Successful Inspections at Eastbourne and London Highgate
March 30th, 2012
Following the success of last week’s inspection at London Central, we are delighted to announce that this week our schools in Eastbourne and London Highgate had their Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) inspections and they both passed with grade 1 – exceeds expectations – in every category!
We are delighted with this result as it shows our continued commitment to delivering quality English language teaching at all St Giles centres, as well as excellent levels of support and welfare for students. It is the highest possible set of results.
The categories assessed at both schools were:
- Quality of curriculum, teaching and learning
- Students’ welfare including health and safety
- Governance, leadership and management
We would like to say a really big THANK YOU to all of our students currently at Highgate and Eastbourne for their help and support during the inspection. Many of you took part in an online survey, class observations or focus groups.
The successful result means we can maintain our Highly Trusted Sponsor status with the UKBA and continue to issue General Student Visas (GSVs).
If you are thinking about studying with us in Eastbourne or in Highgate, you can visit their pages on our website to find out more and discover why we did so well in the inspection:
We look forward to welcoming you to learn English in England with St Giles!
Adventures in New York!
March 29th, 2012
New York is full of wonderful and exciting events. You never know what kind of adventures you will have when you start exploring the city. One Platinum student studying at our English school in New York, Miriam from Brazil, recently had a lucky experience at New York Fashion Week.
Below she tell us what happened:
I had an exciting experience when I came to study English at St Giles New York. On February 12th my classmate Isabela and I were at Lincoln Center to see a program when someone lost his or her Fashion Week invitation. We both entered with the ticket we found and took a photo with the car, SL550 from Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week that was sent by them. We had a really fun time.
St Giles International offers a New York Social Program for students. On February 13th we walked across the Brooklyn Bridge on a beautiful and cold afternoon, guided by our teacher Bernadette. We took many pictures of Manhattan and we had dinner in the famous pizzeria Grimaldi’s. I recommend it!
St Giles students can experience many adventures while studying at our English school in New York City. Studying English in New York offers great opportunities to explore this fascinating city. Find out more about our New York Centre online here: http://www.stgiles-international.com/english-courses/locations/usa/new-york-city.php.
Great Inspection Result for St Giles London Central!
March 27th, 2012
The staff at our St Giles London Central English language school would like to say a big THANK YOU to all our current students for their fantastic support during our inspection last week by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI). Many students completed an online survey, took part in focus groups, or were involved in a lesson observation. We really appreciated your participation!
We now have the results from the inspection and are delighted to announce that London Central not only passed the inspection but achieved a grade 1 – exceeds expectations – in each of the three categories that were assessed. This is the highest set of grades possible!
The main three categories that were assessed were:
- Quality of curriculum, teaching and learning
- Students’ welfare including health and safety
- Governance, leadership and management
As well as showing our ongoing commitment to excellence in English language training, a successful inspection was also important for us to retain our Highly-Trusted status with the UK Border Agency and this allows us to continue to issue General Student Visas.
When the final inspection report is available we will send a copy to all present students and put it on the website as well.
Thank you again to all of you studying at the moment for being outstanding students!
If you have not studied with us yet, we look forward to welcoming you soon! You can find out more about our English language school in London online here: http://www.stgiles-international.com/english-courses/locations/england/london-central.php.
