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RANKING 2018 . UK Language centres

New kids on the block

Rank Institution Score Areas of strengths
student admin, publicity, premises and facilities, learning resources, acad. mgmt., care of OneMethod
= Melton College 53%
students, accom., leisure opportunities. The Gazette’s Centres of Excellence rankings have
seen 15 new first-time entrants this month, says
Northumbria student admin, quality assurance, premises and facilities, learning resources, course design,
= University 53% teaching, care of students, and leisure opportunities. Melanie Butler

NEW staff mgmt., premises and facilities, learning resources, course design, learner mgmt., wice a year for the last ten years, the pathway specialist INTO also saw centres
= Nottingham 53%
University teaching, care of students, accomodation, leisure opportunities.- Gazette has welcomed new entrants enter the top 20 per cent of performers for the
into its Centres of Excellence first time. Embassy Cambridge also came back
staff mgmt., student admin, quality assurance, premises and facilities, acad. mgmt., learner Trankings. in, a sign, perhaps, that after recent cuts, the
= Regent, Cambridge 53% This month, fifteen centres have hit the chain is recovering its form.
mgmt., teaching, care of students.
rankings for the first time. And an additional The fastest riser, though, is a university.
four old friends have reappeared. Nottingham Trent has zoomed up the
staff mgmt., quality assurance, acad. mgmt., learner mgmt., care of students, accom., leisure Four language
= Studio Cambridge 53% Leading the attack are three new entrants rankings overtaking its neighbour, the
opportunities, and care of under 18s. centres have made a come back
from one chain, EC Oxford, EC Brighton and University of Nottingham, another new
EC Manchester. Indeed the Maltese-owned entrant in our table. South Thames College is the only new
The English
= Language Centre, 53% staff mgmt., student admin, quality assurance, publicity, acad. staff profile, care of students, operator has swept up the rankings with all The second fastest riser, Buckswood entrant from the state Further Education
leisure opportunities, and care of under 18s.
Eastbourne its three other schools rising higher. Not only Overseas Summer School, is owned by a sector, while the independent private
are all six of the group’s UK schools Centres boarding school. language schools are represented by Lewis
of Excellence but they all score in the top ten Together with the welcome return to the School of English in Southampton.
Leeds University staff mgmt., learning resources, acad. mgmt., course design, learner mgmt., teaching, care
= 53% per cent in the country. rankings of our friends at Concord College, It’s just the kind of well-established, family
Language Centre of students, leisure opportunities.
Other chains to do well this time are EF, we now have seventeen boarding schools owned year-round centre that traditionally
whose Cambridge and Brighton schools in the rankings. British boarding schools, does so well in British Council inspections.
Salford University quality assurance, learning resources, acad. staff profile, acad. mgmt., course design, learner have both made it in and Kaplan, whose those stalwarts of English education, are now Itchen College, though, is not just a new
= 53%
School of Languages mgmt., teaching, care of students. Bournemouth school also makes its first proportionally the highest performing sector Centre of Excellence, it is the only state sixth
appearance. Both Oxford International and in the British Council accreditation scheme. form college ever to have made it in.

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• Rated as ‘Outstanding in all areas’ by Ofsted (2016)
• EL Gazette ‘Centre of Excellence’ based on British
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• Over 45 years’ experience
• Among the best facilities of anywhere in the UK
• Safe, seaside, UNESCO World Heritage location
• On-site residential accommodation
• Mix of students from over 40 countries
• Integration opportunities with local UK students
• Varied evening social programme
• Regular full-day and half-day excursions
• Competitive prices all year round
• Small, friendly classes
• Complimentary teaching materials, welcome folder
and certi cate
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• 24/7 residential support team
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