Lucton School
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Description of Lucton School
- Location: Lakton, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
- Age of students: 8 to 18 years old
- Total number of students: 315 people (approximately 12% are international students)
- Accommodation type: residence (boarding house)
- Type of training: mixed
- Language of instruction: English.
As early as 1708, the famous London wine merchant John Piermont founded the Lucton School in order to instill in children key Christian values, moral norms. Today, the school learns about 315 boys and girls, and the school is very loyal to international students - they make up about 12% of the total number of children, but there is a quota for the number of students from one country, one nationality. This allows you to respect cultural diversity, and preserve the traditional "old" English school with this spirit.
The intensity of education is usually 25 lessons per week. For international students, a special integration program is developed and taught, allowing foreign children to quickly adapt to the new cultural, national and language environment, quickly find friends among the British, get used to living on the classic English campus. There are also additional lessons of English as a foreign language (minimum 2 per week), for a fee, the number of classes can be increased if necessary.
What makes British schools so special for families around the world?
— British Secondary School gives children the opportunity to try different subjects during GCSE programs (high school course for children aged 14-15) and determine the priority direction for themselves when entering the university. Moreover, the certificate of the British school gives the opportunity to enter the most famous and respected universities in the world, including Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, MIT, etc. At the same time, the educational model at secondary schools in England teaches children to think critically, work with information correctly, organize their time, and approach any issues structurally. And, of course, a teacher in England is a friend who helps to maximize the child's potential, work with his strengths. The student is listened to, his opinion is important.
Programs and prices, tuition fees in Lucton School
Quick overview: Young international students aged 8-10 years are trained in a well-balanced, comprehensive program that includes a sufficiently large number of disciplines and subjects:
- English;
- Mathematics;
- Art;
- Physical Culture and sport;
- History;
- Dramatic and theatrical art, speech production, acting skills;
- Religious Studies (Theology);
- Informatics (ICT - information and communication technologies);
- Technology and design;
- Geography;
- Music art.
Much attention is paid to the development of useful academic skills, the development of scientific and applied skills, the ability to think critically and analytically, to correctly allocate their time.
Brief information: The secondary school curriculum for pupils of 11-16 years fully corresponds to high and strict national standards. However, students at the Lucton School are even slightly ahead of this course: their curriculum includes more subjects, and the choice of disciplines is broader and more diverse.
The key difference between the primary and secondary schools is that each subject begins to be studied as an independent direction: thus, instead of the general course of natural science, students attend lessons in:
- Chemistry;
- Biology;
- Physics.
Each subject is taught by a separate qualified teacher.
Quick overview: Graduation classes are designed for international students aged 17-18. Here the program is aimed at maximally qualitatively preparing high school students to enter the chosen university in order:
- To hone their knowledge in priority disciplines;
- To show the highest result in the final exams.
All disciplines for a personal curriculum are chosen by the student independently from a fairly extensive list. Teachers and consultants, tutors are always ready to help students determine their priorities: such academic concentration helps to maximally deepen knowledge primarily in the disciplines that the student plans to study at the university in the chosen specialty.
Accommodation, meals, prices
The boarding students live in two spacious, modern residences that adjoin the main educational buildings - the road to classes does not take more than a couple of minutes.
Each student is offered an individual room (only the youngest students take their common bedrooms and live with their peers). In each residence there are cozy common living rooms for recreation, gaming with table games and TV, well-equipped kitchens where students can prepare a snack or something for tea.
Board meals are organized: three times a day students gather in the school cafeteria. All dishes are prepared from the most fresh and useful products (mostly local ones grown in Hertfordshire), vegetables and fruits, useful treats and desserts are served daily, all children have constant access to clean drinking water.
