{"id":8215,"date":"2025-12-18T17:11:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T17:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.morethanenglish.co.uk\/?p=8215"},"modified":"2025-12-18T17:11:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T17:11:05","slug":"summer-school-2026-whats-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/affectionate-pasteur.212-227-183-170.plesk.page\/?p=8215","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s new for 2026?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\" style=\"min-height: 420px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/cc47619b5847c31cc971d2939\/images\/7caa9dc6-e8ca-52b2-7f6b-4291581c8a94.jpg\" alt=\"Teenager karting on track during summer programme\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" \/>\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.55); border-radius: 14px; padding: 24px 32px; margin-top: 80px;\">\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color\">Summer 2026 at More Than English: What\u2019s New?<\/h1>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color\"><strong>Returning this summer or planning your child\u2019s first ever summer school?<\/strong><br \/>Discover in this blog the must-see programme updates for 2026.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons\" style=\"justify-content: center;\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" style=\"border-radius: 10px; background-color: #004c80 !important; color: #ffffff !important; font-weight: 700 !important; text-decoration: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/affectionate-pasteur.212-227-183-170.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/more-than-english-summer-school-brochure-2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Download our 2026 brochure <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><em> More flexibility. More tailored options. Below you\u2019ll find the new programme developments and options families are most excited about for 2026. <\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>We&#8217;re starting a week earlier<\/h2>\n<p>Dates are so important when planning the family\u2019s summer holidays. Good news: we are starting summer school a whole week earlier.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re also moving to <strong>Sunday arrival and Sunday departure<\/strong>, making travel simpler for families.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>First arrival day:<\/strong> Sun 5 July 2026<\/li>\n<li><strong>Last departure day:<\/strong> Sun 2 August 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>What else is new for Summer 2026?<\/h2>\n<h3>1) More flexible study options<\/h3>\n<p>Empowering students by allowing them to build their own programme is something More Than English is well-known for. Teenagers have always been able to choose a different afternoon Pro Specialism each week.<\/p>\n<p>New for 2026, students can also choose a different morning Subject or Sports Academy each week if they wish.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #f5f7f8; padding: 16px 20px; border-radius: 10px;\">\n<p><strong>Want to explore all the possibilities?<\/strong><br \/>Visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/affectionate-pasteur.212-227-183-170.plesk.page\/en\/learn-more\/\">Learn more<\/a> page to discover all <strong>20 study options<\/strong> available in 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>2) Karting School extended to 3 weeks<\/h3>\n<p>Following the popularity of Karting School in 2025, we are increasing the number of weeks available from 2 to 3 in 2026. Led by racetrack champion Chris Powell and his team, this offers a safe, exciting opportunity to learn from a professional.<\/p>\n<h3>3) Additional Sports Academies alongside British teenagers<\/h3>\n<p>There is no better way for international teenagers to challenge their English than by doing sport alongside British teenagers. New for 2026, we&#8217;re adding two additional Sports Academies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Girls\u2019 Football Sports Academy<\/strong> (mornings)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Volleyball Sports Academy<\/strong> (mornings)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of course, we&#8217;re continuing to offer <strong>Golf Academy<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Basketball Academy<\/strong> as well &#8211; both very popular with British teenagers.<\/p>\n<h3>4) Creative Arts Pro Specialisms now run for 2 weeks<\/h3>\n<p>To allow for deeper creative outcomes, our Creative Arts Pro Specialisms are now two-week projects.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Film Making<\/strong> (2-week Pro Specialism)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dance, Musical Theatre<\/strong> (2-week Pro Specialism)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>5) New green travel option with Eurostar transfers<\/h3>\n<p>In addition to our airport transfers from Heathrow and Birmingham, we now offer a greener travel option with free transfers for Eurostar services between Paris Gare du Nord and London St Pancras on selected dates.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Talk to us about the right fit for your teenager<\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to explore the best dates and course combinations, our friendly team would love to speak with you.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" style=\"border-radius: 10px; background-color: #004c80 !important; color: #ffffff !important; font-weight: 700 !important; text-decoration: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/claire-morethanenglish\/15min\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Book a call <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Our international community<\/h3>\n<p>In 2025, students joined us from Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, Italy, Ivory Coast, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, the UK and the USA.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More flexibility. More tailored options. Below you\u2019ll find the new programme developments and options families are most excited about for 2026. We&#8217;re starting a week earlier Dates are so important when planning the family\u2019s summer holidays. Good news: we are starting summer school a whole week earlier. We\u2019re also moving to Sunday arrival and Sunday &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/affectionate-pasteur.212-227-183-170.plesk.page\/?p=8215\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What&#8217;s new for 2026?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/affectionate-pasteur.212-227-183-170.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/affectionate-pasteur.212-227-183-170.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/affectionate-pasteur.212-227-183-170.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affectionate-pasteur.212-227-183-170.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affectionate-pasteur.212-227-183-170.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/affectionate-pasteur.212-227-183-170.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affectionate-pasteur.212-227-183-170.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/affectionate-pasteur.212-227-183-170.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affectionate-pasteur.212-227-183-170.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affectionate-pasteur.212-227-183-170.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}