Improve your English this summer at Marlborough College, one of Britain’s leading boarding schools. Students aged 10 to 18 learn through projects, sport and two full-day excursions a week, with courses from general English to IELTS preparation.
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Academy Royale International’s English language summer school helps students aged 10 to 18 build confidence and fluency in English. You live and study at Marlborough College, a historic boarding school in Wiltshire founded in 1843, for one to four weeks.
English Discovery (ages 10 to 12) teaches English through projects, sport and creative clubs. English Explorer (ages 13 to 18) builds fluency through global themes and electives you choose yourself, from film-making to tennis. IELTS Preparation (ages 14 to 18) gives you three focused exam lessons a day. Iconic Britain (ages 14 to 18) links every English lesson to a famous British landmark you visit that week.
Classes have a maximum of 15 students, so every student speaks often and gets regular feedback. Instead of grammar drills, you investigate ideas, solve problems and present projects in English. You finish your course at Exhibition Evening, where you present your work and celebrate your progress.
You live in boarding houses, eat all your meals in the College refectory, and use 116 hectares of grounds, sports fields and an indoor swimming pool. Most courses include two supervised full-day excursions a week to places including London, Oxford, Bath, Stonehenge and Warwick Castle. A residential team supervises students 24 hours a day, with a staff-to-student ratio of 1:6.
Founded in 1843, Marlborough College offers an inspiring, self-contained campus where students can learn, live and make friends with confidence. They stay in welcoming boarding houses, dine together in the refectory and study in spacious...
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| Session | Dates | Duration | Price | |
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Marlborough two-week session — 11–24 July 2027 | 11 Jul 2027 - 24 Jul 2027Enrolling Now | 2 weeks | £4,395 - £4,995 | |
Marlborough weekly session — 11–17 July 2027 | 11 Jul 2027 - 17 Jul 2027Enrolling Now | 1 week | £1,795 - £2,295 | |
Marlborough weekly session — 18–24 July 2027 | 18 Jul 2027 - 24 Jul 2027Enrolling Now | 1 week | £1,795 - £2,295 | |
Marlborough two-week session — 25 July–7 August 2027 | 25 Jul 2027 - 7 Aug 2027Enrolling Now | 2 weeks | £4,395 - £4,995 | |
Marlborough weekly session — 25–31 July 2027 | 25 Jul 2027 - 31 Jul 2027Enrolling Now | 1 week | £1,795 - £2,295 | |
Marlborough weekly session — 1–7 August 2027 | 1 Aug 2027 - 7 Aug 2027Enrolling Now | 1 week | £1,795 - £2,295 |
Our top-rated summer school in Oxford, Academy Royale International, formerly Oxford Royale Academy, offers a premium academic and cultural summer experience at historic colleges of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, as well as English-language and new junior programmes at Marlborough College.
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Academy Royale International's English Discovery course helps students aged 10 to 12 build confidence in English at Marlborough College. You learn through projects, sport and creative clubs, with two excursions a week to places including Oxford, London and the Harry Potter Studio Tour. Since 2004, we've welcomed students from more than 175 countries.
Build real-world English fluency at Marlborough College. Students aged 13 to 18 learn through global themes, practical projects, electives and two full-day excursions each week, with stays from one to four weeks.
Academy Royale International’s Iconic Britain course combines English lessons with trips to Britain’s most famous landmarks for students aged 14 to 18. Over two weeks at Marlborough College, you visit London, Stonehenge, Bath, Oxford and Shakespeare’s Globe, and learn about each place in English before you go. Since 2004, we’ve welcomed students from more than 175 countries.
Academy Royale International’s IELTS Preparation course helps students aged 14 to 18 get ready for the IELTS exam at Marlborough College. You take three focused IELTS lessons a day, with timed assessments and speaking practice, plus two excursions a week to practise your English. Since 2004, we’ve welcomed students from more than 175 countries.
Our students will be staying in actual university accommodation. Most of our accommodation sites offer a mix of single and twin bedrooms. Some campuses have en-suite bedrooms while others have bathroom facilities shared between a small group of same-sex students. In some campuses, students have the option to pay our ‘En-suite Reservation Fee’, which entitles students to an en-suite room should one be available at their campus.
Contact our Admissions Team for more information. Sharing your room with fellow students is a great way of getting to know people and making friends. You can also request to share a room with someone you know studying the same course as you, though this is not guaranteed and must be done in advance of the course.
In the UK students will receive 20 hours of teaching per week, and outside of classes will enjoy a number of enrichment activities. In the USA, our students will have up to 17.5 of teaching hours per week, alongside extracurricular enrichment activities.
Our English language requirements are as follows: B1 for Learn English programmes C1 or IELTS level 6.5 or higher for all academic programmes Students who have studied at an English speaking school for two or more years are exempt from English requirements. If you feel you need advice on whether you can attend with you english level, please feel free to contact our Admissions team.
Students will be supervised at all times on campus, with a Programme Director leading a team of qualified and carefully selected teachers, junior deans and counsellors. Student safety is our number one priority, and you can find out more here: https://www.oxford-royale.com/student-welfare
Oxford Royale provides airport transfers for all of our campuses at an additional price. You can book now through a member of our sales team, or find out more here: https://www.oxford-royale.com/transfer-service
Students are responsible for ensuring they are comprehensively insured for their course. You can find out more here: https://www.oxford-royale.com/about/useful-information/insurance
Our students will receive their Oxford Royale graduation certificate at the end of their course, and will also receive a full, personal report on their academic achievement.
You can go online and check your visa requirements by visiting the useful Check if you need a UK visa tool from the UK government. Students from European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) countries do not currently require a visa to enter the UK to attend our academic or English language courses. We recommend that students keep checking this page - https://www.gov.uk/guidance/visiting-the-uk-as-an-eu-eea-or-swiss-citizen - for further information and updates.
Oxford Royale Academy recommends that registered students who require a visa to enter the UK apply for a Standard Visitor visa (details here), which authorises students to attend a short course of study (including English language programmes) in the UK. Students attending our Summer Schools in the USA may be able to enter the United States on the Visa Waiver programme.
You can find out whether you qualify for this by using the online Visa Wizard on the US Travel website – select the ‘study or exchange’, then ‘recreational program’ options. You will not require a student visa, but a standard visitor visa.
