
Bede's Summer School
Bede's Summer School
Eastbourne, Windlesham, Dicker, Lancing, Brighton
Bede’s is nestled among sports fields, meadows, and a small lake — with the English south coast seemingly within arm’s reach. Bede’s is a vibrant mix of architectural styles and radiates warmth, lightness, and confidence.
Bede's Summer School welcomes over 1,500 students from 6-20 years old from many different countries and offers a range of fully inclusive academic and holiday residential summer programmes at 5 beautiful boarding school and university locations in South East England in July and August.
Bede's Summer School aims to provide an amazing and unforgettable linguistic, social and cultural experience to every single one of its students.

The Essentials
Key facts
6-20 years
28.6.-15.8.2026
15.5-25 hours of English lessons
£1,775-£2,195 per week
Courses
The range of different courses include English Plus, Little Explorers, Future Explorers, English for the Future, Pathways to Higher Education and a selection of specialist courses including LALIGA Football Camps UK, Pro Tennis, Pro Dance, Zoology & Animal Management and NEW for 2026 Pro Music, Buisness Leadership and Bear Grylls Adventure Camp.
Intensive examination courses are available (Cambridge B1 Preliminary, B2 First and C1 Advanced, and IELTS) for those students who wish to leave Bede’s with a recognised qualification.
Optional Academies offer professional tuition in a wide range of sports, leisure pursuits, creative activities and academic subjects and are designed to increase students’ skills, technique and knowledge.
Zoology & Animal Management
Zoology & Animal Management is an intensive two-week programme perfect for future Veterinarians, Zookeepers, Animal Biologists and those with a love and passion for animals. It provides a superb opportunity for those pupils who wish to work with animals, wild or domestic, or who wish to have something unusual to sit alongside their scientific qualifications. Students will be able to move on to study veterinary medicine, veterinary nursing, zoology, conservation – and many other courses not directly connected with animals. This course takes place at Dicker centre (Bede's Senior School) which is located in the village of Upper Dicker in the heart of the Sussex countryside, just north of the seaside town of Eastbourne which attracts both domestic and international tourists. The school is based on a former country estate with its own zoo and has a unique, homely feel, ideal for young teenagers.
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