Channel School of English - Welcome
CHANNEL SCHOOL OF ENGLISH is located in Ilfracombe, a small seaside town on the North Devon coast in the South-West of England . It is an ideal place to learn English, offering a safe, clean and green environment for young people. Channel School of English offers accommodation with local host families where students share day-to-day family activities, giving a unique opportunity for involvement in a different culture and way of life.
Channel School of English is situated in Bicclescombe Park (Ilfracombe town’s main public park); with BBQ area, children’s play area, landscaped gardens, lakes and tennis courts, which are used for our Tennis Programme and tennis tournaments.
Channel School has an internet area where students can send emails home and have online chats to friends. Parental controls are in place and use of the internet is free.
Students can choose a course according to their required number of English academic hours. Courses at all levels are organised around a theme for each week. Students build up an integrated knowledge of vocabulary and grammar connected with these themes. The emphasis is on building students' confidence and ability in speaking English through discussion, role play, pronunciation and project work.
Other skills (reading, writing and listening) are included in lessons to support students' oral skills. Students are encouraged to involve their host families in their learning.
Each course is linked to an Activity Programme which provides fun and a wide range of interesting and appealing activities and excursions. Each session consists of three academic hours.
The following table contains details of all of the English Courses and Activity Programmes combinations at Channel School of English:
15 hours of English per week divided into five sessions of morning and afternoon classes. From 10 years old.
Activity Combinations:
- Adventure Sports
- Discovering Devon
- Football
- Golf
- Horse Riding
- Modern Dance
- Surfing
- Tennis
18 hours of English per week divided into six sessions of morning and afternoon classes. From 13 years old.
Activity Combinations:
- Discovering Devon
- Golf
- Horse Riding
21 hours of English per week divided into seven sessions of morning and afternoon classes. From 13 years old.
Activity Combinations:
- Discovering Devon
15 hours of English per week divided into five sessions of morning and afternoon classes. From 6 to 11 years old. There is a supplement of £50 per week for young learners to pay for additional supervision costs.
Activity Combinations:
- Adventure Sports
- Discovering Devon
- Golf
- Horse Riding
- Modern Dance
- Surfing
- Tennis
5 to 21 academic hours of English per week divided into morning and afternoon sessions. From 6 years old.
Activity Combinations:
- Adventure Sports
- Discovering Devon
- Football
- Golf
- Horse Riding
- Modern Dance
- Surfing
- Tennis
Students must always arrive on a Saturday. This will give them the opportunity to attend our Induction meeting on Sunday mornings, where we greet them, give and explain to them their activity programme, school identity card, map of Ilfracombe, emergency telephone numbers, show them around the school, answer any questions they may have, etc. After the Sunday meeting, students go back to their families, have lunch with them, start getting to know each other, unpack suitcases (if they have not already done so), familiarise themselves with the town, etc.
On the first Monday students are divided into three sets according to age:
Set A 15/16 years old and older |
Set B 14 to 15 years old |
Set C Young Learners (6-11) + 12 & 13 years old |
Once divided by age (we will take into account the maturity of the student, which is why ages may overlap in sets A or B) they are given an initial language assessment test, followed by an essential orientation/induction to Ilfracombe, its surroundings and Channel School. They are then allocated a class based on their level of English; elementary, post-elementary, pre-intermediate, intermediate, upper-intermediate or advanced. Class size averages 12 students with a maximum of 15, and are of mixed nationalities in order to maximise students’ use of English.
Our carefully-selected host families are visited regularly and checked against the Police and Local Authorities registers.
Our experienced Welfare Staff are always on hand to help 24 hours a day.
Channel School of English is open for groups all year, with individuals able to book from Easter until September
Our teachers are always qualified and experienced native English speakers.