Our sister company and part of the Dukes Education family, Summer Boarding Courses, offer residential boarding programmes, designed especially for international students looking to come to the UK during their school holidays for advanced support in their chosen subjects.
SBC courses are held at some of the UK’s top boarding schools and university college campuses, such as Eton college, Oxford College, and Cambridge College, offering students the perfect atmosphere for students to immerse themselves in a stimulating intellectual atmosphere for the duration of their stay. Courses range from ages 4 through to 17 on a wide range of subjects, from law, to art and design, to mathematics.
SBC is the first, and currently only, summer school provider in the UK to have achieved a perfect 15 Areas of Strength in a British Council inspection. SBC aim to offer our students a truly enriching, multinational environment to study in, and have welcomed over 12,000 students from 151 different countries to our summer schools, with many students returning year after year to reunite with friends and continue their academic journey.
To explore course options and pricing packages, visit SBC’s website or get in touch at +44 (0)1943 878518 or [email protected].
Dukes Education
Dukes Education is a family of schools and education services based in the UK. Our schools are carefully curated. Each is distinctive in identity and style, yet united in offering outstanding teaching and learning, providing the strongest foundations for young people to lead meaningful and fulfilling lives.
Oxbridge Applications became part of this family in 2013, and, alongside our one-to-one work, supports our schools in delivering the highest quality Oxbridge preparation to our students. To learn more visit dukeseducation.com
Oxbridge Applications provide one-to-one tuition, advice on admissions tests, as well as guidance on wider application strategy. For specialist advice on any aspect of your application, get in touch with our expert Oxbridge-graduate consultants on + 44 (0) 20 7499 2394 or email [email protected]
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