Felsted International Summer School
A prestigious British summer school experience combining English language learning, a safe boarding campus, daily activities, sports, creative clubs, and UK cultural excursions. Ideal for students who want to improve English, build confidence, and make international friends.
Dates: 12 July – 09 August 2026 • 2 week packages available • from £3150
About Felsted International Summer School
The village of Felsted, located about an hour and a half northwest of London, is surrounded by picturesque meadows and fields.
Felsted School is one of the most beautiful, renowned, and prestigious schools in the United Kingdom, founded in 1564. Its alumni include the children of Oliver Cromwell, the famous statesman and leader of the English Revolution, as well as prominent figures such as Christopher Woodmark (Chairman of Rolls-Royce & Bentley), Oliver Stocken (Chief Financial Officer of Barclays Bank), Harvard professor John Sherman, Olympic champions, and well-known actors, directors, and scientists. The school’s reputation, built over more than 450 years, is recognized far beyond the country’s borders. Parents are eager to enroll their children at Felsted well in advance of the start of their studies.
Students aged 8–17 who want measurable English improvement, confidence in communication, and an immersive UK campus experience with strong safety standards, supervision, and international community.
Programme structure
- ✓ Placement by level and age group
- ✓ Daily English lessons with communicative focus
- ✓ Afternoon academies, clubs, sports & creative workshops
- ✓ Evening activities (games, themed events, supervised social time)
- ✓ Excursions and cultural trips
- ✓ End-of-course certificate
Campus & facilities (examples)
- 🇬🇧 Library14,000+ books & study resources
- 🇬🇧 SwimmingIndoor & outdoor pools
- 🇬🇧 SportsTennis courts, pitches, gym & sports hall
- 🇬🇧 Theatre400-seat professional auditorium
- 🇬🇧 MusicMusic centre + studio & instruments
- 🇬🇧 IT & LearningModern classrooms and digital support
Accommodation
Comfortable boarding accommodation with age appropriate room arrangements, supervised routines, and onsite welfare support. Students have structured schedules that support rest, confidence, and a safe international community.
Food
All meals are served in the school cafeteria, which offers a wide selection of dishes. The quality of food at Felsted is consistently praised: many students compare it to a gourmet buffet at a five-star hotel.
Additionally, children are provided with evening snacks, which are served in the residences.
Program
This programme combines high quality English education with a rich choice of academies, clubs, and supervised activities, giving children and teenagers a truly balanced learning experience. Students improve their English through structured lessons while developing confidence, creativity, and real world skills in areas such as STEM, arts, sports, leadership, and global studies. Designed for ages 8–17, the courses mirror life at a British boarding school, blending academic progress with cultural enrichment and social development. It is an ideal environment for parents seeking measurable language improvement alongside personal growth and future ready skills.
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Felsted International Summer School – FAQs
Age: 8–17 years
Dates: 2 weeks – 12–26 July, 26 July–9 August | 4 weeks – 12 July–9 August
Felsted is a long established British boarding school in a safe village setting. The summer programme offers English learning, activities, sports and cultural excursions, building both language confidence and international friendships.
Territory & Infrastructure
The school occupies a 32-hectare site where majestic historic buildings blend harmoniously with modern teaching facilities, sports complexes, and a new, spacious dining hall. For student safety and convenience, study areas and play areas are kept separate.
The campus includes:
- Spacious playgrounds
- Indoor and outdoor swimming pools
- A large sports hall
- Numerous grass fields for hockey
- 30 tennis courts
- 2 squash courts
- 6 netball courts
- A gym
The library offers 14,000+ books, periodicals, online resources, audiobooks, and DVDs. It is equipped with computers, laptops, and both black-and-white and color printers, and is open daily. Since 2010, Felsted has been a regional Apple training centre, enabling students to learn with hundreds of iPads and MacBooks and supporting the active use of modern educational technology.
The school is also proud of its music centre, featuring a large concert hall, a recording studio, a percussion room, and dedicated teaching classrooms. A special highlight is the Steinway B-Grand piano.
The theatre is equipped with professional lighting and sound, computerized controls, a box office, and a concession stand. The auditorium seats 400.
For information technology training, the school has a modern IT technology centre. There is also an on-site medical centre, with strong attention to students’ health and well-being.
- Separate boarding houses for boys and girls.
- At Felsted, special attention is given to creating a comfortable and safe environment for all students.
