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FEATURE

What about young learners?

A spotlight on summer schools and junior specialists.

here are 21 summer schools and Learners and Bucksmore
junior specialists in the EL Gazette are in the ranking, but the
top rankings including, two new IH is an affiliation, not a
Tentries: Bell St. Albans, which joins chain, while Bucksmore is
its sister multi-centres’ operation in our owned by NordAnglia, a
ranking; and our first Welsh Summer school chain of British Curriculum
winner, Peartree English Language Experience International schools.
& Activity (Peartree ELEA) which has Family-run centres are
teamed up with nearby boarding sixth form, still going strong; ISCA, our
Atlantic World College, part of the 18 strong number one pick for non-
United World Colleges network, famous as residential summer course,
the original pioneers of the International has been run by the same
Baccalaureate. family for three generations,
The list of boarding schools has grown as has Manor Courses, the
a little shorter since COVID but Bede’s, number one pick for homestay
Brooke House, Harrow, Heathfield, Millfield, summer schools. But the list
St Clares and Sherborne International stand includes ECS and Exsportise, while Centres and the third generation families will tell
out. Several boarding schools seem to have of Excellence running Young Learners year- you, teaching young children and running
left the market, or simply dropped out of the round include Broadstairs English Centre, residential courses for teenagers is something
accreditation scheme. Sidmouth International, and new entrant, that takes years of experience to perfect.
As for the language schools chains, Bell St. Albans. One reason for the language school-
Bell, Kings Education, (which also The message for those choosing summer boarding school link up, like that between
runs residential sixth form colleges) schools remains: stick with the specialists. Partridge and Atlantic College, who together
and Language in Action (owned by Summer Boarding Courses still tops the hit the rankings on first inspection, is that it
Malvern House) make the grade this table and Discovery Summer is still riding is a good model for language schools breaking
year. International House London Young high. The truth is, as the boarding schools into the market to explore.

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