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UK RANKINGS 2022-2023

Covid
How Covid tweaked

the rankings

Did the pandemic do much to how well PHOTO BY MARTIN POLO FROM PIXABAY
language schools perform? Melanie
Butler takes a look
T he rankings this year are based on all the British Council
reports as of 15 September 2022. They do not look very
different from last year.
This is because, despite Covid, only one centre has
closed down, Eurocentres Cambridge (Eurocentres in Bournemouth
and Brighton have come under new ownership and are awaiting
re-inspection under their new name). However, two universities, 3 Deduct any further Needs for Improvement noted on a Compliance
Brighton and Leeds, and one FE college, South Thames, have left Inspection.
the scheme. In addition, as we explain on page 18, four Centres of 4 Add four to the result (to account for the full range of scores
Excellence are not re-opening until next year. accepted for accreditation which include 0 to -3).
The way we calculate the rankings has changed slightly: this year 5 Divide the sum by the number of areas inspected, typically 15 or 16.
we are relying on the full reports published by the British Council 6 Report the score as a number out of 10 (see column immediately
when calculating the scores, as well as the last summary statement. before the school name).
This is because many centres have opted to undergo Compliance So, in short, a centre’s score can go down after a Compliance
Inspections. These are noted on the rankings with an asterisk (*) by Inspection, but it cannot go up. However, it is rare for a Centre of
the centre’s name. Compliance Inspections do not award strengths Excellence to have any Needs for Improvement noted. This year only
and they do not include Summary Statements, but they do note new two out of 106 ranking centres had any.
Needs for Improvement. As of 15 September 2022, only one ranking centre had received
To calculate the points for each centre we take the following steps: any Needs for Improvement on a Compliance Inspection but,
1 Take the total areas of strength awarded on the last full report unfortunately, it has led to that centre falling out of the rankings.
published. The secret to being a Centre of Excellence has always been the
same: first, avoid any Needs for Improvement.
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