- Accommodation is provided in two well equipped residences, with separate living arrangements for boys and girls.
- Older students (ages 12–17): primarily accommodated in single rooms for privacy and comfortable study routines.
- Younger students (ages 8–11): share rooms with 2–6 students, encouraging communication and building friendships.
- Girls’ residence: bright, spacious rooms with modern amenities in a newly built residence.
- Boys’ residence: a cozy, stylish building with a pleasant and welcoming atmosphere.
- Laundry service is included and available four times per week.
- Full board: breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.
- Healthy buffet-style options with a wide choice of dishes.
- All meals are served in the school cafeteria, which offers a wide selection of dishes. The quality of food at Felsted is consistently praised: many students compare it to a gourmet buffet at a five-star hotel.
- In addition, evening snacks are provided for students and are served in the residences.
The programme blends English lessons with structured activities and clubs. Options can include sports, arts, STEM style sessions, leadership workshops, and supervised evening events. Excursions add cultural and social value to the experience.
Junior Programme (Ages 8–11)
A program for children aged 8–11 that harmoniously combines educational and entertaining elements. The programme is aimed at comprehensive development, combining education with interesting leisure activities.
- English lessons: Three 60-minute classes a day, five days a week. On Sunday mornings, teachers lead engaging projects aimed at developing creativity and language skills.
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Academy: Students can choose from three topic options:
- Art
- Science and Mathematics
- Sports and entertainment
- Health and Fitness Program: Includes light sports activities aimed at maintaining physical fitness. This program typically serves as the final stage for those who choose the “Sports and Entertainment” option, or as an introductory program for those planning physical activity within the club.
- Clubs: Extra curricular activities such as music, drama, photography, as well as sports sections including badminton and tennis.
Academy (8–11 years)
- Art: A hands-on academy for creative students, using glass, mirrors, pastels, paint, clay, and felt. Core areas include drawing, sculpture, and design. Students complete a final project to take home at the end of each week.
- Theatre Arts: Helps develop acting, speaking, and improvisation skills. Ideal for children interested in acting or public speaking. The course culminates in a performance.
- Multisport: Combines morning language classes with afternoon sports. Students try traditional British boarding school sports such as badminton, cricket, hockey, rugby, and volleyball. Classes are taught by qualified school staff and are excellent preparation for students planning to attend a British school.
- The Felsted Dance Academy: Explores a variety of techniques and styles, regardless of previous experience. Highlights cultural diversity and prepares a weekly show performance.
- Computer Technologies: Hands-on activities, engaging projects, and expert mentoring develop digital literacy, basic computer skills, and real world problem solving supporting successful adaptation to the digital age.
Senior Program (Ages 12–17)
The program for students aged 12–17 offers two study options: English language study or the unique Global Studies course.
English language program (23 hours)
- 15 hours of English per week
- 5 hours of homework under teacher supervision
- 3 hours of project sessions on Sundays
This intensive program is suitable for students who want to quickly improve their language skills and gain confidence in communication. It seamlessly combines classroom instruction with active extracurricular activities.
Global Studies Program (23 hours)
- 15 hours of seminars per week
- 5 hours of research work
- 3 hours of lectures and discussions on Sundays
Key topics include:
- Foreign aid policy
- International finance and markets
- Political leadership
- Globalization and migration
- International forecasts and modeling
- Transitional justice and environmental protection
Classes are taught by professionals in their fields and experienced teachers. The program is designed for students with an English level of at least upper-intermediate.
Additional classes
The afternoon program includes academies and clubs.
Academy (12–17 years)
- Conversational English: Students explore subjects beyond their English classes (e.g., geography, history, anthropology), join debates, learn specialized terminology, and develop technical language skills. Students can participate in eight lessons from different fields.
- Mathematics: Modern assignments, problems, and project work for all abilities. Senior classes are taught by Felsted School’s head math teacher, and junior classes by a qualified teacher.
- STEM (14–17 years old): Hands-on, experimental and analytical learning in physics, chemistry, biology and engineering. Includes activities such as dissection, chemical experiments and engineering projects. Interest in STEM and a good command of English are recommended.
- International Relations: Focuses on global research issues including interdependence between states, trade negotiations and human rights, alongside the history, theory and structure of international institutions and conflicts.
- Environment and Sustainable Development: Covers environmental protection, climate change, sustainable development, ecosystems and ecology through projects, workshops and discussions on real-world solutions.
