Tuesday, April 1, 2025

UK Language Centre Rankings

In case you missed it: the UK language centre rankings 2023-24

It’s that time of year again! Melanie Butler walks us through what to expect in this year’s UK language centre rankings! Now the devastation of the COVID storm seems to...

Can you beat the boarding schools?

These year-round stalwarts know what they’re doing, says Melanie Butler British boarding schools are famed across the world for...

The Covid fall-out on Centres of Excellence

Melanie Butler on who has survived, thrived and dived in the past two years There have been a number...

Scores improve during Covid

Making sense of the numbers The mean average score for the number of areas of strength awarded to language...

Do points mean prizes?

Who does best in chain-school rankings? Melanie Butler finds out Who takes the prizes among the chains? Generally, the...

Pool of Talent

Liverpool Lass Maria McDonnell Put Her City's Soul in Her School Liverpool is an international city with a rich cultural history and the heart of...

Great teachers make great schools

If you score highly on ‘Teaching and Learning’, you’re likely to be in our rankings, finds Melanie Butler “Teacher quality predicts instructional quality and student...

Retention is the Key to Success

Melanie Butler explains how and why our four super schools hang on to their staff Only four language course providers have a perfect score on...

Summer Sums up St Edmund’s Philosophy

It’s all about the whole child, Lee Hawkes tells Melanie Butler “EFL teachers tend to be solitary. When I was teaching in London, I moved...

Making a Mark with Millfield

Mark Greenow’s first summer school was 41 years ago. Now the Director of Millfield’s summer courses, he tells Melanie Butler what he has learned Do...

SECRET SECTORS

Melanie Butler explores four more centre types Business English. There are now only seven accredited centres in the UK entirely focused on professional English. On...
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