In Southampton, we offer homestay accommodation with hosts who have been personally approved by the school and are regularly inspected. Homestays are 10-35 minutes from the school by bus. Our recommended minimum age for homestay is 13. Junior homestay students share a room. This can be with students of the same or different nationality.
Single en-suite rooms with shared kitchen
Bed linen and towels provided (laundry of bed linen and towels included)
Available all year round in Southampton.
Hosts personally approved by school and regularly inspected
Summer: Twin room with a student of the same sex and the same or different nationality. Please note that we cannot guarantee mixed-nationality sharing.
Year-round groups: Twin room with a friend from the same group and of the same sex
Full board in the summer. Choice of half board or full board options for year-round groups.
10-35 minutes by bus from the school in Southampton.
For all students under 18, the host and all adult household members are DBS-checked (police-checked)
Staying in a homestay is an ideal way to practise your English and get to know British culture. You will live as part of the household, taking meals together and sharing the common living areas. We have many wonderful hosts of different backgrounds: families with children; single hosts living alone; couples without children or whose children have grown up and left home. Your host will provide you with a comfortable room where to study and relax. They will give you a change of towel and bed linen every week, and will wash your clothes. However, it is a home and not a hotel, so we ask you to respect the house rules.
Our welfare staff at the school reception are always available to talk to if you have any concerns about your homestay. If it becomes necessary, we will find you a new homestay as quickly as possible.