- Art: Practical projects using glass, mirrors, pastels, paints, clay and felt, covering drawing, sculpture and design.
- Music: Performance based course across genres (classical, rock, experimental music, hip-hop), culminating in a concert.
- Theatre Arts: Led by professional instructors for aspiring actors, culminating in an evening show (highlight of the two-week course).
- Sports and Recreation: Afternoon sports such as badminton, cricket, hockey, rugby and volleyball in a traditional British boarding school format.
- Tennis: Lessons led by the director of the Felsted Tennis Academy. Practice on courts with various surfaces; private lessons may be available for an additional fee.
- Dance Academy: Covers a variety of techniques and styles; participants prepare performances inspired by traditional approaches from various countries.
- Fashion Course: Students design and create their own clothing. Final collections are diverse and original thanks to the international student mix.
- Football Academy: Intensive training aimed at developing technical skills, tactical thinking and teamwork.
Young Leaders
The program helps students develop leadership skills, increase confidence, improve communication and presentation skills, and gain strategies for solving complex problems.
Advantages:
- Developing self-awareness and leadership skills
- Identification of strengths and weaknesses with a plan for improvement
- Confidence and public speaking skills
Price:
- 2 weeks: £3150
- 4 weeks: £6250
What’s included
- 30 hours of English language tuition
- Accommodation and full board (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
- Medical supervision
- Laundry service
- All sports and entertainment activities
- Excursions: 2 full-day and 2 half-day trips
- 10 developmental / enrichment activities
- End-of-course certificate
Not included (additional charges)
- Airfare
- Visa
- Insurance
Felsted International Summer School – Packages
Choose your programme length and review what’s included. All prices are in GBP.
- Duration: 2 weeks
- Age: 8–17 years
- Boarding: accommodation + full board meals
- Programme: lessons, clubs, sports, evening activities
- Transfers – London Gatwick, London Heathrow, London Stansted, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.
- Duration: 4 weeks
- Age: 8–17 years
- Boarding: accommodation + full board meals
- More time for: fluency, confidence, international friendships
- Transfers – London Gatwick, London Heathrow, London Stansted, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.
- English lessons + learning materials
- Level placement
- End-of-course certificate
- Accommodation in boarding houses
- Full board meals (breakfast/lunch/dinner)
- Supervision and welfare support
- Sports, clubs, and creative workshops
- Evening activities
- Excursions (as per schedule)
- Flights (air travel)
- Visa (if required)
- Insurance (travel/medical)
- Transfer (Transfers are included only to and from London Gatwick, London Heathrow, London Stansted, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Any transfers outside these hours or from other airports are not included.)
- Personal expenses (snacks, souvenirs, pocket money)
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Felsted International Summer School in England
Welcome to the Felsted International Summer School experience with Elite Global Academy. If you are looking for a premium UK summer school in a classic English boarding environment, Felsted is a strong option for families who want a high-quality combination of English learning, international community, and a well-organised summer routine.
A great English summer camp in the UK is not only about lessons. It is about daily immersion: students use English in classes, activities, projects, and everyday social life. That consistent exposure improves listening speed, increases confidence, and makes vocabulary feel natural. For many learners, the biggest change is that they stop translating in their head and start responding in English more comfortably.
Why families choose Felsted for a UK summer school
- Immersion environment: English becomes the language of daily life, not only the classroom.
- International friendships: students practise real communication with peers from different countries.
- Structured routine: a clear day plan supports confidence, independence, and steady progress.
- Balanced summer experience: learning + activities + cultural exposure improves motivation.
- Premium UK campus feel: a traditional British boarding setting many families specifically seek.
Compare all UK Summer Camp options
To view all programs and choose the best fit, visit the main Summer Camp page and explore our other UK options: Bromsgrove Summer School, Lawrence College Summer School, More Than English Academy.
Build a complete learning pathway (before + after camp)
Many students achieve the best results when they prepare with online lessons before travelling and continue after camp. Explore online programs at Courses, including One-to-One (British Teacher) and One-to-One (Russian-speaking Teacher).
Who Felsted Summer School Is Best For
Felsted is ideal for kids and teens who want faster English growth through immersion, and for families who value a structured UK summer school experience in a traditional British campus environment. It supports learners from a wide range of levels because progress comes not only from classes, but also from the daily English use that happens naturally in the camp routine.
