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For our latest host family rates, please read the Homestay Handbook above
Once you have read and completed the above forms, please send to: [email protected]
We have some requirements for hosting international students. You’ll need to be located in one of the following areas:
Hosts / Host families need to be around to help our international students adjust to a different way of life. You’ll be their friend and guardian during their stay at the school.
Please see below the criteria adapted from the British Council Homestay Guidelines.
If you have any questions about becoming a host for students, don’t hesitate to contact our dedicated Accommodation officer: [email protected] or visit our Contact Us page!
When you become a host or host family for students at our language school, we expect the following:
You will receive payment for your student one week in arrears and usually on a Friday.
Student arrival on a Saturday or Sunday – Payment will be made 1 week after student arrival.
Student mid-week arrival – If student date of arrival is mid-week, payment is different. Payment will be processed on the Friday following their arrival.
Students aged 16+ should be given a key. We do not recommend giving under 16’s a key, as they should not be in the house unsupervised.
Emails will be sent confirming your students arrival. If your student is in a group, text messages will be sent also.
Yes, but students from other schools cannot share rooms with our students.
Hygiene problems mostly occur with younger junior students. They are away from home and would usually be told by parents when to wash their clothes or have a bath. You have a duty of care to be tactful and encourage them to have regular showers/baths. Also remind them to give you their laundry once a week.
It is up to you if you allow your student to use the kitchen. Some students like to cook their hosts’ meals as a thank you.
This is standard for many European countries, middle eastern countries, as well as some others. Communication is the best solution. Either place a sign in your bathroom, or simply explain to your student that toilet paper should be flushed.
I have been staying with the same host family for the last 10 years. I feel like they are my family, and to describe them as anything other than my family would not be right.
Graciela - International Student from Argentina
