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\n SBC Gains Maximum Areas of Strength in British Council Inspection<\/h1>\n
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We are elated to announce that our 2018 British Council Inspection report has been released, and now Summer Boarding Courses is officially the\u00a0UK\u2019s Top-Ranked Multi-Centre Summer School <\/strong>(As Ranked by El Gazette league tables 2018-2024\/25 based on British Council Inspections<\/span>)<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Best British Council accredited\u00a0residential summer school in the UK<\/h3>\n

SBC celebrates its anniversary this year and what a birthday present! SBC has held British Council accreditation since 2010 and was inspected most recently by the \u00a0British Council in July this year.<\/u><\/p>\n

Click here to read our 2018 British Council Report<\/a><\/p>\n

The EL Gazette analyses British Council inspection reports and ranks UK English language schools based on a school\u2019s quality, levels of child protection, safety of the local area, and price.<\/p>\n

The El Gazette has now ranked\u00a0SBC \u2018the very best British Council accredited\u00a0residential summer school in the UK\u2019<\/strong>, a tremendous recognition of our premium residential summer schools.<\/p>\n

The British Council Inspection<\/h3>\n

The British Council inspected and accredited Summer Boarding Courses in July 2018. The Accreditation Scheme assesses the standards of management, resources and premises, teaching, welfare, and safeguarding under 18s and accredits organisations which meet the overall standard in each area inspected (see\u00a0www.britishcouncil.org\/education\/accreditation<\/a>\u00a0for details).<\/p>\n

This private language teaching organisation offers residential courses in general English for under 18s.<\/p>\n

Strengths were noted in the areas of:<\/p>\n

Strategic and quality management, staff management, student administration, publicity, premises and facilities, learning resources, academic staff profile, academic management, course design, learner management, teaching, care of students, accommodation, leisure opportunities, and safeguarding under 18s.<\/p>\n

Click<\/a><\/u>\u00a0here to read the full report<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

Sam Holderness, Director at Summer Boarding Courses, said:<\/h4>\n

\u201cWe are so excited to have received such recognition from the British Council. Highlighting a maximum 15 strengths confirms Summer Boarding Courses as the first, and only, multi-centre summer school provider to have outstanding quality in every area of inspection.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis achievement recognises 10 years of hard work and the outstanding quality of our summer school operation. We are extremely proud of our team and pass enormous thanks on to everyone involved in our courses \u2013 the excellent Activity Leaders, College Mentors, House Parents, Tutors, Managers and Head Office Team all should take credit for this achievement. We look forward to welcoming returning and new students to our 2019 summer schools to experience the SBC difference.\u201d<\/p>\n

Melanie Butler, Editor In Chief, EL Gazette, commented:<\/h4>\n

\u201cSummer Boarding Courses are currently\u00a0the very best British Council accredited\u00a0residential summer school in the UK, based on the\u00a0EL Gazette analysis of\u00a0their inspection results\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-summer-school"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSBC Gains Maximum Areas of Strength in British Council Inspection | SBC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Summer Boarding Courses is officially the\u00a0UK\u2019s Top-Ranked Multi-Centre Summer School with 15 out of 15 areas of strength in our British Council report.\" \/>\n<meta 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