In a multicultural country such as the UK the existence of international schools to cater the needs of expats´ children has continued to grow. Usually, most of these schools have their own enrolment process so the best thing is to approach them directly to get informed about how to apply and when the deadlines are. There is a high demand for international schools vacancies so we strongly advise you to get your homework done the sooner the better.

The aim of this kind of schools is to allow immigrants’ children to continue learning their mother tongue and to even keep the same education system that they had back home. English is usually a strong language taught as well so you do not have to worry about this fact.

The truth is that most international schools have tremendous tuition fees that can rise up to 10.000 GBP per term plus all the extra costs like: uniforms, meals, excursions etc.

How rusty are your languages? All over the UK people practice languages in tandem, language swap or language exchange; whatever you want to call it. It´s easy: you meet up with someone and teach each other language for a while. You speak half the time in your partner´s native language while he or she corrects you and afterwards you swap around and it´s your turn to correct, suggest and help the other person speaking in your native language.

Maybe it´s not the best for starting to learn a language from scratch, but to practice a half forgotten language or advance in a language you started it is great. Some people have stayed abroad for a while and just want to make sure they keep their level up. But also for stepping out of your textbooks and test your skills in real conversation this can be just the right thing.