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Stafford House Canterbury Summer Camp: English Camp in Kent

Canterbury, United KingdomStafford House Study Holidays

Latest published dates: Jun 14 – Aug 22, 2026
Duration: 1–10 weeks
Ages: 11–18

2026 price

$1,812

Course price for 1 week

Classic Course

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The Stafford House Canterbury Summer Camp is a junior English centre in the historic city of Canterbury, Kent, for students aged 11 to 18, with English lessons, excursions and daily activities. Both residential and homestay accommodation are offered. It may suit families wanting a historic English city with a choice of accommodation. Note the intake reaches past school-leaving age.

Language

English

Program type

Language Camps

Accommodation

Homestay

About

About the Course

Stafford House Canterbury offers summer courses for international juniors: the Classic Course (15 hours of English per week, ages 11-18), Intensive English (23 hours per week, ages 14-17), plus two-week Careers in Medicine and three-week Model United Nations academic programmes (ages 14-17). All students take a placement test and receive an end-of-course certificate; maximum class size is 18.

What’s Included

The weekly price includes English tuition, full-board accommodation, 1 full-day excursion and 1 half-day excursion per week, 2 local visits per week, 7 evening activities per week, and hot lunch and dinner in the school canteen on weekdays. One free group leader place per 15 students. For individually booked students, shared transfers to and from London airports are included.

Accommodation

Students stay in full-board residential accommodation with rooms of 1-4 beds, all with private bathrooms, or in carefully selected homestay accommodation in shared rooms. There are laundry facilities in the residences. The maximum stay in homestay for students aged under 16 is 27 nights.

Meal Plan

Full board: students have a hot lunch and hot dinner in the school canteen Monday to Friday. Host families provide weekend meals for homestay students.

Activities & Excursions

Outside class, students enjoy a full activity and excursion programme: 7 evening activities per week (sports, arts and crafts, drama, games, quizzes, talent shows and discos), 2 local visits per week, and weekly excursions - one full day and one half day - to destinations such as London, which is one hour away by train.

Facilities

The Canterbury centre has a television lounge, free Wi-Fi throughout, a library, a self-study room, drink-making facilities and an outside courtyard.

Camp Experience

Canterbury is a historic university city, close to the beaches of the south coast and within easy reach of London (1 hour by train, 1.5 hours from Heathrow, 2 hours to Paris by Eurostar). Fun to explore and easy to walk around, it is a safe and comfortable place for young students, with dedicated student welfare staff at the centre.

Language Camp prices

Classic Course

15 Lessons · 11–18 yrs · All levels

2026 price

English plus activities summer course at Stafford House Canterbury. 15 hours of English lessons per week with placement and exit testing, plus a full programme of activities and excursions: 1 full-day and 1 half-day excursion, 2 local visits and 7 evening activities every week. Hot lunch and dinner served in the school canteen on weekdays.

15 hours of English lessons per week; maximum class size 18

Communicative English through lessons, activities, excursions and local visits

Daily Schedule

Breakfast
07:00–08:00
Classes
08:30–12:30
Lunch
12:30–13:30
Dinner
18:30–19:30
Evening activities
20:00–22:00
Lights out
22:30

Included items

Daily progress
International students

Arts & Crafts
Disco
Drama Workshop
Excursions

Cafeteria
Laundry room
Residence accommodation
Student lounge

Optional Extras

Transfer1

School

Stafford House Study Holidays

Stafford House Study Holidays offers English language summer and year-round courses for junior students and groups at centres across the UK, USA and Malaysia. Part of CATS Global Schools, the organisation is accredited by the British Council and is a member of English UK and Young Learners English UK. Programmes combine English tuition with supervised excursions, sports and creative activities, with residential and homestay accommodation and dedicated student welfare staff at every centre.

View Details

www.studyholidays.com/

Location

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Canterbury is a safe, compact and walkable university city, and the centre has dedicated student welfare staff. Stafford House Study Holidays is accredited by the British Council and is a member of English UK and Young Learners English UK.

The weekly price includes English tuition, full-board residential or homestay accommodation, 1 full-day and 1 half-day excursion per week, 2 local visits per week, 7 evening activities per week, and hot lunch and dinner in the school canteen on weekdays. Individually booked students also get shared transfers to and from London airports.

There are dedicated student welfare staff at the centre who make sure all students are cared for, happy and well. Residential rooms have private bathrooms and the centre team is available to help with any health concerns.

The Canterbury summer centre accepts students aged 11-18 in residence (12-18 in homestay) for the Classic Course; Intensive English and the academic programmes (Careers in Medicine, Model United Nations) are for ages 14-17. Individual students are accepted at ages 14-17.

More about this camp

The Stafford House Canterbury Summer Camp is a junior summer centre in Canterbury, Kent, in south-east England. It accepts students aged 11 to 18. Programme and activities. The camp combines English lessons with excursions and daily activities in a historic cathedral city. Canterbury's UNESCO heritage and compact centre support the cultural programme, and its position near the Channel makes it accessible from continental Europe. Accommodation — two options. Students can stay in full-board residential accommodation, in rooms of one to four beds, or in homestay. The two suit different children: the residence keeps students together under continuous supervision, while homestay adds language practice and family life but involves daily travel. Families should confirm what each option includes. Ages, dates and duration. The camp accepts students aged 11 to 18. The upper limit reaches past school-leaving age, so families should ask how age groups are separated. Seventeen arrival dates are listed from mid-June, a very wide calendar. Location and travel. Canterbury is in Kent, around an hour from London by high-speed rail and close to the Channel ports and tunnel — a practical route for European families travelling overland. Gatwick and Heathrow are both reachable. Transfer arrangements are not published. Who the programme may suit. This camp may suit families wanting a historic English city with a choice between residence and homestay, and European families who would rather travel by train, for a student aged 11 to 18. The wide calendar adds flexibility. Given the intake runs to 18, families of a younger teenager should confirm grouping and supervision.