Subjects, specialties
Activities Lucton School
Lucton School students spend a lot of time in sports training: the educational staff try not only to develop physical strength and endurance of children, but also to teach them to enjoy physical exercises, develop their potential and constantly strive to achieve of its maximum. Students not only keep their love for a healthy and active lifestyle for a lifetime - many of them start practicing sports at a practically professional level: they go to school teams and teams, and subsequently receive sports scholarships from universities. The main sports available to Lucton School students are:
- Basketball;
- Athletics;
- Fitness;
- Netball;
- Cross country run;
- Hockey;
- Tennis;
- Football;
- Badminton;
- Rugby;
- Cricket;
- Swimming .
Students have the opportunity to choose physical culture and sports in As one of their specializations, as a separate subject, and not simply an optional one term. In this case, they attend classes aimed at studying the human body, factors of development of strength and endurance, the risk of injury and evaluation of the success of the chosen sports program, study biomechanics, physiology, sports psychology, the history of sport. Usually pupils in the middle classes choose up to 4 sports, in the senior - no more than two.
Especially rich program of leisure and entertainment Is being prepared for students on weekends - they will not simply be bored:
- Excursions to the most remarkable English cities, sightseeing, historical and cultural monuments;
- Visits to entertainment centers and parks;
- Visit major games and sports matches;
- Trips to theaters, movies, on concerts Mouths and interesting views;
- Team games and competitions on campus: quad bikes, rope park, ice skating, paintball, kayaking, Mountain biking (mountain bikes).
There are also numerous sections, clubs and circles of interests: here each pupil can show his creativity and talent, develop his abilities, leadership qualities and ability to work in a team, the level of self-confidence. Here are just some of the electives available to pupils:
- Fencing;
- Painting and drawing;
- Public speaking, skill of public speaking;
- Debate club;
- Chess;
- Singing in the choir;
- Astronomy;
- Graphic design;
- Cooking;
- Gardening;
- Playing in the school orchestra.
Facilities and equipment at Lucton School
The campus of the school is located in a beautiful location - a small picturesque, typically English village of Lacton, County of Herefordshire (western region of Great Britain). Herefordshire is one of the country's flagship agricultural areas: it is characterized by tranquility and beautiful landscapes along with accessibility to major major cities, infrastructure and cultural centers. The distance to London is 145 miles, it can be traveled in about 2.5 hours.
Admission dates and extra charges
Academic year in the school is divided into third-trimester, below are the dates of the beginning of the courses at different times of the year:
- Spring trimester:
- Three-week course: 9.16,23 , January 30, February 27, March 6;
- four-week: January 9,16,23, February 27;
- five-week: 9 and 16 January;
- Six-week: January 9.
- Summer trimester:
- Three-week course: April 24, 1 and 8 May, 5,12,19 June;
- Four-week: April 24, May 1, June 5 and 12;
- Five-week: April 24 and June 5.
Students who wish to study under the 1 academic trimester program can start on January 9 or April 24.
Tuition fee already includes:
- Learning on the selected course;
- Accommodation and meals (residence, full board);
- Necessary tutorials, books and materials;
- Transfer in both directions (Heathrow airports Or Birmingham, the dates will be specified by the manager);
- Branded certificate at the end of the course;
- Sightseeing program (mostly trips on Saturdays);
- Sports and Entertainment events;
- Laundry services.
Some services are paid additionally to tuition fee:
- Round trip tickets;
- Visa fees and services, translation and certification, courier delivery of documents;
- Consular fee (payable at the Embassy);
- School Registration fee;
- Educational deposit (refundable);
- Transfer on unidentified days (or individual);
- Rent a uniform;
- Additional lessons "English as a foreign language" (+2 lessons in Week);
- Mandatory medical insurance;
- Guardianship (registration in Agency + guardian services).
Extras:
- Deposit for a course/programme 9295 GBP
- Registration fee (for a programme/course) 150 GBP
- Uniform 100 GBP
- Medical insurance 2 GBP
Entry requirements, how to apply, what is required to enrol
Students wishing to participate in the integration program must submit a report card with grades from the previous place of training (recommendations from teachers) and pass an internal school test that determines the level of English .
Literature and references
Institution on the map
Residence permits, citizenship and other services
- Guardianship services during the studies
- Student supervision
Review about Lucton School
Recommendations on when to apply
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