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RANKING 2018                  .                                                                                                                                                                             UK Language centres




          Rank      Institution    Score                              Areas of strengths                                         Rank      Institution    Score                              Areas of strengths
                   NEW                    staff mgmt., student admin, quality assurance, premises and facilities, acad. staff profile,   University of Central   staff mgmt., premises and facilities, learning resources, course design, learner mgmt.,
           =            Embassy     67%                                                                                           =        Lancashire      64%   teaching, care of students, accom., leisure opportunities.
                 English Cambridge        acad. mgmt., course design, teaching, care of students, leisure opportunities.
                                          staff mgmt., student admin, quality assurance, learning resources, acad. mgmt., course   =      University of    64%   staff mgmt., student admin, quality assurance, premises and facilities, learning resources,
           =    Eurocentres Brighton  67%                                                                                                   Leicester            acad. mgmt., course design, teaching, and care of students.
                                          design, learner mgmt., teaching, accom., leisure opportunities.
                                                                                                                                        Absolutely English       staff mgmt., quality assurance, premises and facilities, learning resources, acad. mgmt., care
                   Excel English          staff mgmt., student admin, quality assurance, publicity, premises and facilities, acad. staff   81              60%
           =                        67%                                                                                                      Juniors             of students, accom.,  leisure opportunities, care of under 18s.
                  Language School         profile, care of students, accom., leisure opportunities, care of under 18s.
                                                                                                                                       Harrow School Short       staff mgmt., student admin, quality assurance, premises and facilities, course design, care of
                   Harrow House                                                                                                   =         Courses        60%   students, accom., leisure opportunities, care of under 18s.
           =    International College   67%  staff mgmt., student admin, quality assurance, premises and facilities, learning resources,
                                          acad. mgmt., learner mgmt., care of students, accom., leisure opportunities.
                     Swanage                                                                                                      =     Bell Young Learners  60%  staff mgmt., quality assurance, premises and facilities, acad. mgmt., course design, teaching,
                                                                                                                                                                 care of students, leisure opportunities, care of under 18s.
                                          student admin, quality assurance, learning resources, acad. staff profile, course design,
           =     Hilderstone College  67%                                                                                                   Bucksmore           staff mgmt., student admin, quality assurance, publicity, learning resources, acad. mgmt.,
                                          learner mgmt., teaching, care of students, accom., leisure opportunities.               =                        60%
                                                                                                                                           education             course design, learner mgmt., leisure opportunities.
                 International House      student admin, quality assurance, premises and facilities, learning resources, acad. staff     Cardiff and Vale        staff managament, quality assurance, learning ressources, acad. staff profile, course design,
           =                        67%                                                                                           =                        60%
                    Aberdeen              profile, acad. mgmt., course design, teaching, care of students, leisure opportunities.           College              learner mgmt., teaching, care of student, leisure opportunities.
                   NEW   Kaplan                                                                                                             NEW   EF
           =       International    67%   staff mgmt., student admin, quality assurance, premises and facilities, learning resources,   =  International,   60%  staff mgmt., student admin, quality assurance, learning resources, acad. mgmt., course
                                                                                                                                                                 design, learner mgmt., care of students, and leisure opportunities.
                                          acad. mgmt., course design, learner mgmt., care of students, leisure opportunities.
                   Bournemouth                                                                                                             Cambridge
                 Kaplan International     staff mgmt., student admin, quality assurance premises and facilities, learning resrouces,
           =                        67%                                                                                                     NEW   EF
                     Torquay              course design, teaching, care of students, leisure opportunities, care of under 18s.    =       International,   60%   staff mgmt., student admin, quality assurance, premises and facilities, learning resources,
                 Kaplan International     staff mgmt., student admin, quality assurance, premises and facilities, learning resources,       Brighton             acad. mgmt., course design, learner mgmt., care of students, leisure opportunities. -
           =                        67%
                     London               acad. mgmt., course design, learner mgmt., care of students, leisure opportunities.            EF International        staff mgmt., student admin, quality assurance, learning resources, acad. mgmt., course
                                                                                                                                            London
           =       Kings Oxford     67%   staff mgmt., student admin, quality assurance, acad. mgmt., course design, learner mgmt.,   =  English Experience   60%  design, learner mgmt., care of students, and leisure opportunities.
                                          teaching, care of students, leisure opportunities, and care of under 18s.
                                                                                                                                                                 staff mgmt., student admin, quality assurance, premises and facilities, learning resources,
           =       Leeds Beckett    67%   staff mgmt., student admin, quality assurance, premises and facilities, learning resources,   =   (UK), The      60%   course design and implementation, care of students, leisure opportunities, care of under 18s.
                    University            acad. staff profile, course design, teaching, care of students, leisure opportunities.          International          staff mgmt., quality assurance, publicity, acad. mgmt., course design, teaching, care of
                                          staff mgmt., student admin, quality assurance, premises and facilities, acad. mgmt., course   =                  60%   students, leisure opportunities, and care of under 18s.
