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BUSINESS NEWS .

Moving up the

rankings

 NEW CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE
(number of areas of strength in
British Council summary statements, after
needs for improvement are deducted)

Aberystwyth University (10)
Buckswood Overseas Summer School (11)
Cambridge Language and Activity Courses (8)
Concord College (11)
EF Brighton (9)
EF Cambridge (9)
Embassy Cambridge (10)
Kaplan Bournemouth (10)
Lewis School of English (8)

RISING UP THE RANKINGS

Bucksmore Education (9)
ISCA (13)
Moreton Hall (9)
New College Manchester (9)
Sidmouth International School (10)
St Giles Highgate (12)

Melanie Butler reports on British
Council inspections results

Nine new UK language centres Sidmouth International, have
have achieved EL Gazette seen their score improve, as has
Centre of Excellence status, boarding school Moreton Hall,
since the September publication and Oxford International’s
of the latest EL Gazette rankings. Bucksmore Education.
Following a flurry of Other chains to see
inspection reports from the improvement include EF
British Council, a further five and Kaplan which increased
existing centres have moved up their number of Centres of
the table. Excellence.
Young learner specialists have Embassy, whose scores have
done particularly well. been hit in recent years, has
Buckswood Overseas Summer seen its Cambridge school back
School, an arm of the Sussex in the rankings.
boarding school, and family- St Giles has got another 12
run Cambridge Language and point score with its Highgate
Activity Course have entered school, and new group NCG
for the first time. has seen its Manchester school
Concord College in on the rise. Only one family-
Shropshire, the international run language school, Lewis in
boarding school ranked third in Southampton, has made it in
the UK by The Times newspaper this time.
has also zoomed back in the BC As we reported in the
top 20 per cent. last issue, one university,
Two family-run summer Aberystwyth, also joins the
schools, Isca in Exeter and country’s top performers.
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