Historic school with excellent facilities and superb sea views
Available: 8th July 2012 – 12th August 2012
Ages: 10 – 16
Location: Roedean School, near Brighton, England
Time to London: 1 hour (train)
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Originally founded in 1885, Roedean School is one of the most prestigious independent boarding schools in the UK. It moved to its current site in 1898 and offers excellent facilities, including 40 acres of playing fields and space for leisure activities, several tennis courts, a large indoor sports hall and a fabulous indoor swimming pool with spectacular views out to sea.
This beautiful school also provides art and dance studios, comfortable boarding houses and a spacious dining room.
Roedean is located in a stunning setting, overlooking Brighton Marina. It is a short bus ride away from the popular seaside city of Brighton, giving easy access to the Sussex towns of Hastings and Eastbourne, as well as Gatwick Airport.
Courses available at Roedean
Accommodation
- Students are accommodated in mostly single rooms in one of the four inter connected houses in the main building, or in the additional house at the eastern end of the campus.
- There are limited twin and triple rooms available.
- All bedrooms are comfortable and furnished with a bed, wardrobe and desk for each student.
- There are showers, toilets and a bathroom situated on each floor at either end of the main corridor.
- Boys and girls are accommodated in separate houses. Each house has a supervised common area for relaxing after classes.
Facilities
- Sports facilities: Large indoor sports hall, extensive playing fields, tennis courts
- Classrooms: Most have interactive whiteboards. Maximum of 12 students per class.
- Common areas: There are commons areas in each boarding house. The ground floor of the main building and the main hall in Keswick House are used for evening entertainment.
- Dining Hall: Self-service hot and cold meals in a well-equipped, food hall in the main school building.
- Swimming Pool: Indoor heated swimming pool, with life-guard.
- Email: A computer room is available for use under supervision.
- Shops: Nearest shops are at Brighton Marina, a short walk away. Students will be supervised when visiting the shops.
After class activities*
Students will receive a variety of evening activities on site as well as occasional off site options. typical evening activities include:
- Themed discos, karaoke, quizzes, talent shows, bowling, treasure hunts, cinema, dance competition, football tournament, team games, arts and crafts.
* Examples of typical activities offered are shown
Excursions**
Excursions take place every Wednesday afternoon and all day Saturday and Sunday. Excursions are normally by coach.
- London: The UK capital offers an unrivalled choice of shopping, world-class galleries, museums and so much more.
- Chichester: An historic city, with an excellent art gallery, theatre, cinema and high street shopping.
- Hastings: Historic seaside town, with shops, amusements and modern art gallery.
- Brighton: Brighton is an historic and colourful city by the sea with great shops, palace, pier, bars and restaurants.
- Arundel Castle: A spectacular, fully-restored medieval castle.
- Canterbury: An historic cathedral city, and the centre of the Church of England.
- Oxford: Home to England’s oldest university, you’ll enjoy exploring Oxford’s grand buildings, containing museums, shops and colleges.
- Portsmouth: The UK’s only island city, with beaches, shops and historic ships to explore.
- Thorpe Park: A leading theme park offering "over thirty extreme rides and attractions"
- Hampton Court Palace: A 16th century, large and impressive palace with extensive gardens.
- Windsor: Visit the Queen’s favourite weekend home. The oldest, and largest, inhabited castle in the world
** Examples of typical excursion offered are shown
Nearest airports, stations and ports: †
MW Summer School at Roedean offers a meet and greet, transfer service to the following airports (for a flat fee of £100 each way):
| Local Airports |
| London Gatwick Airport |
| London Heathrow Airport |
| London City Airport |
| Southampton Airport |
| Luton Airport |
| Stansted Airport |
| Bournemouth Airport |
Other Airports - private jets
Shoreham (Brighton City) Airport is 10 miles away for private jets, helicopters and privately chartered flights.
Train
Trains from London to Brighton take approximately 1 hour. Roedean is approximately 10 minutes from the station by taxi.
Ferry
Roedean is 20 minutes from Newhaven Port by car, with ferries sailing daily to Dieppe, France.
Helicopter
Helicopters may land on the school playing fields with prior permission only.
Downloads
Roedean Timetable 2012 (PDF) *subject to change
Roedean Sample Meal Plan 2012 (PDF)
Useful links:
Roedean average climate
Exterior of Roedean School from the English Channel
The dance studio
Dining room in the Roedean students' residence
Computer suite at Roedean School
Football pitch at the Roedean summer school
Study bedroom at Roedean School
Tennis courts at Roedean
Students relaxing on the Roedean lawns
