StudyWorld Famtrip – Family Courses with Loxdale English Language Centre and Melton College, York
Join us as we travel from Brighton to York to learn more about family courses at Loxdale English Centre and Melton College, York. This trip will give you the opportunity to visit two campuses, both schools, as well as the chance to explore two family-friendly and historic cities!
What are StudyWorld Fam Trips?
StudyWorld fam trips take place before and after the StudyWorld in-person events, to give education agents the chance to visit a range of English language centres around the UK. The trips are a great opportunity to discover new study destinations, meet school staff in person and speak to current students.
Trips include agent travel, accommodation and meals. The trip will be by rail and will include a return ticket to London.
There will be eight fam trips after StudyWorld Brighton 2026 in January. See the link below for more details on the available trips.
Itinerary 2026
Wednesday 28 January
18:00pm - Transfer to Accommodation.
19:00pm - Dinner.
Thursday 29 January
09:30am - Picked up from accommodation and taken to Loxdale English Centre to meet Anna Thatcher. Tour of Loxdale and information session. Opportunity to talk with adult and young learners who are currently studying at Loxdale.
12:30pm - Lunch.
13:30pm - Departure by minibus to Gatwick.
14:00pm approx. - Train from Gatwick to St. Pancras. Met by Andrew Hjort, Melton College and train to York.
17:30pm approx. - Shuttle to York.
19:30pm - Dinner at the Chopping Block.
Night at Melton Guest House.
Friday 30th January
8:15am - Breakfast at Melton Guest House.
9:00am - 10:00am - Tour of Melton College, York. Opportunity to meet our Team. Q&A information session.
10:00am - 13:00pm - Explore York with Visit York Pass.*
13:00pm - Meet for Lunch.
14:30pm - More Time to Explore York with Visit York Pass.*
19:00pm Dinner at Melton's Restaurant.
Night at Melton Guest House.
*Exploring everything York has to offer in activities, shopping, and adventure, with the option of assistance or help from our team.
Saturday 31st January
9:30am - Return train to London King’s Cross.
Book your tickets to the StudyWorld Brighton Family Courses Famtrip 2026 via the link below:
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Loxdale English Language Centre
At Loxdale English Centre we recognise that every family is unique and different and the English courses we provide reflects that. Family English courses are a wonderful experience. It gives the adults and children a chance to learn and experience British life with their peers whilst still giving them the opportunity to bond on this special experience making memories together.
Family Course dates:
Winter Course: Any time between 4th January and 8th February 2026.
Summer Course: Any time between 14th June and 9th August 2026.
Age groups:
Winter Course: 12 to 17 year old students, plus their parent.
Summer Course: 8 to 12 year olds and
13 to 17 year old students, plus their parent.
Loxdale - Tuition
Winter course:
Children and adults both have classes at Loxdale in different buildings and with slightly different lesson times.
Summer course:
Children have classes at Loxdale. Parents have lessons with our partner school, The ELC at their main building in Hove. Parents can choose to study 20, 25 or 30 lessons per week. This is about a 12/15-minute bus journey from Loxdale.
After the first day, teenagers are welcome to walk/get the bus to and from school by themselves.
We expect children aged 8 to 12 years (Pre-Teens) to be brought to and from school each day by their parent. The adult tuition starts after the children so that parents have time to drop their child off for their classes before going to their own. If the parent can’t pick up their child at the right time because of their own social programme, they don’t need to worry. We will look after their child on site until they can pick them up.
Loxdale - Activities
Winter course:
Children take part in a range of fun activities with other children of their age group. Parents have the option of joining our social programme with the adult students. Parents are welcome to join their child for the weekend trips.
Summer course:
Children take part in a range of fun activities with other children of their age group. Parents have the option of joining the ELC’s social programme with the adult students. Parents are welcome to join their child for the weekend trips.
See the downloads on the left of this page for an example of our Activity Programme!
