UK Immersion Programme
Three weeks. Three British boarding schools. One Oxford day, one London weekend, and the deepest exposure we offer to UK academic and cultural life.
Oxford visit
Campus tour
The fullest taste of British boarding life we offer.
Three weeks. Three of our partner schools. You spend roughly a week at each — Clayesmore in Dorset, St Felix on the Suffolk coast, Shebbear in Devon — sampling their character, faculty, sport and quirks.
In between, you spend a full day in Oxford with a college fellow, a long weekend in London, and a final residential leadership week at Shebbear that pulls everything together into a capstone project and a public showcase.
Why this programme matters
Most summer programmes show you one school. We show you three — and then we connect them with the cities, universities, museums and accents that make up modern Britain. By the end of three weeks you can talk fluently about what makes a Devon school different from a Suffolk one, what a tutorial actually feels like in Oxford, and what living in London for a weekend taught you about being far from home. Few experiences shape a 15-year-old’s sense of the world more economically.
Programme structure
- Day01
Arrival & orientation
Met at Heathrow. Coach to Clayesmore. Welcome dinner, room set-up and a long Sunday walk to set the tone.
- Day02–06
Week one — Clayesmore
Lessons with Clayesmore faculty, Dorset sport rotation, weekend Jurassic Coast excursion. A working boarding-house week.
- Day07
Oxford day
Train to Oxford. College tour led by a current fellow, a short tutorial in a discipline of your choice, lunch in college, walk past the Bodleian and Radcliffe Camera.
- Day08–12
Week two — St Felix
Coach east to the Suffolk coast. Lessons at St Felix, marine fieldwork on the beach, sailing afternoon, weekend trip to Cambridge.
- Day13–14
London weekend
Two nights in central London. Walking tour, Tate, V&A, West End theatre night, river-walk farewell.
- Day15–19
Week three — Shebbear
Final week in Devon. Leadership seminars, capstone group project, outdoor education day on Dartmoor.
- Day20
Showcase & celebration
Final-night showcase: capstone project posters, performances, certificates, parents joining by video link.
- Day21
Farewell & return
Goodbye breakfast, coach to Heathrow, return flights home with our chaperones.
Why this is our flagship.
No other programme of ours shows so much, in so much depth, in three weeks.
Three real schools
Clayesmore, St Felix, Shebbear — one week each, lived from the inside as a boarding student.
An Oxford tutorial
A real one-hour tutorial in a discipline of your choice, with a current Oxford college fellow.
A London weekend
Two full days in the capital — museums, theatre, walking, a proper city-curious itinerary.
Three English regions
Dorset coast, Suffolk shore and Devon moor — the geography of England, not just one corner of it.
A cross-school cohort
You make friends in three schools at once, often staying in touch with multiple groups for years.
A capstone & reference
You finish with a real group project, a written tutor report and a certificate signed by all three schools.
What you take home.
A three-week programme generates more concrete material than any single-school week. Below is what tends to matter most.
- Direct comparison data on three UK boarding schools — valuable for senior-school choice.
- An Oxford tutorial transcript and reading list, useful for personal-statement work.
- A capstone leadership project, completed at Shebbear and presented publicly.
- Two-page written report drawing on all three schools’ tutor input.
- Public-speaking confidence from showcase nights at each location.
- British cultural fluency — museums, theatre, train travel, regional accents, table manners.
- A multi-region friendship network across the UK.
- Tri-school certificate of completion, posted home with photos.
Built for the broadly curious 14–17 year-old.
Especially good for students who haven’t yet narrowed their interests — the programme rewards breadth. Best for those considering UK senior school for 16+ entry.
- Ages 14–17, with stamina for a three-week travel programme.
- Conversational English — comfortable in seminars and unscripted conversation.
- Considering UK university or 16+ boarding — this programme accelerates both decisions.
- Open and adaptive — three schools means three sets of customs to learn quickly.
