Millfield Enterprises Street School (Ages 12-17)
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A sports lover’s paradise, Millfield is one of the UK’s leading co-educational independent schools, situated in the beautiful Somerset countryside and equipped with more sporting facilities than any other school in England. Millfield English Language Holiday Courses (MELHC) offer high-quality English language tuition in this setting, along with a vast assortment of optional academies focused on sports and other activities, and an on- and off campus social program.
Street, England is a large village in the county of Somerset, England. It has a population of 11,800 and dates possibly to the Roman period. Much of the history of the village is dominated by Glastonbury Abbey until the Dissolution of the Monasteries; in fact, the name of the village comes from a 12th-century causeway from Glastonbury built to transport local Blue Lias stone from what is now Street to rebuild the Abbey.
The shoe company C&J Clark still has its headquarters in Street, but shoes are no longer manufactured there. The Shoe Museum in the village provides information about the history of Clarks and footwear manufacture in general. The Clark family’s former mansion and its estate at the edge of the town are now owned by the Millfield School, which uses it as one of the school’s boarding houses.
Street and the Millfield School are located 46 km from Bristol, a city with a thriving arts scene and one of England’s most popular tourist destinations.
MILLFIELD STREET CAMPUS AT A GLANCE
- Location: Millfield School, Street, United Kingdom
- Age Range: 12-17
- Maximum number of students: 500
- Number of lessons per week: 15 hours
- Maximum number of students per class: 12
- Ratio of staff to students: 1 : 6
- Number of full-day excursions per week: 1
- Accommodation: Residential
Millfield Street Campus Butleigh Road, Street, Somerset, BA16 0YD England
“SPORTS! SPORTS! SPORTS! I had long heard of Millfield Enterprises as one of the two major providers of sports programs for children and teens in the UK (the other is Exsportise, whom Marshall Language Services also represents). Of Millfield Enterprises’ three locations, I first featured the Street campus on this website because of what the Millfield School itself there offers. There is no better place in the UK to participate in one or more sporting activities in England—during the academic year, the Millfield School is known for the sporting prowess of its students, and its campus houses a wide range of sports facilities. The school has produced many international and Olympic athletes among its students; Millfield has been represented at every Olympic Games since 1956. At the London 2012 Games, Millfield was the most represented UK school and the Russian swimming team and the Great Britain modern pentathlon squad also used the facilities for their training. At the Rio Games in 2016, eight Millfieldians took part and won a total of four medals in rowing, swimming and rugby sevens. If all this is not enough to convince you that this is the place for a child in England to combine sports with English, let the EL Gazette do it: In 2017, it named Millfield a “Centre of Excellence” based on the results of a recent British Council inspection. On this campus, children will appreciate the vast number of activities to choose from during their stay, whether they actually participate in sports or not, and of the sporting activities, there is widest selection that I know about on a British summer program. For small groups of siblings or friends who wish to travel together, the school will accept a fairly wide range of ages, and enough choices of afternoon activities for each person to do something different. Serious language learners will also appreciate the afternoon English options and the maximum limit of a single mother tongue that the program will accept at one time, allowing them to practice English and make friends with children of other nationalities (as well as native speaking British children, who also participate in the program.)”
Street Campus Video
Why study English on the Millfield Enterprises Street Campus Program?
- Millfield School is one of the leading co-educational independent schools in the United Kingdom.
- The Millfield School has a large and modern campus, in a beautiful, unpolluted rural area, with top-class facilities.
- For students who are interested in sports training in addition to English courses, the Millfield School offers the best sporting facilities of any secondary school campus in Britain.
- Students can choose from a huge variety of afternoon activities at Millfield to improve their English while having fun.
- The Millfield Summer School program allows students to study and socialize with native English speakers (English Mentors) for accelerated language learning and cultural insight.
- Millfield Street Campus provides state-of-the-art boarding houses.
- Airport transfers are included in the course prices.
