Course Description

Bucksmore Summer provides students with 20 hours of English per week, in a maximum class size of 11 students. The academic programme is taught through a combination of general English tuition, project sessions, academic English, conversation classes and excursion link lessons.

One unique aspect of Bucksmore is their excursion linked lessons. These are lessons that are specifically designed to cover topics relevant to modern day England. Students have the chance to visit these locations after learning about them in the classroom.

Topics include:

• British Castles
• London - Politics & Royalty
• The history of Oxford
• Windsor - The Royal Family
• Thrilling Thorpe Park

Activities Offered

• A variety of different sporting options are available for students, such as cricket, swimming, basketball, football, touch rugby, tennis, netball, and badminton.
• Fun camp games such as lip sync battle, scavenger hunt, Bucksmore Olympics, and egg drop challenge
• Optionally, for an additional fee, students may receive 2 x 1-hour sessions per week of horse riding lessons.

Food and Accommodation

At Plumpton College, student accommodation includes both single and twin bedrooms with separate male and female dormitories. Bathrooms are shared, with 4-6 students each. Free laundry is provided onsite.

All meals are included in the tuition. Packed lunch will be provided on excursion days.

Campus facilities

As an agricultural college during the year, Plumpton's beautiful campus has one of the top horseback riding schools in England, as well as a working farm and an animal care center. The college has also recently built new workshop facilities, a library, and extensions and renovations to the main building and student accommodations.

Plumpton College is 20 minutes from seaside town of Brighton.

Outside trips

Students will take trips off campus twice per week to visit top UK destinations. Some places they have been in the past include London, Windsor and a nearby theme park.

Transportation

Bucksmore offers free airport transfers on transfer days for flights arriving/departing between 10:00 and 20:00. They also provide Unaccompanied Minor service for pick-up and drop-off. Staff are available to greet students when they land and see them off when their flight departs.

Covid regulations

Bucksmore complies with all UK government advice to ensure all measures are in place to provide a safe educational environment for students and staff.

Cancellation rules

• 75% refund for 30+ days ahead cancellation; 50% refund for 7 - 19 days ahead cancellation; no refund for cancellation within seven days of program start date.
• In case a course must be cancelled due to a visa rejection, all fees will be refunded, minus an administration fee of £100. (The original visa rejection letter must be supplied.)