• Creativity Workshops : Pimp your Tote bag and T-Shirt
• Indoor activities: Casino Night and Quiz Night, Movie Nights, Murder mystery, Treasure hunts, Crepe Workshop
• Beach sports: Volleyball and Badminton
• Marshmallow BBQ night
• Chilled Zone IP Ocean with table tennis, badminton, and football tables
• Welcome & Farewell Parties: Cameo and Halo, with supplement
• Outdoor activities: Town Walks, Photo Rallies, Scavenger Hunts, Badminton
• Graduation Ceremony
• Welcome & Farewell Meetings

Excursions are a part of our programme and included in the price. During your first week you have one half-day trip included. If you stay more than one week you will have one additional half-day excursion and one full day trip per additional week.

Each excursion consists of a guided tour of the area with some interesting background information and stops at the nicest photo locations. Our supervisors will not only tell you more about the city but also where the coolest shops and cafés are, because after the guided tour you will have some free time with your friends for shopping and discovering on your own! The amount of free time allowed depends on the students’ age and on the Traffic during the trip. We reserve the right to organise excursions by public transport.

We offer the following Trip Destinations. Please keep in mind that you will be told about the trip destinations once you are on site. You cannot choose the destination on your own.

Half-day trip destinations: Salisbury, Southampton, Winchester, Durdle Door, Poole & Christchurch

Full day trip destinations: London, Brighton, Oxford, Bath

Bournemouth is ideal for surfing (wave riding). For those of you who want to combine English lessons and the surf experience, we offer this special course with our surf partner in Bournemouth. In the mornings you will attend the General or Intensive English course with your fellow students.

The surfing course consists of three afternoons with two lessons each. Equipment will be provided. Depending on the weather, tide and the size of the waves the surf lessons might vary. Therefore, paddle boarding is offered as an alternative when the weather conditions don’t allow surfing.

Please bear in mind that booking this course combination may prevent you from joining other activities or a scheduled excursion.

This special is not included in the programme and must be booked in advance at least 2 weeks prior to arrival. It Can also be booked on site if we have space left.

Price: £144.00

Our residence building consists of 10 floors, each with 8 flats. Each flat has 5 en-suite bedrooms and is shared by students of the same gender. Every flat is equipped with a kitchen and a social room (not equipped), with a fridge available. A laundry service is provided at a cost of £5 for both washing and drying, and the machines are operated via an app available.

All rooms are lockable and come with en-suite facilities, including toilets and showers. The rooms are furnished with beds, desks, and wardrobes that include a shelf and hanging rail.

The accommodation is located approximately 1.4 km from our school. A deep clean and bed linen change is provided once a week on weekends. Free Wi-Fi is available, and towels are provided (students should bring their own beach towel).

Meal times

• Breakfast is served from 8:00 to 8:45, lunch from 12:00 to 13:30, and dinner from 18:00 to 19:00, with all meals provided at IP Bournemouth.
• Packed lunches are available on full-day trips.
• Vegetarian options and special diets (e.g. gluten-free, lactose-free, vegan, or no pork) are catered to upon request.

Students are placed in twin rooms (triple rooms available on request) with students of the same sex, and ideally, the same age. Our host families are carefully selected, DBS-checked, and follow strict homestay guidelines.

You will have full board accommodation, including breakfast and dinner with the host family, and a hot lunch at our School. Vegetarian options are available, with special diets catered to upon request, though Halal and Kosher meals are not provided.

Bedding, towels, and weekly laundry (one load) are included. Your host family will help you with your initial travel to school. Our families are located in Bournemouth, Poole, or Christchurch, with an average commute of 30-45 minutes by public transport (approx. £22 per week, not included).

Our supervision ratio is 1:15. The activity programme is partly mandatory. Students may “sign out”  twice a week to explore the city in pairs or groups, with parental consent. A town walk with free time is offered every afternoon, providing a good blend of independent exploration and supervisions. Students of this age are expected to navigate the campus for meals and classes independently but are not allowed to stay in their rooms during the daytime. Our supervisors are always available to give help and advice when needed.

Our supervision ratio is 1:20. The activity programme is optional in the afternoons. Students at that age have the freedom to explore tin pairs or groups and can sign out after dinner for two evenings per week. We also offer some special supervised activities aimed at this age group. Some off campus activities may have a small fee, but not more than £20 per activity. Students are not allowed to leave the campus on their own (only in pairs or more), and they have to inform their supervisor prior to sign out.

You will be part of a TTT (Time to Talk) group of up to 25 students. In the lunchtime TTT you tell your supervisor what you want to do in the afternoon and the supervisor will put you in the respective sign-up list which will be checked when the programme starts. The same happens at the dinner time TTT for the evening event.

You can choose a Self-Arranged Journey. This requires you to be accompanied by your parent(s) or a Guardian to our centre in Bournemouth. Please respect the required arrival and departure times. You should arrive on Sunday between 09:00 and 18:00 on your arrival day. On departure day, Saturday,  you should be picked up after 9:00, after Breakfast.

We also offer a Low Budget transfer from/to London Heathrow for all our UK. The You should arrive, on a Sunday, at London Heathrow Airport before 16:00 (for non-European students we recommend arriving before 15:00). Our Meet &Greet Service  will be waiting for you at the terminal and will accompany you to your transfer service. Our coach shuttle will depart from Heathrow, or a nearby pick up station, at approximately 18:00 – to 19:00. After approximately 3 hours you will be dropped off at the school in Bournemouth. This service can be booked as a return service only. Transfers will be provided by well-known coach companies with DBS checked drivers.

On the day of departure, Saturday,  you will be dropped off at London Heathrow Airport at about 11:30 – so please book your flight after 14:00. A staff member will accompany  you to your respective terminal and check in desk. In the morning, the transfer departs from our school in Bournemouth.

If you book an Unaccompanied Minors service with your airline, please request our Unaccompanied Minors service. The Low Budget Transfer is only available on the indicated arrival and departure days.

In case you can’t meet the required times for the Low Budget Transfer we are happy to organise Individual Transfers for you from/to London Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Southhampton or Luton Airport. Transfers are done with well-known taxi and transfer companies with DBS checked drivers. We offer a one-way service to the centre and /or a return service to the airport for a flat rate. On the day of arrival our Meet & Greet Service will be waiting for you at the exit area of customs and will, if not requested otherwise, take you directly to our school in Bournemouth, where students will either be picked up by their hosts or walk to the residence.

On the day of departure, Saturday, you will leave Bournemouth as required in order to make sure you arrive at the airport in time. Our driver will accompany  you to your respective terminal and check in desk.

If you book an Unaccompanied Minors service with your airline, please request our Unaccompanied Minors service also.

Out-of-hours arrivals/departures: you will in most cases be taken/picked up directly to/from the homestay or the residence. Please note that host family student arrivals/departures between 6:00 and 22:00 will be collected by their hosts at the school and dropped off by their hosts there. For very early/late arrivals/departures in/from the centre (24.00-6.00), an alternative accommodation needs to be arranged.