The facilities
MILLFIELD ENTERPRISES STREET CAMPUS FACILITIES AT A GLANCE
- Modern campus with state-of-the-art facilities
- Olympic-sized swimming pool
- Horse Riding Arena
- Golf Course
- Tennis Centre
- Concert Hall
- Theatre
- Art Gallery
More on the Program Services
English Mentors
Young English mentors guide, support and help international students to develop friendships and model native spoken English. They reside on the campus and take part in all lessons, activities, excursions and social events.
Student Welfare
Students are supervised 24 hours a day and student health or welfare problems are spotted quickly and dealt with promptly by staff. A nurse is also available at the Medical Centre.
Laundry
A personal laundry service is offered once or twice a week.
Airport Transportation
Millfield Enterprises Street Campus offers airport transfer to and from the school. To organize the transfers, Marshall Language Services will need to furnish the participant’s flight information to the school. If children are travelling as unaccompanied minors, the school will receive them from the airline staff, and when the program is over, accompany the participants back to the airport and hand over the children to airline staff.
The courses
Course Content and Sample Timetables
Millfield Enterprises Street Campus courses provide 15 hours of English tuition per week. All students attend 3 hours of English classes during the mornings and take part in chosen activities in the afternoons. In order to expose the students to 2 different styles of teaching and 2 different English accents, each class is allocated 2 teachers. Students can further improve their English by participating in extra English classes in the afternoon.
The programs provide:
- Pre-course test
- International classes
- 15 hours of English lessons per week
- Progress monitoring
- All educational materials
- Course and Vocabulary Organizer notebook
- Academic Report
Morning Options
Millfield Enterprises Street Campus offers 3 morning English programs:
- Catch Up English
- Global Young Leaders
- Cambridge English Language Assessments (PET/FCE/CAE)
Afternoon Options
Millfield Enterprises Street Campus offers a wide range of afternoon options, including extra English and Exam Classes, Sports and Recreation, and a variety of academies in which students will receive specialist coaching from experienced coaches, some of which incur an extra cost. Students can choose from the following afternoon options:
Extra Academic English Lessons
Students choosing this option will study an extra 8 hours per week to improve their English further. Students will be assigned to classes based on their age and initial placement test score.
Sports and Recreation
A wide range of sporting and non-sporting activities. Millfield Academies (* = extra cost)
- Multi-Activity Sports & Recreation
- Athletics
- Basketball
- Cooking*
- Dance
- Dj’ing
- Fashion
- Film*
- Fine Arts
- Football
- Golf*
- Hockey
- Mind, Body and Soul
- Musical Theatre
- Riding*
- Tennis*
- Young Adventurers*
- Swimming
Optional Extras
It is possible to take the Trinity GESE Exam for an additional fee.
A sample timetable:
RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION
Millfield Enterprises Street Campus offers modern accommodation with separate houses for boys and girls, the majority of which are located on campus. Single rooms with shared bathrooms, single rooms with private bathrooms and twin-bedded rooms are available. Wi-Fi is available for students on campus within the hours of 6:00 and 22:30 each day.
Meals
All meals are included in the course tuition. Each meal time there is a choice of different healthy food options, with a vegetarian dish always available. Special dietary requirements are also catered for. Packed lunches are provided on excursions and occasionally dinner will be a special barbecue outside.
Laundry
Clothes will be laundered twice a week by the school. Bed linens are supplied and changed once a week. Students must bring their own towels.
Student Welfare
Staff are accommodated in the student houses, with each house allocated a Residential Coordinator and Assistant who are responsible for the running of the house and the health and welfare of the students living there.
Insurance
Comprehensive medical and travel insurance for the duration of the student’s stay is included in the cost of the program. It also covers cancellation of the program for medical reasons or bereavement. Marshall Language Services offers an additional policy through CareMed at extra cost that covers cancellation under a wider range of circumstances, including the need to repeat school exams. Details of these policies can be downloaded below.
Dates and Fees
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