Homestay is an Embassy accommodation option in which you live in a local household as if the other inhabitants were your family.
Andy Quin, Principal of Embassy London, writes:
December saw the school invite all its Homestay hosts to the annual Embassy & Bellerbys College London Christmas Party. Lorraine Welham, Accommodation & Student Services Manager, Jennifer William, Homestay Accommodation Officer, and Claudia Corti (Accommodation Assistant) had organised a superb buffet with the help of Donald Sweeney (Head Chef) and his hard-working team. Dozens of our wonderful Homestay providers came to chat to us and each other about this important part of our service.
The school awarded prizes to the best Homestays, based on consistently high scores in end of course feedback this year. The winners were Lyndia Bowers (whose student Yigit Cirdi wrote in her questionnaire: “When I was ill Lyndia looked after me like my mum”); Michael & Jackie Simpson (Daria Zhgun: “Jackie is a wonderful person and made my stay at her home unforgettable!”); June Magloire (Marlene Lopes: “All the family is kind and understanding. I felt very special there and I am going to miss them a lot”); and Shirley Blake, who was also a winner in 2008 (Viktoriia Barkova: “Shirley is friendly, cheerful, caring, supportive. You feel at home, in a family circle. Delicious and healthy food, clean and comfortable room.”)
The Homestay providers were full of praise for our students and the support of our accommodation team. One said “the vast majority of your students are very polite and well-behaved, even though they must feel very strange sometimes, especially if they’ve come from far away maybe for the first time and perhaps to stay here for a very long time. And what amazes me is that they are all serious students who are always asking for help with their homework!”
Find out more about our London accommodation options on the main Embassy website.
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