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UK Language centres
Boarding

passes MILLFIELD ENGLISH LANGUAGE HOLIDAY COURSES

Melanie Butler on the benefi ts of boarding Millfi eld Prep School

he strongest sector in common score is ten net areas of They must by law pass an There are schools, like
UK ELT, according to strength and half of all schools in inspection by the educational Bishopstrowe, which specialise
inspection reports, are this category score nine points or authorities. British Council in international students year-
Tthe boarding school above. None score below three. inspection is optional. round. Others, like Concord
operations. Many accredited operations A wide range of them are BC College, run high schools year
The mean average of the use boarding school campuses in accredited. Some accredited round and take younger learners
overall UK ELT industry is five the summer, but most of these are summer courses are run by in the holidays. St Clare’s Oxford
net areas of strength. Half of all not boarding schools. Legally, the historic foundations like St operates a year-round adult
schools nationally score five or term applies only to residential Edmunds College and Stonyhurst, language school, the King’s group
below and the most common educational institutions teaching whilst others are family-owned, runs four.
score is three. a full-curriculum year round to like Buckswood Overseas Britain’s great boarding tradition
In the boarding sector the most students aged under 16. Summer School (BOSS). bestrides the field of EFL.

=1 Bishopstrowe College / Millfi eld English Language Holiday Courses / St Edmunds College Summer School
=4 Heathfi eld Summer School / King’s London / Sherborne International College
=7 Buckswood Overseas Summer school (BOSS) / Concord College Summer School / St Clare’s, Oxford
Bede’s Summer School / Harrow House International College / King’s Brighton / King’s Oxford / Stonyhurst Summer
=10
Language School

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+44 (0)1694 731631 summer.course@concordcollege.org.uk
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