Dynamic Summer English Courses for Juniors

Regent - huge experience in summer courses for juniors

Regent has over 50 years' experience in providing high quality English language summer courses for children and teenagers aged 7-17. From the moment our juniors arrive, Regent staff work hard to ensure that they are active, learning effectively and having the educational experience of a lifetime. We are committed to creating a community environment throughout our camp and endeavour to carry this through all aspects of the programme. 

Residential and Homestay courses for children and teenagers

We run our residential language courses for juniors in a famous boarding school, Stowe School near Buckingham, for students aged 7-12 and 13-17.  We have exclusive use of the school and grounds for English courses. The school and grounds are very impressive and offer a stimulating environment for learning and personal development.  We offer our homestay courses for children and teenagers in our school near the sandy beach in Bournemouth. Bournemouth is a lovely location in which to learn English on a summer course.

We use highly motivated, friendly and supportive staff on our summer language programmes, ensuring that our international students learn English in a memorable, dynamic and structured environment. We offer a choice of lessons suitable to the ages of the students.  For the younger students we have dedicated course leaders and teachers, skilled at engaging youngsters and helping them interact in English. The Juniors are escorted by staff throughout their course, and have lively activities especially designed for younger learners. We understand that sometimes the younger students can be homesick in the first few days and we work hard to provide a caring and lively environment in which the children can grow in confidence interacting with each other in English. 

For students aged 12+ looking for a globally recognised examination they can choose our exam prep course for the Cambridge: First (FCE) or Cambridge: Advanced (CAE) exams, and take the exam on site at the end of the course. We provide techniques to gain higher marks in the exams such as planning, summarising, essay and letter writing, grammar and syntax, vocabulary development and coping with unknown words. Our tutors help students develop the skills required to score well in the listening, speaking, reading and writing papers. We ask students to take our pre-test and we can advise on which exam to take.

If they don't want to take an exam this age group can choose our All English course which has Language Skills and Language Structure lessons followed by a unique Interest Based Learning session which nurtures academic success, encourages critical thinking and utilises the student’s interests in life - Sport & Health, Music & Performing Arts, Art & Design, or Science & Technology.

At Stowe School, students aged over 16 can take the Sixth Form Summer Course in which they can choose to study Business Studies & Micro-economics or Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine or IELTS Exam Preparation.  This is a challenging academic preparation course. Through their subject choice, our students develop the skills of debate, presentation, critical thinking, and essay writing that they will need at university. Each day students are given a text of the day as a part of their subject specialism.  They put this subject knowledge into practice in the daily debate or presentation task.

As well as their lessons all students on these courses have an activity session filled with a variety of sports or other activities. Sports include rugby, football, music, basketball, and use of the swimming pool, sports hall, astroturf and tennis courts on the Stowe campus. We offer swimming, netball, yoga, volleyball, badminton, rugby, football, basketball, dance, nature walks, cooking, henna, craft, art, clay modelling and more.

Learning with Regent 

Regent was established over 50 years ago in 1964 by a passionate, experienced teacher who ran his first summer school in 1965.  Our core values shine through our programmes:

Positive: We believe that everyone can learn to use English proficiently; we push each student to become an effective communicator. We create a positive, enjoyable environment praising effort and attitude and encouraging every individual to achieve their best.

Inclusive:  Every student who takes a group course is in several different classes or teams. We arrange whole course activities so that students quickly feel part of the group, and can connect meaningfully with staff and other students.

Results focused: Our courses are educationally-led and designed to ensure robust progress. A coaching session, daily homework sessions and weekly tests help students to set goals and visualise progress. They create a learning portfolio throughout their stay to record results and achievements. At the end of the course students receive a Certificate and progress report.

What’s included on a summer course at Stowe or Bournemouth: Full board accommodation, tuition and supervised activity programme including 1 full day and 1 half day excursion per week, Certificate of Achievement, transfers from Heathrow or Gatwick between 10.00-19.00 on our Sunday start dates, with return flights on Saturday between 12.00-19.00. Not included in the fees are individual taxis outside our standard times, £100 key/damage deposit (collected on arrival and refundable provided no loss or damage has occurred).

Transfers: For arrivals into Heathrow and Gatwick airports we provide a group pick up and welcome lounge on our start and finish dates.

Assistance: A 24 hour emergency contact line is in place throughout the duration of all courses.

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