- Curious about cities as much as classrooms — the Oxford and London days are integral.
Life on the programme
A look inside the campus, the classrooms and the moments in between.
Transparent, all-in pricing.
One fee covers all three school stays, the Oxford day, the London weekend, and every transfer in between.
Programme fee
Covers every element of the programme — from arrival at Heathrow to your final farewell.
- Three weeks’ full board across Clayesmore, St Felix and Shebbear
- Two nights’ accommodation in central London (curated student residence)
- All lessons, seminars and tutorial sessions at the three schools
- Oxford day with college tour and tutorial
- London cultural weekend with West End theatre
- Dorset, Suffolk and Devon weekend excursions
- All inter-school coach transfers
- All meals — on campuses, in London, on excursions
- UK Standard Visitor visa support and submission
- Comprehensive student travel insurance
- Two dedicated our chaperones throughout (with handover continuity)
- 24/7 in-country support line for parents
- Capstone project printing, tri-school certificate and report
Optional extras
Items we don’t bundle in — either because they vary or because families prefer to choose.
- International flights (add-on from BLR, BOM or DEL)
- Personal pocket money (£300–£400 recommended for three weeks)
- Optional Edinburgh extension (+£1,200)
- Optional Cambridge college lunch upgrade (+£75)
Easy payments
Three-instalment plan at no extra cost. Pay in INR or GBP.
Sibling discount
5% off the second sibling on the same trip. School group rates available.
Refundable deposit
A £500 deposit secures your seat; balance due eight weeks before departure.
What sets this programme apart.
Three schools, one cohort
You move as a group through three institutions — the bonds that forms are unusually strong.
A real Oxford tutorial
Not a campus walk — an actual one-on-one tutorial in a college fellow’s study, on a discipline of your choice.
England, not a postcard
Three regions, three cities, three accents. You leave with a working mental map of the country.
Your journey, step by step.
From the first enquiry to the warm hug back at the airport — we walk every metre with you.
Enquire & speak
A 30-minute call — longer than usual, because we want to discuss school sequencing, Oxford subject choice and any preferences.
Apply & pay deposit
Short online form plus a £750 refundable deposit (slightly higher for our flagship). Visa file begins.
Onboarding pack
Eight weeks out: detailed itinerary, kit list, Oxford pre-reading, parent WhatsApp group, named contacts in each region.
Programme & capstone
Three weeks across England. Weekly parent calls, capstone project, showcase and tri-school certificate.
Looked after, every step of the way.
Academic guidance, pastoral care and emotional wellbeing aren’t separate departments — they’re woven through every day of the programme.
Academic
A senior our academic lead travels the whole programme. Personal tutor at each school plus oversight across all three.
Pastoral
Two our chaperones throughout the trip. Continuity matters: the same trusted adults from arrival to departure.
Emotional
Three weeks is long. Our counsellor runs a confidential weekly check-in for any student who wants one.
Pathways this programme opens.
A short programme that quietly compounds — the conversations, the projects and the references open doors years later.
UK 16+ admissions
A tri-school reference is rare and powerful for sixth-form applications across the UK.
Oxbridge applications
A documented Oxford tutorial experience strengthens any subsequent UCAS personal statement.
International university choice
Direct, multi-school context to compare UK study against US and Australian options.
Lifelong UK network
Friends in three regions; alumni dinners; the slow-cooked benefits of having lived a piece of British life.
What students and parents tell us.
Three weeks, three schools, and at the end of it our daughter chose St Felix for sixth form. She would never have known without this trip.
The Oxford tutorial was the moment. One hour in a fellow’s study, defending an essay, and I knew I wanted to apply.
You see your child grow up in three weeks. The reports from each school read like reports on three different people.
Questions, answered.
Twenty-two seats. Three schools. Three weeks. One summer.
Places are limited and tend to fill 6–8 weeks before departure. Speak to our team to walk through dates, paperwork and everything we handle on your behalf.
