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EF Academy Torbay, Devon |
| Year of foundation: | 2005 |
| Address: | Castle Road, Torquay, Devon TQ1 3BG |
| Location: | The school building is constructed in the shape of a castle and is situated on a hill, overlooking the seaside resort Torquay at the English Riviera. The coastal town offers a safe and serene atmosphere. Only in 2012 the complete school campus was modernised elaborately. |
| Campus size: | n/s |
| Number of students: | 300 |
| Ratio of boarders: | 40% lodged in the boarding house, 60% at host families |
| Ratio of international students: | 95% |
| Number of students from Germany: | 20 |
| Ratio girls/boys in %: | 50/50 |
| Ratio tutors/students: | 1/15 |
| School type: | Senior School with IGCSE and 6th form (14 years of age and over) |
| Graduation: | IGCSE, A levels, International Baccalaureate (IB) |
| Specific features: | The EF Academy Torbay offers everything that is a feature of the traditional British school system and at the same time enhances every single teaching subject with a unique global aspect. The student body is international, the learning facilities are modern and the teachers are experienced in dealing with non-native speakers. Mentors of the surrounding community ensure that particularly the younger students can be encouraged specifically and taken by the hand. The residents of Torquay spare no effort to support the students and have their eye on them. Career advisers care about the individual university desires and applications. An EF Academy team is located in Duesseldorf, where it supports German parents and students from application through to graduation. A campus rotation is possible within the three EF Academy sites in England and the US. |
| Accommodation: | The students live in two- or three-bed rooms in the sheltered boarding house just a bit off the school building or at selected local host families by request. The rooms in the boarding home are equipped basically and appropriately. All school buildings and the boarding house have Wi-Fi available. |
| Foreign languages: | German, French, Spanish |
| Elective subjects: | Duke of Edinburgh Award, chess, law, drama group, art group, photography group, film group, design group, cooking, gardening |
| Facilities/offers: | multimedia classrooms, computer lab, school library, cafeteria, debating society, film group, free or reduced access to all leisure time facilities of the town of Torquay (fitness studio, bowling, climbing and much more) by use of a student ID, English preparatory course, flexible timewise as required prior to the beginning of the term, targeted preparation for the A levels and IB diploma |
| Range of sports: | Football, basketball, swimming, tennis, table tennis, badminton, sailing, surfing, fencing, jogging, hiking, climbing. The offer is oriented towards the need. |
| Fee: | IGCSE programme: starting from 22,650 £ per school year IB or A level programme: starting from 23,250 £ per school year |
| School prospectus as a pdf-file | |
| Brochure for Torbay as a pdf-file | |
| Link to the school website: | http://www.ef.edu/academy/campuses/torbay/ |
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