The centre takes students aged 11 to 18.
On the Paisley campus of the University of the West of Scotland, in the centre of Paisley — about seven miles from Glasgow. The High Street is a two-minute walk, the town centre eight minutes on foot, and the nearby station reaches Glasgow Central in roughly ten minutes.
Fifteen hours of lessons a week; each lesson lasts one hour and thirty minutes.
Classes hold up to eighteen students and are grouped by level. The school sets the level with an online grammar and listening test before arrival and a speaking and writing test at the centre; it accepts levels from A1+ and A2 through B1 and B2 to C1 and C1+.
Both, depending on the day. The school runs what it calls a zig-zag timetable: a group studies in the morning on some days and in the afternoon on others, with the rest of the day given to activities and excursions.
Students live on the campus in modern flats shared by four to six people, each with a single en-suite bedroom. The centre has two hundred and seventy single beds with en-suite bathrooms.
Linen is provided and changed every six to eight days. Towels are not provided, so students should bring their own.
The flats have fully fitted communal kitchens with a fridge and freezer, but the cookers are switched off and are only turned on at a group leader's request. There are no toasters.
Cleaning is done before arrival and then every six to eight days.
Yes — laundry facilities are on site and are operated through an app.
Full-day excursions run three times a week and go to Edinburgh city centre and its west end, Glasgow city centre and its west end, Glasgow's museums and Silverburn, Stirling town centre and a cruise on Loch Lomond. A half-day excursion visits Paisley town centre. Travel outside Paisley on the student programme is by private coach, and the Classic programme includes paid entry to Edinburgh Castle and the Loch Lomond cruise.
Indoor sports facilities and a swimming pool are not available at this centre, and outdoor sports facilities are limited. There is an outdoor gym space on the campus, and the accommodation block has a common area with a pool table and a table-tennis table.
A centre manager, an activity manager, an excursion manager and a welfare coordinator are on site around the clock, reception is staffed twenty-four hours, and twenty-four-hour security and CCTV are in operation. All staff wear a purple uniform shirt and a name lanyard, and students wear a purple lanyard carrying their name and an emergency number.
Yes — meals are served in the campus canteen, and there is also a café on site. On excursion days the school provides cash for lunch rather than a packed lunch.
