Prior Park College, Bath, Somerset

An historic setting in every sense

Ages 10–17

Prior Park was designed in 1830 by the famous architect John Wood the Elder for Ralph Allen, the entrepreneur who rebuilt Bath using the  honey coloured Bath stone that was first used on his grand Palladian mansion.  The school is in beautiful landscaped grounds overlooking the beautiful city with its famous spa waters and rich Roman history.  The Roman style bridge, statues and ornate chapel only add to the historical atmosphere that can be enjoyed at this remarkable school.

The Location

Bath has a range of shops, restaurants and leisure facilities and provides very easy to London by rail or bus, as well as the two major London airports - Gatwick is 2 hours and Heathrow is only 90 minutes away.

Accommodation

At Prior Park both residential and homestay accommodation is available. 

Residential students are accommodated in mainly 2, 3, 4 and 6 bedded rooms with some single rooms for older students and larger bedrooms for groups of friends. At Prior Park we have separate houses for boys and girls. The boys' accommodation has been completely refurbished in the last two years.  The girls' accommodation is very comfortable with three common rooms, a kitchen and a dining room.

Homestay students will stay with English families in the local area.  Many families are within a 30 minutes walk of the centre.  If not, we provide a FREE school bus pass or FREE taxi service to and from the centre.  Families provide breakfast each day and all evening meals.  Home stay provides students with opportunity to experience the English way of life at first hand and to practice English outside the classroom - it is an enriching way to learn English.

Food

All meals are provided by the college in the artistic dining hall.  There is a wide variety on offer from traditional 'fish & chips' to pasta.  The food is fresh and there is a wonderful salad bar too.  We can cater for all dietary needs including vegetarian.

And More

In adddition to attending 20 English lessons per week, students at Prior Park College will have two lessons using Rosetta Stone, a state of the art interactive English language software programme which utilises voice recognition and corrects accents of all nationalities.  Students can have additional time each week to use this programme, if they so wish.

Group Leaders will receive two free English lessons and a social evening with staff each week.

Price List

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