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BEET was founded in 1979, with just three students! Since then, we have grown rapidly in size and reputation. Now, hundreds of students pass through our doors each year.
Importantly, BEET is a family-run independent school. We are not part of a large group of schools.
The school is medium sized, which allows us to provide a properly structured learning programme and also guarantees you the individual attention you need.
We are a very multinational school, with normally between 20 and 40 different nationalities at any time. The average population is 180 students.
Although the average age of our students is 19 to 26 years, there is no upper age limit and it is usual to have students in their 30's and 40's, and even older. The minimum age is 17 (in exceptional circumstances we may accept a younger person).
BEET is accredited by the British Council and a member of English UK. We are currently the only Bournemouth school in membership of Quality English, the organisation of Britain's leading independent language schools. Our Foundation Course is accredited by Middlesex University.
From the beginning, we have believed in the maxim of excellence. Our teachers are qualified, of course. However, what we seek in a teacher cannot be written on a diploma. It is the quality of talent, the ability to turn professionalism into inspiration combined with a high degree of care for the individual student.
This philosophy applies to everything we do, whether inside or outside the classroom. A top language school offers more than education. It is a total service, including accommodation, welfare, a full extra-curricular programme, student counselling, even a school cafeteria where you can buy good food at low prices. All of this must be of consistently high quality, and at a personal level. At BEET, you are guaranteed this.
BEET also has a teacher training division, the International Teaching and Training Centre (ITTC). ITTC is one of the world's leading teacher training centres, approved by the University of Cambridge for the running of CELTA, DELTA, TKT and ICELT courses.
The school building was originally a 19th century school and has great charm and character. Now modernised, the school is equipped with 15 classrooms, library and bookshop, 2 self-access centres with a total of 30 multi-media computers on ADSL broadband with free internet and e-mail services, language laboratory units, wireless, video facilities and canteen.
