There are many English Language providers, but none quite like St. Clare's. We are an educational charity with a mission to advance international education and understanding. Our English Language courses have an international reputation for the high quality of teaching and care of our students. Many of our applicants choose us because a former student recommended us.
We are also a long-established academic College. We prepare students for the International Baccalaureate Diploma and provide university-level courses. Our English Language students therefore benefit from our extensive resources and facilities, opportunities to take academic subject courses with English native speakers and an unusually wide range of activities, sports, excursions and pursuits.
We welcome students of all ages, from university students and professional people to young adults preparing for university; and, in summer, juniors from age 10. As there are never more than 12 students in each class, our highly experienced teachers give you individual guidance. St. Clare’s has two sites in north Oxford within easy reach of the city centre. The Bardwell Road Centre is our adult teaching site and the Banbury Road campus has our art and music facilities and student café. Both sites have teaching and resource centres, accommodation, dining and social facilities, and have shops, cafés, bars, banks, etc. nearby.
We provide a wide range of comfortable accommodation in our residential houses. Adult students can choose full board or self-catering; and we provide our younger students with full board in separate supervised accommodation.
The historic city of Oxford is an ideal location: a world-renowned centre of academic excellence, a safe, vibrant city for young people and only 1.5 hours from both London and Heathrow by rail and bus. Many students keep in contact with us and the friends they made here, reflecting the values of Global Citizenship that are central to our mission.