Blog: English summer school for kids in London

Teachers are the most important resource of any school. They guide students' thoughts, hopes, and dreams, helping them grow and learn. Artificial intelligence (AI), a great human invention, already affects our lives in many ways. At SKOLA, a summer English school in London , we started using AI three years ago. Now, we use it in three main ways to make teaching better. 1. Reviewing Teacher Interviews Our first use of AI is to review teacher interviews. We record and transcrib

Making a card payment is quick and secure We offer a variety of ways to pay SKOLA for your convenience. Many clients pay with an International or Business card using our https://skola.co.uk/pay-by-card portal. Depending on whether you are in or outside the EEA (Europe) will dictate the size of card processing fees that are added to the payment, usually between 1.5% and 3.25% + €0.25. You can use a UK bank card, pay by UK Bank Account, Revolut or Wise at our Revolut bank's po

At SKOLA, we're always looking for ways to make things run more smoothly, both for our staff and, most importantly, for our students. This summer, we've been exploring how new technology can help us with everything from recruitment to lesson planning and answering your questions. Here's a look at how we're putting these tools to good use: 1. Finding the Best Teachers Recruiting excellent staff is paramount to providing a high-quality summer school experience. We use Gemini, b

Mr Callum's class in SKOLA Regent's Park At SKOLA , we understand that English is more than just a language, it’s a global bridge, spoken by nearly two billion people worldwide. One of the biggest reasons for learning English is to connect with people from different cultures and backgrounds. While we embrace the ever-changing nature of the language, we keep a strong focus on British Standard English, which remains the foundation for official documents, academic writing, news

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The New Year always brings a new focus to getting ready for the summer. We have 10 staff working through the winter on many aspects of a summer school. We divide our work into three categories, which follow our three rules: to be ready, kind and safe. Ready Process over 1000 summer registrations - we are already 35% full Update our Discoverers (5-9), Explorers (10-12) and Leaders (13-17) curricula Welcome back staff from previous summers and recruit new staff Develop our trai

This week our students learnt English by making volcanoes. Our teacher Rafina said 'our students love making things as part of their studies'. We promote focus in class by getting the students to think of a project in English. If they are working together, and talking through how they want to do an experiment, they are engaged in their work. SKOLA has a long history of teaching English through academic subjects in our English for Education course.

This Christmas we got a puppy. He is called Ronnie, named after my grandfather Ron, who was also a teacher. He is 10 weeks old and is a Cockapoo, a cross between a Cocker Spaniel and a Poodle. Ronnie has a lot to learn. Dog training books and AI tell owners to teach puppies three commands: 'sit', 'stay', and 'come'. If he can sit, he will be ready to cross a road and not jump up at people. If he can stay when asked, he will stay away from places he shouldn’t be. And if he can

Why SKOLA is London’s best place for students to learn English and discover other cultures I’m happy to report that SKOLA is once again a...

For the last 50 years, SKOLA has produced an English summer school brochure. I remember when we would print 10,000 copies and post them from London to families and agents around the world. We now only distribute a digital version, which I invite you to peruse here . If you like what you see, register at skola.co.uk/register . I look forward to meeting you next year. Ben Toettcher, Director SKOLA Summer School Brochure 2025