Earlscliffe

Earlscliffe is a unique, small Sixth Form boarding school offering a highly
personalised education for international students aiming to enter top UK and
US universities. With small class sizes, intensive teaching and weekly testing
(TRaC™), each student’s academic potential is maximized. Having over 25
different nationalities at Earlscliffe means that we offer a truly enriching
international environment for our students.

Location and Programmes
Earlscliffe is based in Folkestone on the Kent coast, only 53 minutes from
central London and offers various courses throughout the academic year and
Easter and Summer holidays, including A-levels, a one-year GCSE course,
Diploma in Business and Management (1 year course) and the NCFE
University Foundation Year Certificate.

Personalised approach
With 140 students, we are able to offer a more personalised experience
where each student is closely monitored academically and pastorally. We
offer a variety of supplementary activities that contribute to a student at
Earlscliffe gaining a significant advantage over his or her peers elsewhere.
Each student will be given a considerable amount of guidance from our
careers counsellors on university course selection and constructing a
personal statement. We also conduct mock interviews with students and
help with preparation of further examinations.

Extracurricular activities include our advanced skills academies –
Basketball, Creative Arts and Business – debating society; science festivals;
creative writing club; TEDx; swimming; competitive football, running club on
the beach, badminton, horse riding; golf unlimited gym access; Supper Club;
evening trips such as cinema, ten pin bowling, theatre & museum excursions
as well as trips to European cultural centres and an annual trips to New York
and skiing in Austria.

Progression to university
In recent years: Stanford; UCL; Imperial; Durham; Queen Mary; St Andrew’s;
Edinburgh; Surrey; Kent; King’s College London; Manchester; Sussex; Royal
Holloway; SOAS; Warwick; Birmingham; Lancaster; Exeter; Leeds; UAL
London College of Fashion; UAL Camberwell; Marangoni; Ecole Hotelière
Lausanne; Westminster; Bath; Sheffield; East Anglia; Brunel; Swansea;
Reading; Hull; Lancaster; Buckingham; City; Keele; Essex; Les Roches;
Ravensbourne; Nottingham; Conde Nast; Kingston, St Mary’s; Aston; BCOM;
Coventry, Boston and Toronto.

The application process:
• Submit the most recent two years’ school reports (in English)
• Complete our application form and relevant subject options block form
• Pay the registration fee
• Attain the correct IELTS level; 4.0 IELTS (or equivalent) for one-year
GCSE and 5.0 IELTS (or equivalent) for A-level or Year 13 programmes.
• Complete our assessment test.