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UK Language centres
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            passes                                                  MILLFIELD ENGLISH LANGUAGE 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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                    London // York // Chester // Manchester //
                    Nantwich // Reading // Chichester // Bristol
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                  For more information email: enquiry@uklc.org
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                                                                      +44 (0)1694 731631    summer.course@concordcollege.org.uk
                                                                      www.concordcollegeuk.com/summer-school
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