International students age 15yrs+ may attend Earlscliffe in order to complete a 3 Year A-level programme or to complete only one of those three years, the ITY.
Why choose the Earlscliffe ITY?
A two year A-level course is not easy and rather than risk difficulties due to a lack of academic English or sufficient previous subject knowledge, some students prefer to take this general academic preparation course to make sure that when they do start their two-year Earlscliffe A-level programme they are well-equipped to succeed academically.
Other students from overseas prefer to take the Earlscliffe ITY as a year away from their own system, to perfect their English, study academic subjects and get involved in boarding college life as fully as possible, with the aim of returning home to their former school and national system after completing the ITY with us. Such students would ordinarily be classified as UK Year 11 or Year 12.
The course content
- English Language – either English as a First Language or Second Language.
- Mathematics – either the Higher or Foundation tier
- One Science subject – Biology Chemistry or Physics
- One Humanities subject – Art, Business Studies, Geography
- Native language – this includes but is not exclusively limited to – French, Chinese, German, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, Russian and Turkish
- Computer Science can be added upon request
The GCSE course content has been designed to provide the students with a broad balanced curriculum.
It has also been designed with students returning to their national system. If a student wishes to study a non native language, then we will support the student’s request, and if it is possible, it can be introduced to their timetable.
