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Homestay Application Form

Homestay Handbook

DBS Application 2024

Fire Escape Plan

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About Southbourne School of English

Southbourne School of English is a family-run English language school founded in 1966. To this day, it is one of the highest rated English schools in the south. It offers students from all over the world a chance at studying quality English courses in a typical English suburb, in the seaside town of Bournemouth, which is only a ten-minute walk to the sea.