HARROGATE TUTORIAL COLLEGE

Introduction:  The college was founded in 1981 and is accredited by the British Council, British Accreditation Council and registered with the DfES as an independent school.  We are a small college specialising in high class education, both Academic and English courses. The friendly atmosphere, small classes and high quality teaching create the ideal preparation for success.  Academic students are given detailed help with their University applications and over 90% achieve places. The college is well equipped with A/V equipment, computer suite, library, science laboratories and common room with snack facilities. All computers have free broadband Internet access.

Location: Harrogate is an elegant, safe town, 70 000 inhabitants, within 30 km from the cities of Leeds, Bradford and York. It is a major tourist, conference and exhibition town with a cosmopolitan atmosphere and excellent sporting, cultural and shopping facilities. The North of England is well known for its hospitality and students enjoy a warm welcome.

International students: They enjoy the college environment and small classes, average four students. They are given support English and Study Skills tuition which also prepare students for the IELTS examination. If their level of English is too low, they take our Intensive English course first.

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Academic Courses:  We offer Two Year, Eighteen Month, One Year Intensive and Retake courses in over 30 subjects at GCSE and A Level from: Arts, Business, Humanities, Languages, Mathematics and Science, supported by Study Skills.  Two year A level course students take 3 AS subjects in the first year and 3 A2 subjects in the second year.

Foundation Courses prepare students for direct entry to the first year of university degree courses.

Link courses for overseas students combine either GCSE or A Level subjects with English, Study Skills and Information Technology for university entrance.

A counselor is available to discuss progress and any problems they may have.

English Courses:  We teach English for 50 weeks a year, both as a main and support subject, for the Cambridge examinations (100% success rate) including IELTS. 

We offer General, Examination, Academic, Business and Executive English courses.   We also provide tailor made courses, one-to-one tuition and pre-sessional course for schools, colleges and universities

Summer courses combine English with sports, activities, excursions, videos and discos. These include horse riding and tennis with professional coaching and Information Technology.  Juniors have 1:10 escort ratio.

Students on All Year English courses have a personal tutor to discuss progress and any problems they may have. 

Ages: All Year: 15+years. Summer: Juniors 12-16 years, Adults 17+years. Levels: All

Accommodation:  Students stay with carefully selected host families or residence near the college. The Accommodation Officer selects the host families and is always available for help.

Staff:  Our academic tutors are experienced and highly qualified, many are examiners.  Our English teachers have degrees and recognized English teaching qualifications (CELTA and DELTA)

Travel:  We can meet you and bring you to Harrogate which is 20 km from Leeds-Bradford airport (flights via London, Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin and Paris).  Manchester airport is 120km with good rail and coach links and we arrange airport transfers if required.  Harrogate is less than three hours by train from London.

Insurance:  We advise students to have their own travel, medical and possessions insurance, but this can be arranged once they arrive at the college.

Professional Associations:  The college is a member of EducationUnited Kingdom, EnglishUnited Kingdom, CIFE, QISAN, Leeds Chamber of Commerce and the Yorkshire Tourist Board.

CONTACT

Harrogate Tutorial College
2 The Oval
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
England
HG2 9BA

Tel: 01423 501041

Fax: 01423 531110

Email: enquiries@htcuk.org 

Web: www.htcuk.org

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