Loxdale - Accommodation
Every family is different. Sometimes we get a parent with one teenager and one pre-teen, sometimes one pre-teen, sometimes, the whole family. We help each family find the best accommodation solution for them. In the past families have chosen between the following:
- To live together with one of our selected hosts.
- For the parent and younger child to live with one host and the old child/teenager to live with another host or in our residence.
- For the parent to live with a host or with a hotel whilst their children live with our hosts or in our small onsite residence.
- To find their own Air BnB accommodation
- To bring a camper van and stay on a camp site.
Whatever your need, just ask us to see what solution we can find to suit you.
Loxdale - Key Information
- Designed to suit families with children aged 8 to 17 years
- Lessons per week: You choose!
- Either: 20 lessons per week (15 hours per week) or 25 lessons per week (18.75 lessons per week)
- Difficulty : pre- intermediate level and above (including C2 level)
- Various accommodation options depending on your families needs
- British Culture Visits : Yes
- FREE teacher led self-study sessions
- Children always have their classes and activities at Loxdale English Centre. Adults may have classes at Loxdale as well or with our partner school, the ELC in Hove, only 15 minutes by bus.
- Homework included: YES
Find out more about Loxdale English Learning Family Courses via the link below:
www.loxdale.com/family-courses
Melton College, York
For over 60 years students have come to Melton College to learn English in York, one of Europe’s top tourist destinations. Safe, welcoming, with lots to see and do, and excellent shopping!
We welcome all families on our Family Courses which are made up of our Junior Courses for young learners and Gold Courses for adults.
Family Course dates:
Winter Course: Any time between 8th February and 22nd February 2026
Easter Course: Any time between 29th March and 26th April 2026
Summer Course: Any time between 21st June and 6th September 2026
Autumn Course: Any time between 11th October and 8th November 2026
Age groups:
Junior Course: 8 to 10 year olds attending with their parent, otherwise 11 to 19 year olds without parents.
Gold Course: Age 40+
Melton College - Tuition
Our Junior Courses and Gold Courses taken together make a great family option! Unaccompanied juniors must be 11-19 years old, but we accept kids as young as 8 providing they come with mum or dad (or both!). Parents can join our Gold Course full or part-time - or just enjoy a great holiday in one of Europe's top tourist cities while we look after the kids and help them explore the English language in a fun and productive way!
The courses are separate, but you can see as much of the family as you want, and all classes are based in the same building.
Melton College - Activities and Excursions
All our courses come with an activity Programme to help you to get to know the City, make new friends and practice your English.
York is a really friendly, visitor focused city with lots to see and do, great student life and fabulous shopping.
Our individual Activity Programmes can be found on each course page.
Excursions are shared between the Junior and Gold Courses, as are some of the activities - for example our popular Friday Barbecues during the summer.
See the downloads on the left of this page for an example of our Activity Programme!
Melton College - Accommodation
Great accommodation is one of the foundations of a great language learning experience!
Melton College is lucky enough to own a top-quality hotel, right next to the College. Melton Guest House is a small boutique hotel with 11 rooms. We have rooms that can accommodate between 1~4 guests. Whether studying at Melton college next door, or sightseeing in York, Melton Guest House is ideally located for access to either. Find out more at www.melton-college.co.uk/guest-house
We also have a group of carefully selected homestay families waiting to welcome you if preferred!
Melton College - Key Information
- The Junior Course consists of 22.5 hours per week including Lessons Out
- The Junior Course is open to students from 11 to 19 and they can travel alone or with a parent.
- Kids aged 8-10 are welcome with a parent, providing the child has A2 level English.
- Parents are welcome on our Gold Course which consists of 15 hours tuition per week and a full afternoon cultural programme.
- The minimum age for the Gold Course is 40 (However, we do accept older adults who are a year or two too young for the course).
- Families can share rooms in Melton Guest House, situated next to the College.
- Maximum class sizes: 14
Find out more about Melton College Family Courses via the link below:
www.melton-college.co.uk/family-courses
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