October in London

After the most fantastically sunny summer, we are now getting our jumpers, coats and umbrellas ready for the Autumn.  It’s a lovely time of year in England as the leaves on the trees change colour and the crisp cool mornings wake you up as you leave home in the morning. At Stafford House London October means two things in particular this year:

Firstly, our Cambridge Exam courses are underway! This autumn we have a full (First)  FCE class, a full (Advanced) CAE class and 7 students taking the (Proficiency) CPE. These are fantastic 11-week preparation courses for the B2-C2 levels and we are delighted to have so many students aiming for excellence in these exams! These are exams that are a lifelong certification that you have achieved a certain standard of English and are often asked for by employers and academic institutions around the world.

The classes themselves are intensive preparation for the exams which test Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking and Use of English. They are not easy exams and the students studying together usually have a wonderful shared sense of purpose that can lead to some close and lasting friendships between the students on these courses. For more information about these exams visit the links above or this page on our website.

We wish all our Cambridge Preparation Course students the best of luck with their studies and the exams in early December!

Secondly, at Stafford House this October, we have a “Halloween themed social programme”! There will be the “Jack the Ripper Walking Tour”, the “Haunted London Walking Tour” and a visit to the “London Dungeons” in the last 2 weeks of October. Spooky!

We also have some other new additions on the social programme, suggested by the students. We have a visit to St Paul’s Cathedral next week, the “Classic Duck Tour” on 10^th October and a Sunday Roast lunch on October 27^th. Finally, we have managed to get some great discounted tickets for our students to see The Lion King! Lots to look forward to! This along with our all our usual popular events to help you enjoy London and keep on speaking English! To check out the social programme in London visit our site here. You can even add the calendar to your phone.

Football at Stafford House Brighton

Stafford House Brighton have a weekly football match at the local park, just put your name down on the sign up sheet and you are in, no matter what level you are. Its great to mix practicing your English with doing exercise. We even have our own Stafford House kit! 

Stafford House Brighton FC

If you were looking for a more serious approach then you could watch Brighton & Hove Albion F.C , our local football club, founded in 1901. They play in the Football League Championship which is the division below our Premier League. They are unsurprisingly given our location, nicknamed “The Seagulls”. They play at the Falmer Stadium but as American Express sponsor them it is also called the Amex stadium which was opened in 2011 and cost £93 million and is located a 30 minute bus ride from Stafford House Brighton. The average attendance for home games is around 25,000 and ticket prices start at around £30.

They enjoyed a short spell in the early 80’s in the top flight of English football winning against sides such as Manchester United and Arsenal and even reaching the F.A. cup final. Since those heady days Brighton have faced many ups and downs with a precarious financial position and moving further down the different leagues. As I write this we are currently mid table, but I dream like all football fans have to, that maybe one day  we can reach the top flight of English football and once more beat the Arsenals and Manchester United’s of this world.   But for now our Stafford House Brighton team is happy to meet and play in the park. If you are interested in studying English in Brighton then check out our website: www.staffordhouse.com/brighton