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1953-2003 - 50 Years of Promoting International Education & Understanding

 

From the moment your child arrives in the UK at the airport, our commitment is to ensuring his/her safety and welfare at all times during their stay with us.

The following features of our special junior courses are designed to do just this:

Safe and secure schools grounds
A secure perimeter wall encompasses all the on-site school facilities. The main school gate is locked each night. The residences have security coded entrance doors which mean that only students and staff on the course can enter.

High Staff:Student Ratio
We can take a maximum of just over 100 students on each 3-week course. The ratio of staff:students on the courses is minimum 1:8; more often 1:6. Staff working on these courses will include the following:

Directing team: Course Director, Activities Director, Director of Studies, Welfare Officer
Teachers: Up to 8* suitably qualified and experienced EFL teachers (depending on exact student numbers)
Activities team: 6-8* activities staff separate from the teaching team who work with the Activities Director to deliver an exciting range of cultural, arts and sporting events/trips. (*depending on student numbers)

Welfare Staff
All staff working on our courses are in loco parentis and as such look after the children. However, we also employ a member of staff for the course duration who is specifically responsible for student welfare, and usually at least 2 other members of staff who are first aid trained. The welfare officer will monitor any pre-existing medical condition a student may have (e.g. asthma), maintain clear records of any student accident or illness, make doctor's appointments and accompany the students to the doctor or hospital where necessary. Medical drugs will not be administered by our staff without the sanction of a medical professional (doctor or nurse), unless the medicine has been brought from home with the student, with clear instructions from the student's own doctor as to its permitted use. Top

Tried and Tested Methods / Procedures

  • Staff are chosen for their warmth, caring and professional approach; many return to work with us each summer and bring a wealth of experience to the courses. All staff working on the courses are officially checked for their suitability to work with young people.
  • The majority of staff live in the student residences, are easily accessible by the students if they have any problems, and follow a clear rota of night-time duty whereby they check that all the students are in their rooms at bedtime.
  • We meet the students (on specified dates/times) at London Heathrow airport and transfer them by taxi, minibus or coach to the course centre.
  • On arrival at the course centre students are warmly greeted and shown to their rooms.
  • We take care of any valuables, passport, air ticket and pocket money. Passports and tickets are kept in the safe; money is banked and a daily on-site banking service is operated for the students so that they do not have to carry too much money around with them.
  • We have an open-office policy and the children are encouraged to approach staff at any time with queries / problems they may have. All incidents are clearly logged in the Course Record Book.
  • Each child has a tutorial with the Course Director during the first week so that any problem areas can be swiftly resolved.
  • All off-site activities and excursions are carefully planned, with prescribed ratio of staff:students accompanying the children. The students are well-briefed on the time-table for the trip and are given a clear, written itinerary.
  • At the end of the course our staff accompany the children to London Heathrow airport and help them check in for their flight home.
It is our aim that the students have a rewarding, exciting and enriching stay. Their welfare and security are of as much importance to us, as is their language learning experience

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