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THE TOP UK LANGUAGE CENTRES
Scores improve

during Covid

Making sense of the numbers PHOTO WILLFRIED WENDE FROM PIXABAY

he mean average score for the number of areas of strength all centres inspected. This has dropped a little during Covid: of the
awarded to language centres since March 2020 has risen to 93 centres inspected since January 2020, seven, or around 7.5%, have
5.5 net once all Needs for Improvement have been deducted. been awarded net negative scores.
TSince so few inspections have taken place (see opposite page),
this is likely because 60% of all the centres which have closed or left Centres of Excellence lost since March 2020
accreditation scored less than the previous mean average score of 4.5
net areas of strength. 1. BSC Edinburgh PLS 13. London School of English
Currently, the median average score is five, with 40% of centres 2. BSC Brighton* PLS Canterbury PLS
receiving above six areas of strength. The mode, or most common 3. CES Harrogate (merged) PLS 14. Moreton Hall* BS
score, remains at net two. 4. Dudley College* FE 15. MLS International
5. EC Oxford PLS
16. Nab Cottage PLS
The standard variation is 4.1, which means that the normal range 6. Eurocentres Brighton 17. Northumbria University* Uni
of scores lies between nine areas of strength and one. Centres that (merged) PLS 18. Regent Summer School* SS
score between 9.2 and 12 are one standard deviation above the 7. Eurocentres Cambridge PLS 19. South Thames College* FE
mean, so they are significantly better than the norm. Those scoring 8. Eurocentres London (merged) 20. University College London*
13 and above are two standard deviations from the mean and thus 9. Globe English* PLS Uni
outstanding. Just over 3% of accredited centres score 13 areas of 10. IH Aberdeen PLS 21. University of Brighton* Uni
strength and above. 11. International Community 22. University of Leeds* Uni
However, just over 5% of accredited centres have a net negative score, School* IS 23. University of the Arts London*
meaning they have between more Needs for Improvements than areas of 12. Liverpool School of English 24. Victoria school of English PLS
strength. Evidence shows that the number of scentres with negative scores Year Round PLS 25. Windermere ISS* BS
has increased in recent years. Key
Of 116 centres inspected in 2018, just two – or 1.7% – had a net BS = Boarding school, FE = Further education college, PLS = Private
negative score. However, in 2019, net negative scores rose to 10% of language school, SS = Summer school, Uni = University. *Still trading.

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