management. This work supports both sides of our business: guiding Japanese families through school selection and admissions, and providing English-language support services (including EAL provision) to schools. Previous visits include Malvern College Tokyo, and the first-hand insights gained are published as visit reports on our consumer platform for Japanese families, eltschool.jp.
As leading British schools — including Harrow Appi, Rugby School Japan, Malvern College Tokyo, and NLCS Kobe — continue to establish campuses in Japan, ELT maintains cross-school expertise in their curricula, admissions processes, and English-language requirements, supporting families in school selection and English preparation, and supporting schools in reaching Japanese families.
Comment from the Representative Director
"It was a privilege to hear directly from Principal Williams and the school's leadership team about how NLCS's renowned educational approach is being realised in Kobe. We look forward to conveying to Japanese families an accurate picture of the quality we observed in the classrooms, and of the potential of the Mt. Rokko boarding campus planned for 2028." — Tatsuya Tanaka, Representative Director
Full Visit Report
A detailed visit report is available on our consumer site for families, eltschool.jp:
About ELT Education Inc.
ELT Education Inc. (Minato-ku, Tokyo) is an education company specialising in English-language education and admissions support for international schools and overseas boarding schools. For families, ELT provides English tuition and admissions consulting for international schools in Japan and British boarding schools — including preparation for entrance assessments such as CAT4 and UKiset, application and interview support, and campus visit coordination — through eltschool.jp. For schools and corporations, ELT provides English-language education services including EAL support. ELT maintains a strategic partnership with ELT School of English Ltd., founded in London in 1984, and acts as a bridge between British educational institutions and families and schools in Japan.