Homestays are carefully selected and offer students the opportunity to learn more about the local culture in a comfortable setting while studying English in Shrewsbury. These homes are often between 10 - 35 minutes away from the school by public transport. Families usually offer affordable meal plans that allow you to sample the local cuisine. If you have special requests or diet restrictions (because of religion or health reasons), please let us know in advance. Your housing starts on the Sunday before your first day of class and ends on the Saturday after your last day of class, unless otherwise noted. Learn more about homestay housing
Student residences are more suitable for an independent student, who is looking for clean, basic accommodation at an economic price. All students must be 13 - 16. Your housing starts on the Sunday before your first day of class and ends on the Saturday after your last day of class, unless otherwise noted. Learn more about student residence accommodation
It is possible to live in a rented apartment during your study in Shrewsbury, but this tends to be more expensive. Severnvale Academy provides some assistance with apartment rentals or you can rent an apartment on your own. Learn more about apartment housing
Severnvale Academy provides some assistance with hotel or hostel reservations or you can reserve a room on your own. Learn more about hostel housing
Located in the ancient center of one of England's most beautiful historical towns, Severnvale Academy is a Grade 1 listed Georgian Town House built in 1761 which retains most of its original architectural features. Surrounded by building from 7 different centuries, Severnvale offers English training in a uniquely picturesque setting. Shrewsbury - our town - is easily accessible in West Central England - perfect for weekend visits to Wales, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Stratford-upon-Avon; even London is under 2.5 hours away by train. Here you can enjoy immersion in the real life and culture of England, without having to sacrifice sightseeing and tourism. Easily accessible from 4 major international airports, it's the perfect place to learn English.
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Ask a questionThis depends completely on what her target IELTS score is. If she has intermediate level, we presume her level to be around 4.5 - 5.0 in IELTS if we have an indication of what she is aiming for then we can of course advise how long it might typically take. The minimum course duration for an IELTS course is 4 weeks.
Here is the official information about how long it typically takes - studying full-time in the UK - the improve an IELTS score:-The most recent evidence indicates an average of 1 band increase in 14 weeks for females and 0.8 band increase in 14 weeks for males. Across all level, nationalities and ages, the average increase is 0.5 points in 7.8 weeks.
Now, from this you can see that if your client is Intermediate (IELTS 4.5 - 5.0 now) then an average performance would be for her to reach 7.0 after 8 months of study - i.e. if she started now she would typically expect to reach IELTS 7.0 by Christmas. Now, at Severnvale, because of small classes and expert teaching we expect our clients to progress up to 50% faster than this, so we would aim for 20-24 weeks. But even at this outstanding rate of progress, reaching 7.0 by the end of August - from an intermediate starting level - is not realistic, I'm afraid. Remember that IELTS 7.0 is above CAE level - it's between C1 and C2 level, and that's a high level to reach from a B1 starting point...
The only thing she can really do is start now and work hard enough to be a truly exceptional student in terms of progress - because she would need to be absolutely exceptional to reach 7.0 in this time.
Sorry, but - we can't pretend that we can guarantee an increase of this magnitude in this length of time... no school can.
The closing dates are December 25th and 26th and January 1st. Home stay accommodation includes breakfast and an evening meal. As our school is very central, most of our host families live in zones 3-4. The journey to the school usually takes around 45 minutes to the school on the underground. We try to use host families that are on the same underground lines to the school. Charing Cross and Embankment station are less than a minutes walk to the school.
We certainly can offer one-to-one classes, but these will be in addition to a Gen 1 course . The one-to-one classes are timetabled to take place in the afternoons.