More information about Saint Michael's College in England

Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, WR15 8PH, UK.
Tel: +44 1584 811300 Fax: +44 1584 811 221
E-Mail: info@st-michaels.uk.com

Saint Michael's College is a small, friendly, international secondary boarding school offering GCSE and A Levels, University Foundation and summer courses to students from all over the world. Specialist English language provision is provided and plays a major role in the curriculum with almost all students going on to study at universities in Britain.

Great Britain has, for a long time, had a well deserved reputation for the quality of its education and Saint Michael's continues in this tradition by offering intensive tuition by well qualified teachers in small classes.The great variety of nationalities who study at the school provides a stimulating intellectual atmosphere for all.

Great emphasis is placed on the personal attention which we give to each student. Each member of the teaching staff acts as personal tutor to a small group of students and ensures that parents are well informed of their child's progress.

The school is coeducational and offers the choice of residential or host family accommodation in carefully selected local families.A varied and exciting sports and social programme, including excursions, sports teams and cultural activities, is also provided.

THE BRITISH EDUCATION SYSTEM

The British education system operates along the following lines:

Age of student	5 6 7 8 9 10	11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18			19 20 21
Year of study	1 2 3 4 5 6	7 8 9	10 11	12 13
	Primary	Secondary			University
			GCSE	A Level	BA/BSc

British university entrance stipulations require students to have passed a minimum of 5 GCSE's (to include Maths and English), 2 A levels and an English language examination (normally a minimum of First Certificate, but sometimes the Certificate of Advanced English).

THE GCSE PROGRAMME

Students on the Saint Michael's GCSE programme (normally those aged 14 -16) study a total of six subjects, three of which are compulsory and three of which can be chosen. English, Maths and Computer Studies are compulsory; and three further subjects are chosen from Accounting, Art, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Physics and Spanish. All subjects are studied for 4 hours per week, with the exception of English which is 14 hours per week.

The GCSE course is normally a two-year course, with students taking the examinations towards the end of the second year. On very rare occasions it is possible for students to complete GCSE's in one year

THE A LEVEL PROGRAMME

All students study A Level Maths, in which there is a choice of three modules (Pure, Mechanics and Statistics). Students may then choose to study one or two further subjects at A Level from Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Computer Studies and Physics. All A Level students also study 14 hours of English per week.

THE FOUNDATION PROGRAMME

This programme is intended for those students who have already completed their secondary or high school studies but do not have sufficient English to study at a British university Students on the Foundation Year course principally study English, along with other subjects (from those outlined above) related to the student's later university studies

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING

Saint Michael's College specialises in teaching the English language,with all students studying English for a minimum 14 hours per week. Classes are taught by experienced, dedicated EFL staff who ensure that rapid progress is made, however low a student's level of English when they first arrive in the school.

All students sit an EFL examination at the school. This is normally one of the Cambridge (KET, PET, FCE, CAE or CPE) or Oxford exams (Oxford Preliminary or Higher).

Saint Michael's College is recognised by the British Council for the teaching of English as a Foreign Language.