Course Format
This course runs in conjunction with other courses on each campus. Students share the same Core English and Learning & Innovation lessons, BSS Experience and most recreational activities and cultural excursions.
Location
The course takes place at three different locations including Worth School, Oundle School, and Uppingham School.
Worth School [11-16 years] is a well-equipped senior boarding school located in the beautiful West Sussex in the Southeast of England.
Oundle School [12-17 years] is a prestigious senior boarding school situated in the charming market town of Oundle in the heart of Northamptonshire in central England.
Uppingham School [13-18 years] is a prestigious senior boarding school with good academic, arts and sports facilities situated in the historic county of Rutland in central England.
English Levels
The course welcomes students of English levels from A2 Elementary to C1 Advanced. The Citizens course at Uppingham is from A2 Elementary to C2 Proficient.
Lessons
There are 20 hours per week with 3 types of lessons: Core English or Community Projects, Learning & Innovation and Focus Communication. The objectives of the lessons are to improve students’ receptive and productive language skills and to develop their ability to communicate and operate in the 21st century. Students develop skills required to communicate more freely, naturally and confidently in academic, recreational and professional contexts.
Community Projects
Students can choose to take part in Community Projects instead of Core English. There projects are designed to give students the chance to practise their language skills through meaningful, real-life activities that tackle 21st century challenges. From designing a clean-up initiative to writing to a local MP, these projects build communication, creativity, and civic engagement while benefiting the wider community.
Mission: Integration!
This takes place on Sunday evenings and consists of icebreaker and get-to-know-you activities to help new students integrate into school life and meet continuing students.
Housewarming!
On Monday evenings, students take part in a series of house-based games and activities to help them build new and consolidate existing friendships with other students from the same house.
Sports & Leisure
Students take part in our Leisure programme where they can choose between a selection of different sports and leisure activities.
Pro Options
The Pro Options programme is optional and allows students to specialise in one sport or other recreational activity for the whole week and is designed to increase their skills, techniques, and knowledge in their chosen option.
BSS ExperiencE
This is our evening entertainment programme that consists of a series of fun challenges and events designed to develop students personal and social skills, self-confidence, and authenticity.
Cultural Programme
Saturday and Sunday excursions allow students to visit places of cultural or historical interest or take part in a recreational activity with their friends.
COURSE overview
Centre: Worth / Oundle / Uppingham
11-16 years [Worth]
12-17 years [Oundle]
13-18 years [Uppingham]
English Levels: from A2 to C1 [Worth and Oundle]
English Levels: from A2 to C2 [Uppingham]
20 hours of lessons per week
Core English
Community Projects
Learning & Innovation
Focus Communication
Sports & Leisure
Evening Entertainment
True Me
Dates & Fees 2026
Students can stay for any number of weeks. The recommended minimum stay is 2 weeks.
28 June-4 July*
5-11 July
12-18 July
19-25 July
26 July - 1 August
2-8 August*
*Citizens only available at Worth and Uppingham in Week 1 and Week 6..
Residential course: £1,750 per week. Fee includes:
Accommodation
BSS Experience featuring True Me
Excursion Programme
Lessons
Meals (full board)
Sports & Leisure Programme
Transfers (standard days from selected airports / train stations)
Travel insurance
Effective communication is key to success in the 21st century and developing these skills is an integral and crucial part of this course.
Lessons
Core English
English language lessons are designed to further improve students’ receptive and productive skills (reading, writing, speaking, listening), extend the scope and range of their vocabulary in both formal and informal contexts and deepen their understanding of grammar in order to improve spoken and written accuracy.
Community Projects
These projects are designed to promote language learning through real-life practice, while also engaging students in meaningful activities that address 21C problems for the benefit of the wider community. Projects may include:
Prepare a sketch and perform it in a public space
Design a community clean-up project
Write a short survey about a 21C problem
Create a street art mural about the benefits of diversity
Design a newsletter about the importance of green energy
Write a story about a community problem such as homelessness
Write to the local MP about a community problem
Learning and Innovation
These task-based lessons enable students to work collaboratively to research, discuss and create projects that reflect their knowledge, skills, and personality while developing strategies that are essential for success in the 21st century. The projects have been selected to help develop the students’ capabilities in each of the 4Cs that form the core of the 21st Century Learning curriculum: Collaboration, Communication, Creativity, and Critical Thinking.
Focus communication
Effective communication is key to success in the 21st century and developing core communication skills is an integral and crucial part of this course.
These lessons are designed to help students develop the skills required to communicate more freely, naturally, and confidently in English in academic, recreational, and professional contexts.
Lessons include a range of oral and written communication methods such as:
Academic essay writing
Business report writing
Creative writing
Debating
Negotiating
Networking
Presenting
Exam Courses
Cambridge Assessment offers a series of globally-recognised exams that accredit students’ English level for study and work.
The following Cambridge exam preparation course are available:
These courses offer dedicated preparation and intensive exam practice instead of Core English and Learning & Innovation.
Students sit the exam at an external testing centre at the end
of their course.
