The short answer
- A study holiday is supervised: lessons, staffed activities and night cover in residence.
- Your child is supported throughout, including on group flights, with ratios suited to their age.
- The price includes everything at the centre: course, meals, accommodation, activities, transfers and insurance.
- Homesickness is normal, and staff know how to help.
- Book early: the most popular summer places fill quickly.
The first phone call we get from most parents starts the same way: "I think it would be good for them, but I'm nervous." That's the right place to start. This guide walks through exactly what happens between booking a study holiday and picking your child up at arrivals two weeks later, so the nerves are about the right things.
What a study holiday actually is
A study holiday combines a language course with a full activity programme, in a supervised residence or host family. Mornings are lessons in small international classes; afternoons and evenings are sport, excursions and social activities run by the centre's staff. Your child is never unsupervised, the ratios and night cover are set out in our safeguarding standards.
Programmes differ by age band. The 9–14 programme is campus-based with the tightest supervision; the 15–17 programme adds free time in structured blocks.
Who is with them, hour by hour
- At the airport: on group departures, an EduLeap group leader flies with the students, both ways.
- On campus: centre staff at a ratio that depends on age and programme, typically between 1:12 and 1:20 and tighter for younger students, with a named welfare lead.
- At night: residential staff sleep on the same corridors; host families are vetted and inspected annually.
- At home: you get a WhatsApp group with the group leader and a daily photo update.
"Day one they cry on the phone. Day four they're annoyed the call is interrupting the disco. That's the arc, almost every time."
See it for yourself
This short film follows one group from Milan Malpensa to their first morning of lessons in Brighton, filmed by our own group leaders, not a marketing crew.
What it costs, and what's included
Every EduLeap quote includes the course, accommodation, all meals, the activity programme, transfers and insurance, there are no compulsory extras at the centre. Read how to read a study-holiday quote for a line-by-line breakdown, or check payment & cancellation terms before you book.
Booking 6+ months ahead is normal: summer campus places for the 9–14 band usually sell out by February. A deposit holds the place; the balance is due four weeks before departure.
What families post afterwards
Common questions
Yes. Phones stay with students outside lesson hours. Most families settle into one short evening call, and the group leader's daily photo update covers the rest.
The centre's welfare lead takes them to a doctor and calls home the same day. Medical costs are covered by the included insurance, see what the cover includes.
Not on a campus programme with a group departure, that combination exists precisely for first-timers. It's the independent-flight options that we'd steer a 9-year-old away from.
The next step
If you're weighing up destinations or age bands, a 20-minute call is faster than a week of reading: book a free consultation, or go straight to your free quote, it's priced line by line, with nothing hidden.
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