International pupils can Board at Wycliffe from Year 3 (age 7 onwards), and they become part of a friendly, family environment, joining about 60 other full-time Boarders. We have a Tier 4 Sponsor Licence for both Day and Boarding Pupils, and so we can accommodate Boarders from all over the world. In the Boarding community, we have approximately 12 International pupils and the remaining Boarders are from the UK. To make life easier for our families, we do not close over the exeat weekends and pupils can stay at School for no additional cost.
There are many options that International pupils choose from when studying at Wycliffe. We are as flexible as possible whilst ensuring that your son or daughter fulfils what they want to achieve when studying in the UK, i.e. improving English; immersion in English culture; developing their confidence, gaining more independence.
Children can come to us for a short stay – we offer a minimum of a four-week programme, or half a term, a term or longer. We can discuss with you and your agent what suits your family best.
We offer Language Support from Year 3 (age 7 onwards). For Years 3 and 4 pupils, we organise a Teaching Assistant who supports individually. Years 5 to Year 8 follow the English as an Additional Language Foundation Programme. We can prepare for the most appropriate Cambridge ESOL Examination; e.g. KET (Key English Test), PET (Preliminary English Test) and FCE (First Certificate English).
International pupils in Years 5 to Year 8 (ages 9 to 13) join the English as an Additional Language (EAL) Foundation Programme, which is tailor-made to their individual needs and allows them to learn English at their own pace. Our specialist EAL teachers aim for pupils to access as much of the mainstream curriculum as possible, while culturally integrating and participating within all areas of the School Community.
Lessons are in groups of two to five pupils and are timetabled alongside mainstream English. Each EAL lesson encourages pupils to become more accurate with spoken English, develop their reading comprehension, listening and writing skills, while enlarging their vocabulary and strengthening their grammatical understanding.
Outside of English, pupils study their other subjects (Science, History, Geography, Information Computer Technology, Drama, Art, Music, Maths and Religious Studies) with their year group.
Relationships between the Boarders and staff contribute to close communities within each of the Boarding Houses. Boarders forge strong friendships; they support one another and they learn to be patient living in close proximity to one another.
All pupils … develop mature, thoughtful qualities and they consider the needs of others. They collaborate positively, appreciate their friendships and make the most of opportunities available to them at school. Welfare, health and safety are excellent.
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We hold a UKVI Child Sponsorship licence to support pupils applying for the Child and Student Entry Routes. We can advise you on the documents you need to provide to support your application and how the process works on behalf of what we do.
International pupils are encouraged to apply for Scholarships and we offer these at 13+ (Year 9) and for Year 12. Pleasesee the Scholarship area for the details.
At the Prep School, we can take pupils in at any point in the year, providing that we have space in that Year group and they fulfil our admissions requirements. At the Senior School, pupils can join us at any point in Year 9 or in the Development Year One-Year GCSE Course (for 15–17-year-olds); they can join in either September or January. However, for Year 10 and Year 12, pupils need to join at the start of the academic year or as close to October Half Term as possible.
Accredited Guardianship organisations can be found on the AEGIS website (the Association for the Education and Guardianship of International Students). Your educational agent should also be able to help you find a suitable Guardian for your child.
Yes. All our International pupils must have a Guardian in the UK, even if you are only staying with us on a short-term basis. We will not be able to accept any pupils who do not have a Guardian in place while they are here.
The minimum study option is half a term for Years 3 to 8. The only exception to this is that (due to the timetable) we cannot manage pupils staying for the second half of the Year 8 Summer Term (usually just at the start of June). However, if pupils for Year 8 would like to join at the start the Summer Term (around the end of April depending on when Easter is) then they can stay for the whole of the Summer Term.
The application process is simple and can be started online by yourselves, or an educational agent should be able to help you. Find out how to apply here.
We offer an airport transfer service that can ensure your child’s safety to and from outbound flights. This will either be on an individual journey or your child may share transport with another pupil depending on flight/train times. You, your parents or your Guardian can book the airport transfer arrangements by emailing boarders@wycliffe.co.uk
Once your child has landed at a UK airport, our driver is there to meet them and take them to School (so long as you have booked the airport transfer through School). For new International pupils, we ask them to attend a Pre-Sessional Week in August – just before the start of term. This helps new pupils settle in, get to know the campus, make friends and have some fun – whilst learning about the UK and their new learning environment.
Pupils can stay during exeat weekends and the cost is included in the Boarding Fee.
