About Us

Bede's Summer School  welcomes over 1,500 students from 6-20 years old from many different countries and offers a range of fully inclusive academic and holiday residential summer programmes at 5 beautiful boarding school and university locations in South East England in July and August. Bede's Summer School aims to provide an amazing and unforgettable linguistic, social and cultural experience to every single one of its students.

Our range of different courses include English Plus, Little Explorers, Future Explorers, English for the Future, Pathways to Higher Education and a selection of specialist courses including LALIGA Football Camps UK, Pro Tennis, Pro Dance, Zoology & Animal Management and NEW for 2026 Pro Music, Buisness Leadership and Bear Grylls Adventure Camp.

Intensive examination courses are available (Cambridge B1 Preliminary, B2 First and C1 Advanced, and IELTS) for those students who wish to leave Bede’s with a recognised qualification.

Optional Academies offer professional tuition in a wide range of sports, leisure pursuits, creative activities and academic subjects and are designed to increase students’ skills, technique and knowledge.

Bede's Summer School is accredited by the British Council for the teaching of English in the UK (last inspection August 2022 resulted in strengths in 10 areas) and is a proud member of Quality English and English UK. Bede’s Summer School has also been named a Centre of Excellence by the EL Gazette since 2013.

If you are interested in studying at Bede's as a full-time student, please visit the Bede's School website.