About LISC
The London International Study Centre (LISC) originated in 2003 in response to the need for students to be in a caring environment prior to entering a mainstream school, so that every day life English language skills could be improved first. We aim to bridge the gap between leaving a family home and moving into 'the deep waters' of boarding. Too often students whom we used to collect from the airport demonstrated an inadequate knowledge of English, and so struggled both socially and academically with the challenges faced upon their arrival at a UK school. Our caring team, including the home stay guardians, help students overcome their homesickness and cultural inhibitions which means they are much happier and can achieve better academic results.
The London International Study Centre (LISC) is a small study centre with a human touch. We pride ourselves in delivering programmes to suit your exact needs. Our primary aim is to provide quality education in a caring, stimulating and friendly environment.
As a multilingual team, we are all university educated, well travelled and passionate about education. We are fully committed to making your stay with us special and memorable. Everyone in our team would like to welcome you to LISC in the near future.
It is of great importance for GCSE/A level/IB students to also acquire appropriate study skills and the academic terminology of the subjects they are planning to study so that their coursework can be of a high quality from the start. Over the years we have extended our support to UK students attending local schools who come to after-school tuition and join our revision courses.
LISC's Educational Philosophy: EAT©
EAT©, English at All Times, LISC's total immersion programme, was devised to achieve optimum results when time might be at a premium or simply to guarantee an enjoyable stay whilst learning the language. We believe EAT© provides a very effective way to learn by combining one of our: INTENSIVE ENGLISH COURSE or ACADEMIC SUBJECT COURSES with SATURDAY ACTIVITIES, PERSONALISED SPORTS, MUSIC, OTHER HOBBIES, and ACCOMMODATION WITH GUARDIANSHIP.
Our international students have benefited enormously from this all round approach; it includes speaking and thinking in English in the classroom, with a family at home and during extra-curricular activities.
EAT© creates the perfect synergy between the learning of English in the classroom and the practising of it throughout your stay with us. The great advantages are rapid linguistic progress, the use of English in real life situations, wrap-around pastoral care and integrated learning. In this way, you will find it easier to adjust to a competitive school community and make new friends.
Excellent results
International students who join us for a one year Intensive English Course with an IELTS of around 4.5 reach on average a score of 6.5 to 7 by the time they leave LISC. They gain a solid English language competency and are well equipped for the next stage of their education.
LISC students achieve high grades and secure places at excellent boarding schools, colleges and universities. Over the past few years our students have successfully entered schools such as Brighton College, Badminton, Hurtwood House, Caterham, Bromsgrove, Clifton College, St Lawrence, Concord College amongst others. More recently, our students have received university offers from Cambridge, Bristol, Bath, Edinburgh, Dundee, Newcastle, King's College London and Kingston.
International students staying with our caring homestay hosts as part of EAT© and ACCOMMODATION WITH GUARDIANSHIP, benefit from individual pastoral and linguistic support and therefore tend to achieve better results.
Recently, 100% of LISC students were awarded A-C grades in their iGCSE exams (significantly above the UK average despite the fact that English was their second language). 23% of LISC results were A* grades, 31% were A grades and 31% were B grades. This impressive result of 54% of grades being A* - A speaks for itself. Our successful educational philosophy EAT©, with its specially integrated guardianship support, has led to 100% of our students being awarded grade A for IGCSE in English as a Second Language. The average IELTS score in English gained by our students over the last two years has been 6.0.
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