Our Courses & Activities

International Students

At Kilgraston Summer School, international students have 2 courses that students can choose between: our General English Programme and our new Youth Leadership Programme.  These courses run in the mornings at Kilgraston Summer School.

General English Programme

Key Information

• Ages 8 - 17
• Minimum stay = 1 week
• Maximum stay = 4 weeks
• 15 hours instruction per week
• No minimum English level
• Maximum class size = 16

2021 Dates
Week 1: Sunday 4th July   - Sunday 11th July 2021
Week 2: Sunday 11th July - Sunday 18th July 2021
Week 3: Sunday 18th July - Sunday 25th July 2021
Week 4: Sunday 25th July - Sunday 1st August 2021

Youth Leadership Programme

Key Information

• Ages 14 - 17
• Course duration = 2 weeks
• 10 hours instruction + 10 hours group project work per week
• Minimum English level = B2 (CEFR)
• Class size = 20; Group work = 4

2021 Dates
Programme 1: Sunday 4th July - Sunday 18th July 2021
Programme 2: Sunday 18th July - Sunday 1st August 2021
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International students at Kilgraston Summer School have a choice between one of our Specialist Academies, or our Multi-Activity sessions for their afternoons with us.

Our afternoon activities run daily, except for Wednesday afternoons, when students will be on an off-site excursion.

Our Specialist Academies must be pre-booked in advance at the time of booking, but our Multi-Activities sessions can be signed up for on a daily basis by students when they are here.
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Domestic Students

Students from the UK have the option of choosing two academies or activities sessions per day: one in the morning, and one in the afternoon.  UK students can also combine the Youth Leadership Programme with an afternoon activity.

Example choices

​Student 1

Morning choice:     Dance
Afternoon choice:  Multi-Arts

Student 2

Morning choice:      Youth Leadership Programme
Afternoon choice:   Tennis
*Note: The Youth Leadership Programme is a fixed 2-week course and cannot be booked for shorter periods

Communications with Parents

It's natural for parents to want to know what their children are doing, and how they are progressing in their classes.  To keep you informed, the staff at Kilgraston Summer School have several methods in which to communicate with you:

• Weekly progress report 

This will include comments from the class teacher, our activities team, and our residential team, giving a little information on what your child has been doing and how they have been progressing each week.  This will be emailed to the parent or the parent's agent on the Saturday of each week.  This is only available for international students and domestic students staying for a full 7-day week.

• Social media channels: Facebook, Instagram & Twitter

We will post regular photos and videos of students, from classwork to activities, social events and excursions on our Social Media accounts.  If you follow these you'll hopefully get to see your child in action during each week they are here with us.  Please note: you will have to consent to your child appearing in these on our booking form.  If you don't give consent, we will ensure that your child does not feature in posts on our social media channels.

• Weekly highlights video

Each week, we will put together a highlights video of what students have been doing.  This will also be emailed to parents or the parent's agent at the end of the week, but on a Sunday (so we include videos from Saturday's excursion).  The same consent details will apply to this as with the Social Media consent.