Best fit student profiles
- Students who need confidence: they understand English but hesitate to speak.
- Teens preparing for an international future: communication comfort with global peers is a major advantage.
- Motivated learners: they want real progress over a short summer period.
- Students with exam goals: immersion improves listening and speaking performance (key exam components).
What usually improves first during an English immersion UK program
In most immersion-style programs, students notice improvements in listening speed and speaking confidence within the first phase. Once students stop worrying about mistakes and start communicating daily, fluency increases naturally. Vocabulary becomes more usable because words are learned in context, not memorised without meaning.
Independence and personal development
UK summer schools often support personal growth: independence, routine management, teamwork, and international confidence. Students practise responsibility in a supportive environment, while still enjoying the energy and fun of a summer experience.
Online programs for ongoing support
If you want to maintain progress after Felsted, explore our online kids and teens programs: Kids Groups (British Teacher), Kids Club (British Teacher), and Harry Potter Club.
How English Learning Works at Felsted: Levels, Lessons & Daily Practice
The strongest results at a Felsted international summer school come from combining structured lessons with daily English use in real social contexts. The learning model is simple but highly effective: correct level placement, consistent speaking tasks, and meaningful communication throughout the day.
1) Level placement: the foundation of progress
When students study at the right level, they feel challenged but not overwhelmed. This creates the best learning zone: active participation, manageable corrections, and steady improvement. Good placement also ensures that group interaction is comfortable and productive.
2) Lessons focused on communication (not memorisation)
In an effective UK summer school, lesson time supports the skills students use daily: speaking, listening, vocabulary, and clarity. Students benefit most when they practise language patterns they will use immediately in activities and social interaction.
3) Daily immersion: where confidence grows
Daily immersion is the “fast track” for confidence. Students use English to solve problems, join teams, make friends, and express opinions. This repeated practice reduces anxiety and helps students respond more naturally in English. Over time, the fear of mistakes fades — and fluency increases.
4) Consistency: why a summer camp creates visible results
Unlike weekly lessons, a summer camp delivers intense repetition in a short time. That repetition builds automatic language habits: faster responses, more natural phrasing, and better listening comprehension. This is why families often see a noticeable jump in ability after a UK camp.
Keep momentum with online learning after camp
To maintain and build on progress, many students continue online with Elite Global Academy. Explore One-to-One (British Teacher) for personalised support, or browse the full list at Courses.
How to Choose a UK Summer School: A Practical Selection Guide
If you are comparing UK summer schools, the right choice depends on your goals and your child’s learning style. Felsted is a strong choice for families who value a classic British boarding environment and a structured learning routine, combined with international community and daily English immersion.
Key selection factors
- Goal: fluency/confidence vs. exam-focused targets.
- Environment: traditional UK campus feel vs. alternative immersion formats.
- Student profile: independent learners vs. learners who need more structured support.
- Long-term plan: whether you want online preparation and post-camp continuity.
Recommended “prepare → immerse → maintain” pathway
To maximise results, many families use a simple three-stage system: Prepare with online lessons → Immerse at the UK summer school → Maintain with online continuation. Start at Courses.
Online complements that match Felsted well
- One-to-One (British Teacher) — fluency, pronunciation, and confidence-focused speaking.
- Kids Groups (British Teacher) — routine, participation, and communication in a level-matched group.
- Kids Club (British Teacher) — extra speaking exposure and vocabulary building in a fun format.
- International Exam Preparation – Cambridge & IELTS — performance coaching and structured exam practice.
See who we are and how we teach
To evaluate teaching quality and outcomes, explore Our Teachers, read Testimonials, and learn about our story at About Us.
Frequently Asked Questions
Visit Summer Camp to view all options, including Felsted, Bromsgrove, Lawrence College, and More Than English Academy.
The main benefit is English immersion in a structured, international setting with a traditional UK campus feel. Students practise English daily, which accelerates confidence, listening comprehension, and natural vocabulary use.
Yes. Many students prepare with online lessons and continue after camp to maintain results. Explore Courses and One-to-One (British Teacher).
Visit Our Teachers and read results at Testimonials. Learn about the academy at About Us.
Yes. Explore International Exam Preparation – Cambridge & IELTS for structured exam strategies, practice tasks, and performance coaching.
Next step
To explore all UK camp options, return to Summer Camp. For online learning that supports or extends the summer experience, visit Courses.