Champittet Leadership Camp — Pully-Lausanne, Switzerland

Champittet Leadership Camp is the summer programme of Collège Champittet, a Swiss private day and boarding school in Pully-Lausanne that belongs to the Nord Anglia Education group. The camp is designed for children and teenagers aged 11 to 17 and runs in fixed two-week sessions, available either as a residential place with accommodation on the school campus or as a day place. The programme is organised around two age bands. Juniors, aged 11 to 13, work on team building and collaboration: understanding shared goals, creating groups where people feel safe, handling conflict, and getting the best from a team. The same age band also follows a confidence strand — identifying personal strengths, overcoming self-doubt, practising communication in front of others, and learning to value individuality. Seniors, aged 14 to 17, move into leadership style and experiential learning with IMD Learning Managers and certified coaches who specialise in working with teenagers. What sets the camp apart is the partner list behind those workshops. The International Olympic Committee, headquartered in Lausanne, hosts campers for a morning at its headquarters, where they meet Olympians and explore leadership through athletes' own journeys. IMD Business School, one of the leading business management universities in Europe, sends learning managers to run sessions for the Senior group. EHL Hospitality Business School, the historic hotel school of Lausanne, delivers a hands-on workshop on service, etiquette and manners. Afternoons are given over to the outdoors. Campers go whitewater rafting, work through a high ropes course, try canyoning in the mountains near Lausanne, and sail on Lake Geneva, where crews learn to read the wind together. Mountain excursions fill out the Alpine side of the programme. Evenings on the residential programme move to campfire songs, talent shows and gala dinners, and a typical camp day closes with lights out after the evening activity. The working language of the camp is English, and the provider states that campers of all levels of English are welcome: the international intake means language improves naturally through daily use rather than through formal lessons. That makes the camp a good fit for families who want their child in an English-speaking environment without enrolling in a language course. The campus itself sits above Lake Geneva in Pully, minutes from central Lausanne, with school sports facilities, a dining hall and boarding accommodation on site. Residential campers are on full board and are supervised by the counsellor team overnight; the provider does not publish detailed room configurations, so families with specific accommodation needs should confirm them directly. Because sessions are fixed two-week blocks with a Monday start rather than rolling weekly arrivals, families book a whole session rather than a number of weeks. Availability, dates and prices may change quickly; please always confirm details directly with the camp provider before making travel arrangements.