Young Learner student care and our teachers

Your child will be looked after 24/7 by IH London on-site staff. We’ll meet your child at the airport and take them back to the airport to return home.

We use the excellent facilities at each of the centres to run our own young learner courses with our own dedicated staff.

There are on-site social activities every evening and the courses focus on learning through fun, with different topics every week.

We have a staff to student ratio on site of 1:5 for ages 8-11 and 1:8 for ages 12-17 at all our young learner centres

Maximum of 15 students per class for English lessons

Students stay on site, except for supervised group study trips

Accommodation is on site at each young learner centre

There is 24/7 support and supervision by our on-site IH team

Students eat their meals together in the dining hall

Evening activities are organised and supervised by IH staff at the school

Free Wi-Fi access to stay in touch with family

All students are covered by our comprehensive travel insurance

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London young learner courses at our adult school are run a little differently. Find out more.

The British Council

Care of students and safeguarding under 18s are both areas of strength in our British Council inspection.

“There is a genuine commitment to student welfare across the organisation, including a detailed welfare manual, welfare managers at each centre and an explicit student welfare role for house supervisors”
British Council

Young Learner Senior Managers

All our young learner schools have four on-site senior managers:

• Centre Manager, who oversees all aspects of the school
• Director of Studies, who is responsible for the quality of the programmes and teacher development
• Student Welfare Manager, who ensures the students are having a great time
• Activity Manager, who runs the learning and social trips and activities.

All senior staff have student welfare training every year, in addition to professional development.

Our new Director of Young Learner Programmes

Elizabeth (Fizzy) has over 25 years’ experience in the EFL/MFL industry, 10 years’ of which have been in academic and operational management. She has been part of the IH network since 2003 working in various roles at IHWO and IH schools from teacher to teacher recruitment, business development to running summer school programmes before coming to IH London in 2019.

Teachers, Activity Leaders and support staff

All teachers have English language qualifications relevant to the courses they are teaching.

The whole teaching team has a range of experience, knowledge and skills matched to the courses and the needs of the students.

The academic managers ensure day-to-day guidance and support for all teachers and they observe and monitor teachers’ performance.

All our young learner staff have DBS checks and at least two references before they can work at our schools.

We ensure a high number of our staff on site have first aid training.

Covid-secure

We stay up-to-date with all NHS and UK Government safety advice to ensure all our centres are Covid-secure. Any extra safety measures needed for 2021 will be put in place and communicated clearly before arrival. If you have any questions beforehand, speak to our team on sales@ihlondon.com.

Steps to success

We take your child’s dreams seriously and we have steps for success that we follow so that your child receives the best teaching with us and has a great time. 

We aim to inspire and fuel your child for their journey ahead.

Expand their world.