Looking to spend your summer holidays getting a jump start on the academic year? Look no further than this exciting range of learning programs to make the summer extraordinary.

International Summer Schools ; is for international students aged 8 – 17 who are visiting the UK for a short period of minimum 2 weeks. Summer Schools welcome groups of students aged 8 – 17 accompanied by one or more Group Leaders and individual students aged 13 – 17. 

The courses combine English language tuition, general or specialist activities and classes, events, local visits and excursions to places of historical and cultural interest.

Summer Schools offer minimum 15 hours of English per week and some schools offer 20 hours, 25 hours or 30 hours of English per week. 

Courses will push you to work hard and improve your English in the mornings while Activity and Excursion Programme will offer you the opportunity to play hard in the afternoons and evenings!

Facilities

All the Colleges are in extensive, safe, attractive grounds with excellent residential, educational and sporting facilities. The School campuses are conveniently located on either the edge of town or just a short walk from the town centres. All the shops, cafés and restaurants as well as the train stations usually are not far from the colleges.

On campus most of the colleges have extensive and well-maintained playing fields, all-weather surface courts, an astro pitches for football, hockey and tennis, a well-equipped sports hall for basketball, badminton, volleyball, indoor cricket. Also some schools have an indoor heated swimming pools too.

Additional facilities for activities include a dance studios, theatre and Art & Design centres.

During breaks in lessons and activities, students can relax and buy refreshments in the student café. WiFi is available across the campus and in the boarding houses too.

Accommodation & Catering

Students are accommodated in boarding houses, all located on the main campuses near by the classrooms. The majority of bedrooms are single and either have a private bathroom or individual wash basin but there are several twin and 4-bedded rooms in each of the Senior School houses. The Prep School house is ideal for Kids’ groups with a large spacious and comfortable common room and multi-bedded bedrooms which can sleep between 5 – 10 students per room. Group Leaders have single rooms in all houses unless otherwise requested and summer school staff are resident and on-call at all times.

Most of the Colleges provide bed linen and towels every week and each boarding house has its own laundry. Girls and boys are accommodated on separate floors or in different parts of the boarding houses and have separate bathrooms if the bedrooms are not en suite. There is a common room in each boarding house where students can relax, socialize with each other, watch TV or DVDs, play video-, indoor- and board-games.

The College has a large dining room and provides the students with 3 wholesome meals each day. Breakfast offers a selection of cold and traditional cooked items; lunch and dinner consist of soup with bread, pasta bar, a main dish, vegetables, salad bar, desserts, fresh fruit basket. Packed meals are provided for full-day excursions, late arrivals and early departures and there is a weekly barbeque.

English Language Courses

All the colleges have experience of delivering quality English language tuition at all levels and in accordance with British Council standards. All students are tested on their first full day and subsequently placed in classes of no more than 16 students at an appropriate level for their ability. The lessons are topic-based and are designed to help students develop communication skills, natural English and a range of vocabulary. Materials have been specifically chosen for both the Kids’ and Teens’ courses and include authentic resources.

For English classes and daytime activities, students are divided into 2 age-groups:

Kids (8-12 yrs)

Teens (13-17 yrs)

All students usually have morning English classes from 09:00 – 12:40 (15 hours per week but academic summer schools have 30 hours per week) and afternoon activities from 13:45 – 17:30.

Academic Courses

Intensive English or IELTS Preparation are for motivated students wishing to make additional progress with their communication skills in English (speaking, listening, reading, writing) or to prepare for the IELTS test when they return home.

Multi Activity Courses

combine sports activities (basketball, football, tennis, swimming) with artistic activities (dance, film-making, arts & crafts).

Activity Programmes

Kids’ activities are a combination of language practice, culture, arts and crafts, sports and lots of fun! They include walking tours of the town as well as organised team games.

A wide range of options are on offer for Teens and students should choose their preferred course(s) at the time of booking: Multi-activity, Academic, Drama, Sports. Some of the programmes called English Plus Football, English Plus Tennis, English Plus Drama and Art.

Evening Activities

Every evening all students can enjoy a variety of different activities. Some are for the whole College (disco, film night, talent show, sports tournaments, hide & seek, ghost walk) and some are for smaller groups (quiz night, dance classes, cooking classes).

Excursions

Students usually have two half-day excursions and they visit such as the famous university city of Cambridge which include an open-top bus sightseeing tour, university colleges walking tour, Fitzwilliam Museum, punting and free time to explore and shop.

Full-day excursions are usually on on Saturdays or Sundays (09:30 – 21:30) and students visit London (Buckingham Palace, Whitehall & Westminster, Covent Garden, British Museum, free time for shopping) and Canterbury (historic river tour, cathedral visit, walking tour, free time to explore and shop), Oxford, Brighton etc.

Optional visits and excursions can be arranged for groups and these can be booked in advance or on arrival at the College.

Health & Welfare

All the Colleges are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its care. Safeguarding processes and procedures are in place to support students, their families, Group Leaders and staff; how to access and benefit from these will be usually explained during the orientation session once you arrive to the college.

All summer school staff have had basic First Aid training and know exactly which procedures to follow in cases of illness or injury. For medical emergencies there is a nurse always on call at all times.

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