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Rising up the 2016 rankings 7th= out of 535
Bell International Cambridge Staff management, student admin-
istration, quality assurance, premises and facilities, learning resources,
academic management, course design, learner management, teaching,
care of students, accommodation, leisure opportunities, care of under-18s
Melanie Butler introduces the latest listing of the Gazette’s Centres Cambridge Academy of English Staff management, student admin-
istration, quality assurance, publicity, premises and facilities, learning resources,
of Excellence based on the latest British Council inspection reports academic staff profile, academic management, course design, learner man-
agement, care of students, accommodation, and leisure opportunities
Discovery Summer Staff management, student administration,
quality assurance, publicity, premises & facilities, learning resources,
his year our annual rank- academic management, course design, teaching, care of students,
ing of the best accredited accommodation, leisure opportunities, care of under-18s
Tschools, based on their Eurocentres Bournemouth Staff management, student administra-
British Council inspection tion, quality assurance, premises & facilities, learning resources, academic
reports, runs to a total of 151 staff profile, academic management, course design, learner management,
– all scoring more than seven teaching, care of students, leisure opportunities, care of under-18s
areas of strength. The sum- Eurocentres Cambridge Staff management, student administra-
mary judgement for the school, tion, quality assurance, premises & facilities, learning resources, academic
taken verbatim from the sum- staff profile, academic management, course design, learner management,
mary statements (correct as teaching, care of students, leisure opportunities, care of under-18s
of 9 August 2016), published Eurocentres Eltham Staff management, student administration,
beneath each entry, and the rank- quality assurance, premises & facilities, learning resources, academic staff
ing is based on deducting any Courtesy Sherborne International School profile, academic management, course design, learner management,
needs for improvement a centre teaching, care of students, leisure opportunities, care of under-18s
may have from its total number Eurocentres London Central Staff management, student adminis-
of areas of strength and dividing tration, quality assurance, premises & facilities, learning resources, academic
that by the maximum applicable staff profile, academic management, course design, learner management,
teaching, care of students, leisure opportunities, care of under-18s
number – fourteen for schools
which do not take under-18s and THE RIGHT FORMULA Sherborne International School now has twelve areas of strength Language Specialists International Portsmouth See left box
fifteen for those that do. Hilderstone College* Staff management, student administration,
All centres which achieve the gives them a percentage score of statement. A need for improvement to 2011 the British Council used a quality assurance, publicity, learning resources, academic staff profile,
same score are placed together 86 per cent. Just below them in is given when the inspectors judge system which awarded points of academic management, course design, teaching, care of students,
in one box. However, the score joint 18th position are the cen- that a centre has failed to meet the excellence, to a maximum of nine, leisure opportunities, accommodation, care of under-18s
will vary slightly depending on tres which scored twelve out requirements in a significant num- rather than strengths.
whether a centre is inspected in of fifteen, because they enrol ber of criteria, normally three, in Only one of our Centres of 15th= out of 535
all fifteen areas rather than just under-18s, or 80 per cent of all any given area such as publicity, Excellence, Language Specialists Brighton, University of Staff management, student administra-
fourteen. So, for example, the their available points. care of under-18s or course design. International Portsmouth, is still tion, quality assurance, publicity, premises and facilities, learning
centres listed in joint fifteenth Remember, to calculate the score Needs for improvement are pub- inspected under the old British resources, academic staff profile, course design, learner management,
place on this page score twelve we deduct any needs for improve- lished in the summary statements Council system of points of excel- teaching, care of students, and leisure opportunities
out of fourteen points, because ment from the total number of and will be found (in brackets) in lence. Its summary judgement is ELC Bristol Staff management, student administration, qual-
they do not take under-18s. This strengths listed in the summary our entries in these listings. printed in a separate box below. ity assurance, premises and facilities, learning resources, academic
management, course design, learner management, teaching, care of
As we explain on the previous The entries are colour coded students, accommodation, leisure opportunities
We make every effort to ensure that lists in the Gazette are as com- page, the strengths listed here, to show the type of institution
prehensive and up to date as possible. However, we are reliant on which are taken directly from the they belong to. For more infor- London School of English Staff management, publicity, quality
published reports from the British Council, and we can only use the lat- assurance, premises and facilities, learning resources, academic staff
est published information (9 August 2016). Sometimes the information summary statements, refer to areas mation about all of these schools profile, academic management, course design, learner management,
is updated several months after an organisation has been inspected, of strength, not the awarding of a go to our new ranking website care of students, accommodation, leisure opportunities
and this may mean that the data here is based on information from strength in a single criterion. Prior www.el-go.com. n
before the last inspection or spot check.
18th= out of 535
EF Manchester Staff management, student administration, quality
Old system: equivalent to 7th= out of 535 2nd= out of 535 assurance, premises and facilities, learning resources, academic staff
Language Specialists International Portsmouth Points Beet Language Centre (Alpha Language Centre) Staff profile, academic management, course design, learner management,
teaching, leisure opportunities, and care of under-18s
of excellence were noted in aspects of general management, in management, student administration, quality assurance, publicity,
premises, academic resources, self-access facilities, academic man- premises and facilities, learning resources, academic staff profile, aca- EF Oxford~ Staff management, student administration, qual-
ity assurance, premises and facilities, learning resources, academic
agement, course design, pastoral care and accommodation demic management, course design, learner management, teaching,
care of students, leisure opportunities, care of under-18s management, course design, learner management, care of students,
accommodation, leisure opportunities, care of under-18s
English in Chester Staff management, student administration, quality ELC Brighton Staff management, student administration, quality
Key assurance, publicity, premises and facilities, learning resources, academic assurance, publicity, premises and facilities, learning resources, aca-
staff profile, academic management, course design, learner management,
blue = private language school teaching, care of students, leisure opportunities, care of under-18s demic staff profile, academic management, teaching, care of students,
leisure opportunities, and care of under-18s
red = university Lake School of English Oxford Staff management, student Excel English Language School Staff management, qual-
green = state further education administration, quality assurance, publicity, premises and facilities, ity assurance, publicity, premises and facilities, learning resources,
orange = boarding school learning resources, academic staff profile, academic management, academic management, course design, teaching, care of students,
yellow = vacation school operator course design, teaching, care of students, accommodation, leisure accommodation, leisure opportunities, care of under-18s
* = secondary characteristic opportunities, care of under-18s Sherborne International~ Staff management, student
~ = new Centre of Excellence Norwich Institute for Language Education (NILE) staff administration, quality assurance, academic staff profile, academic
management, course design, learner management, teaching, care of
management, student administration, quality assurance, publicity, students, accommodation, leisure opportunities, care of under-18s
premises and facilities, learning resources, academic staff profile,
1st out 535 academic management, course design, teaching, care of students, Sussex Downs College Staff management, student administra-
tion, quality assurance, publicity, premises and facilities, learning
Wimbledon School of English Staff management, student accommodation, leisure opportunities, care of under-18s resources, academic management, course design, learner manage-
administration, quality assurance, publicity, premises and St Edmund’s College, Ware* Staff management, student ment, teaching, care of students, care of under-18s
facilities, learning resources, academic staff profile, academic administration, quality assurance, publicity, premises and facilities, Windermere International Summer School* Staff manage-
management, course design, learner management, teaching, learning resources, academic staff profile, academic management, ment, student administration, quality assurance, premises and facilities,
care of students, accommodation, leisure opportunities, care of course design, learner management, teaching, care of students, lei- learning resources, academic management, course design, learner manage-
under-18s sure opportunities, care of under-18s ment, teaching, care of students, leisure opportunities, care of under-18s

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