WIDE VARIETY OF ATHLETICS & EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
CLOSE TO LONDON, OXFORD, AND CAMBRIDGE
ELITE SOCCER & MOTORSPORT ACADEMIES
school facts
The School:
Founded…………………………………………………..1967
Gender…………………………………………………..Co-ed
Location……………………………….Leicestershire, UK
Website…………..www.brookehousecollege.co.uk
Demographics
Students enrolled……………………………………….260
Age range……………………………………………….11-19
Age range boarding………………………………..11-19
International boarders………………………………N/A
Academics & Practical Info
Programs……..GCSE, A-level, Motorsport & Football, University Foundation
Average class size……………………………………..8-12
Student:teacher ratio…………………………………N/A
Tuition & Boarding………………………£11,900/term
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Brooke House College
Brooke House College
Founded in 1967, Brooke House College is an international co-educational independent College. The school works closely with students to achieve their full potential and desired goals and progress to excellent UK and worldwide Universities, many of which are Russell Group Universities.
Brooke House aims to encourage students’ development as independent individuals while helping them to secure their academic futures. The school strives to create a hard-working, purposeful, and inspiring yet comfortable and tolerant learning environment and a community where different cultures can come together in a spirit of competition and determination combined with friendship and support.
Brooke House has 260 students aged 11-19 and 97% board at the school. The school is located in the small, typically English town of Market Harborough, in the East Midlands. London is only 1 hour away, and cities like Oxford, Cambridge, and Birmingham are easily accessible. Brooke House also offers a wide range of sports and extracurricular activities. Here, you’ll never be bored!
ACADEMICS
Brooke House allows pupils to develop their full potential and prides itself on drawing the best out of its students, no matter whether that means achieving a place at one of the country’s best universities or strengthening the academic and personal foundations of less able students. The mean average class size at Brooke House is eight, and such a staff-pupil ratio promotes a highly personal style of teaching.Â
LEVELS
GCSE is an examination that most English students take at the age of 16 in between 4 and 8 subjects. The GCSE course can be taken over 1 or 2 years depending on age and academic background. At Brooke House, a full range of GCSE courses is offered including, but not exclusively:
Art | Biology | Business Studies | Chemistry | Economics | English | History | IT/Computing | Mathematics | Physical Education | Physics | Sociology
The British A Level is one of the world’s most recognised qualifications, leading students to direct university entry. Students undertake a 2 year course in 3 to 4 subjects normally starting at the age of 16. At Brooke House, a full range of A Level courses is offered including, but not exclusively:
Accounting | Art and Design | Chemistry  |Computer Science | English Literature | Government & Politics | Law | Further Mathematics | Modern Foreign Languages | Physics | Sociology
UNIQUE PROGRAMS
The University Foundation Program is a one-year fast track course designed to help international students to successfully enter UK universities to study for their first degree. This course is normally taken up by students aged 17-19 who have finished high school in their country of origin. Brooke House College offers subjects within a range of pathways:
Architecture | Fashion | Business | Computer Science | Engineering | Law | Mathematics | Medicine & Pharmacy | Sciences | Sport Science & Sport Management
Students in the Brooke House Football Academy attend academic classes with full-time students from Brooke House College. The Academy Football teams play competitive weekly fixtures against academy sides, professional teams and students will have the opportunity to take part in professional trial games. Daily coaching sessions concentrate on every aspect of player development from improving individual technique to positional play and the contribution each player makes to the team.
The Brooke House Motorsports Program started in 2014 and is an innovative program dedicated to developing young racing drivers while delivering a full academic education. The course provides tuition on car control, racing techniques, fitness, nutrition, psychology, simulators, PR and media training, as well as practical track time, driving a variety of race cars, starting with karts. All drivers will earn their Motor Sports Association (MSA) competition licence, enabling them to progress on to whichever motorsport category they choose in their racing future.
THE BOARDING EXPERIENCE
Brooke House College aims to provide a friendly, happy and enterprising environment where pupils can learn to live together in order to achieve success in all aspects of their school careers. Students learn the importance of team spirit, tolerance, independence, respect for themselves and others and gain the confidence to succeed at university, in the workplace, and in life.
EXTRACURRICULARS
When it comes to extracurriculars, Brooke House has an extensive Activity programme covering sports, academic academic extensive clubs, and other fun activities. The academically minded clubs include, for example:Â
Web Design | Coding | Electronics | Arabic | Art | Fashion | Mathematics | Young Enterprise
No matter where your interest lies, there’s something for you. Outside of the academic clubs, spend your time on:
Table Tennis | Pool | Board Games | Pilates | Dance | Cosmetics Making | Yoga | Horse Riding |Â Duke of Edinburgh Award Program
ATHLETICS
The college has both football and basketball teams which play against other schools and local clubs. Brooke House also has substantially reduced rates for both membership and instruction for students at the town’s squash and 18-hole golf club. Outside of the programme-based sports, Brooke House offers:
Basketball | Swimming | Squash | Tennis
SPARE TIME
The town of Market Harborough offers visitors an exciting range of shops, cafes, and restaurants. You can also explore the larger cities of London, Oxford, Cambridge, Birmingham. On weekends, Brooke House staff often arranges activities like go-karting, paintballing, cinema and theatre visits, cycling, visits to theme parks, and trips to local attractions. Longer weekend cultural visits are also offered to cities such as Rome, Paris, and Edinburgh.
