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UK RANKINGS 2023-24 .

New kids on the block

Melanie Butler tells us all about
this years new entrants.

hile we calculate 110 centres have disappeared from the
British Council accreditation lists since the beginning of
the pandemic – about 23% of the total – there has been a
Wslow but steady stream of new entrants.
The most notable is perhaps the brand-new chain, English Path
which has expanded from its Dubai base to open no less than four new
schools in the UK; not to mention those in Canada, Ireland and Malta.
But this is not the only UAE-based operation to open in the UK, with School, Influential English in London and EngXel in Cambridge
ESLondon (ESL) also appearing on the scene. which was formerly accredited by the ABLS scheme alongside
While the name of one chain, Eurocentres, has disappeared from Windsor English.
the UK completely, all of its UK schools, except Cambridge, live on Two less well-known destinations also see a new accredited schools:
under the Bayswater logo which also covers a brand-new operation Lyons Languages in the old cathedral town of Ely, just outside
in Liverpool. Cambridge, and in Cornwall, Language Tree, now the only accredited
Kaplan too has been expanding, with a new school for the over-30s school in England’s westernmost county.
opening in London and its summer schools operating under the Alpadia But outside the year-round private language school market, new
by Kaplan brand. Other chains still expanding include Malvern House, entrants are few and far between. Only one new Summer school
which has opened in Brighton, and Language Gallery with a new centre specialist has so far emerged – Greenwich International – which offers a
in Nottingham. wide choice of university campus-based destinations.
The Midlands are showing steady growth with Language Tuition The Boarding schools sector offers two newcomers: Earlscliffe College
Nottingham. Just down the road in Leicester sees the East Midlands – a private sixth form college in Folkstone owned by Duke Education
School of Business and Management, and JojoEnglish Academy in which also owns SBS summer schools – and Ratcliffe College, a Catholic
genteel Leamington Spa. independent school in Leicestershire.
The ever-growing North of England is now home to HIL Liverpool, There is only one newly accredited centre in the university sector;
International Language College in Newcastle, as well as English Path Portsmouth. None at all from among State Further Education Colleges.
centres in Leeds and Manchester. The odd standalone language school The gradual exodus of the state sector has not slowed down following
has opened in the traditional golden triangle: Bournemouth Language the end of the pandemic; perhaps because they have no need to
seek specialist EFL accreditation and increasingly seem to think that
accreditation is just not worth the money.
Even the number of boarding schools, one of the growth sectors for
the accreditation scheme in the last decade, are beginning to drop off.
Again, for them accreditation is optional, and perhaps any advantages
they get from it come at too high a price.
Accreditation UK was first set up to bridge the divide between the
Build Foundations For private language schools and the state sectors and since then the range
of institution types on offer was a major selling point for the UK industry.
Future Success It would weaken an already weak post-Brexit market if this advantage
were to disappear.
Discover Your Passion at the UK’s Number 1 Yet the last of the 25 new accredited centres comes from a different
Multi-Campus Summer School sector entirely: the Guardianship companies which have sprung up to
cater for the many thousands of young international students enrolled in
Ages 6-17 UK boarding schools. In October 2022, UK Guardians in Christchurch,
Dorset – which joins UK2Learn in Surrey – was accredited in 2018, as a
Make friends from around the world representative of this new and growing sector.
We’ve welcomed students
from 152 countries to date!
1. Bayswater Liverpool PLS 14. International Language
Pre-university experiences 2. Bournemouth Language school College Newcastle PLS
Combining university style teaching PLS 15. Jo Jo English Academy,
methods with professional experiences. 3. Earlscliffe College (SBS) PLS Leamington Spa SS
Develop key 21st century skills 4. East Midlands school of Business 16. Kaplan London 30+ PLS
17. Language Gallery Nottingham
and Management, Leicester
That will benefit you beyond the
classroom and into your career. 5. English Path London PLS PFE/HE
6. English Path Birmingham PLS 18. Language Tree Truro PLS
Discover your passion 7. English Path Leeds PLS 19. Language Tuition Nottingham
Explore over 20 future 8. English Path ManchesterPLS PLS
focussed subjects.
9. Engxcel PLS 20. Lyons Language Ely PLS
10. ES London PLS 21. Malvern House Brighton PLS
Courses take place from June - August 11. Greenwich International, 22. Ratcliffe College BS
Arrange your free consultation today London SS 23. UK Guardians - Guardianship
12. HIL Liverpool PLS 24. University of Portsmouth
01943878518 | summerboardingcourses.com
13. Influential English London 25. Windsor English PLS
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