Prema Gurunathan, a girl who grew up speaking English in Singapore, was reluctant to learn mandarin.

Now a mother in west London, she is trying to get her son to learn mandarin.

When his son babble, Mr. Gruanathan insisted that his family, in Hammersmith, speak mandarin half a week.

She received a reciprocal student from east Asia (she didn't want to say which country she came from, for fear of letting competitors know).

Last month, she and her husband sent their three-and-a-half-year-old children to a new London school, Kensington Wade, to offer students complete immersion in mandarin.

"It teaches culture, the development intelligence, also can guarantee future, so to speak," thought is the ancient luna "tiger mother" and policy experts said in explaining why do you choose this school, "also a lot of fun."

Sir Martin Sorrell, chief executive of advertising group WPP's friendship with China, recently attended a reception at kensington high school to celebrate the Mid-Autumn festival.

"Chinese and (computer) code - two languages I care about most!"

Sir Martin declared that he had assured the parents of the students here that they had paid the 17,000-pound fee for the kensington school.

The enthusiasm for mandarin, largely confined to wealthy London families, seems to be at odds with the British tradition of persuading others to learn English.

But the boom was in full swing during the previous conservative government, when George Osborne, then chancellor of the exchequer, offered 10m for English primary schools.

For parents who tend to let their children start learning Chinese early, they can choose Hatching Dragons, the UK's first bilingual nursery.

The nursery, which claims to have achieved bilingual fluency by the age of five, has just opened a second in London and will soon open a third.

"I have enough evidence to prove that, if a child of six months came to us, 50 hours a week, until the age of five, will be very fluent oral English," founded in 2015 (after the birth of his son) Hatching Dragons Kenny DE John (Cennydd John) said.

If you don't believe it, check out video on YouTube, John says.

The United States now has hundreds of schools that offer immersion in mandarin education, and not only in coastal areas, but also in inland states such as Kansas and Nebraska.

This year's national conference on Chinese language (NCLC) has attracted more than 1,200 teachers and other attendees to Houston to exchange experiences.

"Chinese is a new language, because China is emerging as a political and economic power," la sola within linguistics professor Anton cut (Antonella Sorace) said, "learning Chinese is regarded as a good investment."

Prof soracho founded Bilingualism Matters, the University of Edinburgh.

Or, as Mr Gruanathan put it: "many Chinese will speak great English, but Chinese is a key."

The university of kensington is the brainchild of professor Hugo DE Burgh, a specialist in Chinese media who has been preparing for years for the school, mainly because it is difficult to find school buildings in west London.

It was named after Sir Thomas Wade, a 19th-century British diplomat.

Sir Wade wrote his first Chinese textbook in English.

Last month, the school's first 15 students reported for duty.

Three of them can speak fluent mandarin, and about half of them are basic in mandarin.

They were sent by parents from the United States, South America, Russia, Europe and Britain.

Jo Wallace, the President of kensington, describes the parents as "highly intelligent business people who expect a high level of their children, dealing with China or understanding the importance of Chinese".

Professor Hugo says the school's money comes from a group of private investors in a group of heart society.

The Chinese government has contributed only a few textbooks.

The two classrooms of the school's existing classrooms are unadorned, with toy kitchens, toys and books for early reading.

On closer inspection, it is clear that one classroom is entirely taught in English and the other is taught in mandarin.

One teacher is English and the other is Chinese.

During the day, children switch back and forth between two teachers and their respective worlds.

School officials hope that by the time they graduate from primary school, 11, they will likely continue to attend private prep schools -- and they will be fluent in both English and Chinese.

Kensington university also wants to combine two teaching methods in the UK.

Advocated by famous school, discipline of "Shanghai model" teach math (unless students have a knowledge of the class, or you don't start to learn the next knowledge), at the same time with the English education to cultivate creativity and critical thinking.

The combination of the British and British traditions is also reflected in its new uniforms.

The Chinese cut red and gold uniforms are marked with a unique griffin.

Think of Harry Potter in Shanghai.