           =      Manor Courses     67%                                                                                                 Community School
                                          design, care of students, accom., leisure opportunities, and care of under 18s.
                   Milton Keynes          staff mgmt., student admin, quality assurance, premises and facilities, learning resources,   =  International Student   60%  staff mgmt., student admin, quality assurance, premises and facilities, teaching, care of
           =                        67%                                                                                                       Club               students, accom., leisure opportunities, and care of under 18s.
                     College              course design, learner mgmt., teaching, care of students, and leisure opportunities.                                   staff mgmt., student admin, quality assurance, premises and facilities, course design,  learner
           =         Sidmouth       67%   staff mgmt., quality assurance, publicity, premises and facilities, acad. mgmt., course design,   =  NEW   Itchen College  60%  mgmt., care of students, accomodation, leisure opportunities.
                 International School     care of students, accom., leisure opportunities, care of under 18s.                           Kaplan International     staff mgmt., student admin, quality assurance, premises and facilities, learning resources,
                 Summer Boarding          staff mgmt., student admin, quality assurance, premises and facilities, acad. mgmt., course   =  Colleges, Bath  60%   acad. mgmt., course design, learner mgmt., leisure opportunities.
           =                        67%
                     Courses              design, teaching, care of students, leisure opportunities, care of under 18s.                 Kaplan International     staff mgmt., quality assurance, premises and facilities, learning resources, acad. mgmt.,
                  Taunton School          staff mgmt., student admin, premises and facilities, acad. mgmt., course design, learner   =                     60%
           =                        67%                                                                                                Colleges, Edinburgh       course design, care of students, leisure opportunities, care of under 18s.
                   International          mgmt., care of students, accom., leisure opportunities, care of under 18s.                                             staff mgmt., student admin, quality assurance, publicity, premises and facilities, care of
                Torquay International     staff mgmt., student admin, quality assurance, premises and facilities, learning resources,   =  Millfield School  60%  students, accom., leisure opportunities, and care of under 18s.
           =                        67%
                      School              acad. mgmt., teaching, care of students, accom., and leisure opportunities.                     Moreton Hall           staff mgmt., quality assurance, acad. mgmt., learner mgmt., teaching, care of students,
                  Sheffield Hallam        staff mgmt., quality assurance, premises and facilities, learning resources, acad. staff profile,   =  International  60%  accom., leisure opportunities, care of under 18s.
           =                        67%
                    University            course design, teaching, care of students, accom., leisure opportunities.
                                                                                                                                                                 staff mgmt., student admin, quality assurance, premises and facilities, teaching, care of
                                                                                                                                  =
                                                                                                                                                           60%
                                                                                                                                          NCG Liverpool
           76    NEW   ECS Scotland  64%  staff mgmt., quality assurance, publicity, premises and facilities, learning resources, teaching,                      students, accomodation, leisure opportunities, care of under 18s.
                                          care of students, accom., leisure opportunities.
                    Manchester                                                                                                    =           NCG,        60%   staff mgmt., student admin, quality assurance, premises and facilities, teaching, care of
                                                                                                                                                                 students, accom., leisure opportunities.
           =       Metropolitan     64%   staff mgmt., quality assurance, premises and facilities, learning resources, acad. staff profile,   Manchester
                                          acad. mgmt., course design, teaching, care of students.
                    University
                                                                                                                                        NEW   Nottingham
                                                                                                                                  =      Trent University,   60%  quality assurance, premises and facilities, learning resources, course design, learner mgmt.,
                Nab Cottage (English      staff mgmt., quality assurance, publicity, premises and facilities, acad. mgmt., course design,                        teaching, care of students, accomodation, leisure opportunities.
           =                        64%                                                                                                  Language Centre
                   in the Lakes)          teaching, care of students, leisure opportunities.
                                                                                                                                          NEW                    staff mgmt., quality assurance, acad. mgmt., course design, learner mgmt., teaching, care of
                                                                                                                                  =             Oxford     60%
                                                                                                                                       International, Oxford     students, leisure opportunities, care of under 18s.
         KEY
                                            mgmt. = management                  All information on the rankings taken             =       Select English   60%   staff mgmt., student admin, quality assurance, premises and facilities, acad. mgmt., course
          The language centre has been     admin= administration               from summary statements list as of                         Cambridge             design, teaching, care of students, accom.
                                                                                          th
         reinspected since September 2017 and   acad.= academic                 February 15 , 2018                                                               staff mgmt., student admin, quality assurance, premises and facilities, learning resources,
         received a higer score.            accom= accomodation                                                                   =      Sheffield College  60%  course design, learner mgmt., care of students, leisure opportunities.
                                            - One need for improvement         *Language Specialists International Portsmouth which
                                                                                also ranks =6 is not included in these listing because it is
          NEW    New entry in the Top 20%   - Two needs for improvement        still under the old system which did not measure areas of   NEW   South          staff mgmt., quality assurance, premises and facilities, learning resources, acad. staff profile,
                                                                                strenghts.                                        =      Thames College    60%   course design, learner mgmt., teaching, care of students.
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