Bayswater College Bournemouth

Fantastic experience: Wonderful experience for my students. Great teachers and, above all, the host families have proved perfect. Highly recommended!

Fantastic experience: The best practical, concrete and Amazing experience to improve your English.

Negative experience: Hello, I studied at this institute in 2024 for one year. Overall, the institute is okay and good. I would like to thank my teachers: Matt, Emma, Adam, and Susanna. However, I want to share my bad experience with the host family during my first month. From the beginning, I kept going to Arti and telling her that I wanted to change the host family. Every time she said “okay,” but nothing changed until I completed a full month with the host family, whose name was Sally Hamilton. I do not recommend staying with her. I don’t know where to start. I was not allowed to use basic things such as the kettle, toaster, or microwave. For an entire month, my breakfast was only toast or a bagel, sometimes with butter and sometimes with jam. She prepared tea for me, but she made breakfast very early and left it on the table, so when I woke up it was always cold. Because of this, I avoided eating it and went shopping to buy my own kettle and snacks, which I kept in my room. Dinner was also very bad. The food she gave me was something I would not even give to an animal, and I was not allowed to heat it. I constantly heard her and her daughter screaming at each other, and her daughter using bad language. I stayed silent and never said anything. However, when I talked to my family on my phone, she would message me saying that I was disturbing them. One time, at 11 p.m., I wanted to sleep, but she was playing loud music. When I told her that I needed to sleep, she said that I was the one disturbing them when I talked on the phone. The bedroom was very small, and in one corner there was a shower and a sink. There was also a small fridge in the room that I was not allowed to use. Unfortunately, the institute does not properly monitor some host families and does not cooperate well with students in this matter. On the last day, after a whole month of trying to speak with Arti about changing the host family, Sally told them that I had to leave in the morning. I came to the institute with all my luggage because the second host family would be available at 5 p.m. When I spoke with the second host family, Leesa, she told me that the room in her house was already empty and available. I don’t know whether the mistake was from Arti or someone else, but this situation was very frustrating because they kept saying they were looking for a family while Leesa already had an empty room. This is all I remember at the moment. The second host family, Leesa, was very wonderful, and I still keep in touch with her from time to time.

Fantastic experience: I had an amazing experience at Bayswater College in Bournemouth. My teachers were good and funny people, and the classes were very enjoyable. I studied there for five months and three weeks, and during that time I was able to experience summer, autumn, and a little part of winter, which was amazing. I learned many new things, both academically and personally. I met people from other countries and learned about cultures that are very different from mine, which was really interesting. This experience helped me grow as a person and become more open-minded. I also made great progress in my English. On my first day in England, I couldn’t understand anything, and I was afraid of talking to people. However, I learned that the best option is just to do it: talk, be brave, and don’t worry about making mistakes. You need to practice, communicate, and believe in yourself. My host mother was a lovely English woman who helped me a lot to improve my English through the daily conversations we had. I was very happy living with her; her name is Dawn. Her house was very beautiful and close to the beach, which I really loved because I could often go for walks to the pier or around the beach. I also had the opportunity to travel to other countries and around the United Kingdom, which was a lot of fun. I visited many beautiful places and was able to put my English into practice in real-life situations. Bournemouth is a very beautiful and calm city. I highly recommend it to people who enjoy walking, seeing beautiful landscapes, going to the beach, and watching the sunset. Traveling alone and talking to new people helps a lot. After some time, you will be able to maintain a conversation and feel very happy and proud of yourself.

Positive experience: It was a really nice experience. Everyone was friendly and helpful, and I always felt supported. Indea and Dilara were especially kind and helpful