General Information
LISC prepares students aged 9-19 for entry to a day or boarding school, college or university in the UK (click here for more information on the UK education system) or just helps them improve English over summer or school holidays. UK students can improve their grades and their understanding of subjects. Students come to us independently or through educational consultants. Some of them have already been offered a place at another educational institution and others ask us to help with a school or college selection. Thanks to very small groups and a lot of individual attention and support, students make rapid progress during our programmes.
Our centre specialises in offering both overseas and domestic students intensive English courses, preparation in academic subjects for school entrance and internal year end exams, GCSE, A Level and IB exams, one-year iGCSE and A level courses, or simply improving their performance at school. In close association with Sutherland Education Guardianship, LISC integrates educational support with pastoral care, creating an exceptional opportunity of benefiting from English at All Times (EAT)© for students staying with us. Students are constantly encouraged to speak and think in English, both in the classroom and with a home stay guardian committed to providing extra linguistic support and to making the UK experience productive and enjoyable.
A snapshot of courses
| LISC courses | English language (all year round) |
academic (English + subjects) (all year round) |
intensive revision GCSE/A level/IB |
subject tuition: after-school, over half-term |
| types | intensive English EAT (general & academic) |
1 year intensive iGCSE | Easter courses in most secondary school subjects | primary school subjects: numeracy, literacy, VR/NVR |
| summer & school holiday | 1 year intensive A Level (AS/A2) | half term courses | most secondary school subjects | |
| parent and child | school/university entry preparation/Oxbridge | bank holiday courses | university entry preparation (UCAS form, interviewing skills) |
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| exams prepared for | IELTS, Cambridge ESOL, school entry | GCSE/iGCSE AS/A2, IB school entry | GCSE, AS/A2, IB | school entry, year end exams GCSE, AS/A2, IB |
LISC courses are designed to assist our students to reach their required level of English and help achieve their potential in academic subjects. They can therefore look forward to their studies within the UK education system and to integrating more readily into their respective schools once they have finished a course at LISC. Some students come to us simply to improve their English, even if they are not entering a school. The courses accommodate both younger learners and teenagers, up to the age of 19.
For more detailed information about different courses click on individual links above.
How long can students stay at LISC?
LISC offers flexibility and options of intensive study within a small group environment (maximum 5 for subjects). Students can be with us any time from one week over half-term to a full academic year. Language students can join us any Monday throughout the year. Academic students can do a pre-A level or pre-GCSE course over 4, 8 or 12 weeks prior to September entry. One year intensive GCSE and A level students join in July or September, as long as their English is already at a strong pre-intermediate or intermediate level. They can start with 4-12 weeks intensive English over the summer first and take an IELTS exam before they enter the intensive one year programme to help them succeed academically.
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