Spend two weeks developing your English through sport, performance and teamwork. Explore sports science, leadership and the mindset behind performance while combining academic learning with active challenges.
12th July, 26th July & 9th AugTwo-week sessions, 2027
Class size
15 MaxStudents per class
English level
B1+Minimum English level to enrol
Academic hours
15 hrsLessons per week
Location
LondonDulwich College
What’s included: tuition, accommodation (residential option), meals, excursions, social programme, student report, certificate and student insurance. Transfer service available for an additional fee.
Develop your English through sport and performance
QPR Pro Football Experience is a two-week English-language programme for students interested in the connection between academic learning and sporting performance. Students explore accessible themes from sports science, psychology, leadership, teamwork and personal performance.
Delivered in partnership with QPR, the programme combines classroom learning with active and collaborative experiences. Students use English throughout to discuss performance, analyse ideas, work within teams and reflect on their own development.
Develop English through sport, performance and leadership
Explore sports science and psychology through accessible activities
Build teamwork, communication and personal confidence
In partnership with
What you'll study
The thinking behind sporting performance
QPR Pro Football Experience explores some of the factors that contribute to performance on and off the field while developing the English needed to discuss ideas, evaluate experiences and communicate within a team.
Module 01
Sports Science & Performance
Explore accessible ideas about the body, training, recovery and performance, developing vocabulary for discussing how physical preparation can influence sporting activity.
Module 02
Psychology & Mindset
Consider themes such as motivation, confidence, concentration and responding to challenge, discussing how psychological factors can influence both individual and team performance.
Module 03
Leadership & Teamwork
Explore how communication, leadership and collaboration can influence a team. Students practise giving instructions, responding to others and reflecting on different approaches to working together.
Programme Overview
See the full QPR Pro Football Experience journey
Download the Programme Overview for further information about sport and performance themes, sample timetable, activities and Time to Shine.
Sports science, mindset and leadership themes
Sample two-week timetable
Activities, partnership and Time to Shine explained
Students work collaboratively on a sport- or performance-themed challenge, applying ideas from across the programme and considering how evidence, communication and teamwork can contribute to their response.
At Time to Shine, students share what they have explored through a presentation or team challenge, using English to explain their thinking and reflect on the process.
Collaborative sport and performance challenge
Communication and presentation practice in English
Is this programme for you?
Does this sound like you?
QPR Pro Football Experience is for students who enjoy sport but are equally curious about what happens behind performance.
You're passionate about sport.
You enjoy being active and want to understand more about the science, psychology and thinking behind performance.
You want to become a better teammate.
You want to explore communication, leadership and the different ways people can contribute to a successful team.
You want to use English through something you enjoy.
You want to develop your English while discussing sport, completing challenges and working alongside other students.
QPR Pro Football Experience combines English-language development with exploration of sports science, mindset and teamwork, encouraging students to think about performance from different perspectives.
Certificate of Achievement
An SBC certificate recognising completion of the QPR Pro Football Experience programme.
Tutor Feedback
Feedback reflecting the student’s participation and engagement during the programme.
English for Sport
Practice using English to discuss performance, teamwork, training and sporting ideas.
Teamwork & Reflection
Experience collaborating with others, responding to challenges and reflecting on individual and team performance.
Independently recognised
The UK's leading multi-campus summer school — inspected, ranked and reviewed to prove it.
No.1
Ranked the UK’s number 1 multi-campus summer school provider
EL Gazette
15 / 15
Areas of strength, including student welfare and safeguarding (2018 Inspection)
SBC staff support students throughout their summer — in lessons, activities and daily life. They help students settle in, grow in confidence and make the most of their time with us, in a safe and friendly environment.
Natalia Mavromoustaki
MA Careers Guidance, BSc Psychology
As a tutor, Natalia teaches through discussion, activities and real examples.
"It's rewarding to see someone grow in confidence or find a real passion. Summer schools let students learn outside the classroom, build confidence and meet new people."
Cas Slater
Office Coordinator
As Office Coordinator, Cas handles arrivals, departures, excursions and daily site running.
"Watching students go from shy and overwhelmed to leading group presentations is inspiring. They get to know themselves, make friends for life and really come out of their shells."
Olivia Clark
Theatre & Performance · University of Warwick
As Activity Leader, Olivia runs the daily sports, arts and evening activities. She studies Theatre and Performance at Warwick.
"Knowing I played a part in watching students have fun, learn and try new things is very rewarding. You will make friends from all over the world."
A day in the life
London energy, campus community
Football and the careers behind it by day, London and the whole-school community by evening. Here’s how a typical day on the QPR Pro Football Club Experience at Dulwich College runs.
Roll over a moment in the timetable to see it — and what it’s really like.
Roll over a moment in the timetable to see it — and what it’s really like.
A sample of what recent groups have done. Excursions vary by session.
London
See famous landmarks, visit world-class museums and cultural attractions, take epic photos, shop some big-name stores, and soak up London's unforgettable energy.
Knightsbridge Museums
Explore some of London’s world-famous museums. Students experience inspiring collections covering science, technology, design, natural history and culture
Student life
See the Summer
The moments between the classroom — the friendships, the free time, the experience. A glimpse of what a summer with SBC looks like.
Safeguarding & welfare
Safe days, settled nights
Sending your child abroad is a big decision. So we start with your child’s wellbeing, and build everything else — lessons, activities, boarding life — around it.
24/7On-site pastoral support
1:6staff-to-student ratio
100%DBS-checked, trained residential staff
15/15British Council areas of strength met (based on 2018 inspection)
SBC at Dulwich College sits on a grand, green campus in south London — a historic school setting with the whole of the capital close by. Students live and learn on the college grounds, then travel out with their groups to explore London as part of the programme. Back on campus, students stay in modern, well-kept boarding rooms — a shared room, or a single room with en-suite bathroom, chosen at booking. Common rooms, laundry and all meals are on site, with residential staff living alongside the students, so everything they need is in one place.
I have found the social side of SBC really amazing. It is really easy to make friends here from all over the world and I have plenty of new connections
Max
Student · Headington Oxford
The experience has been amazing
The experience has been amazing overall, and I’ve had the fantastic opportunity of becoming close to people really different from me in just two weeks. I have learnt a lot since my arrival, not only in the scholastic field.
Beatrice
Student · SBC at Canford · Italy
From a parent
This experience was magic!
My son was extremely happy about this experience. He enjoyed the campus life and all the activities. He met new friends from different countries with different cultures and he was able, thanks to the staff, to really have fun with all of them. He improved his English and his knowledge of English culture. GREAT!!! This experience was magic! A journey around the world!
Giovanna
Parent · Italy
155+
Nationalities represented since 2008
21,000+
Alumni since 2008
№1
UK multi-campus summer school (ranked by EL Gazette)
Why SBC
Trusted, accredited and part of Dukes Education
Dates & fees
Two Options. One transformative fortnight.
Whether your child boards with us or returns home each evening, your fee covers everything in their programme. See what’s included with each option below.
Residential
From£5,495
per 2-week course · Boarding — full days plus evenings and weekends
No specialist knowledge or background is required. Activities are designed to be engaging and appropriately challenging, focused on exploration and participation rather than prior achievement.
A minimum level of B1+ is required to enrol onto this programme.
All residential staff are DBS-checked and trained, with 24/7 pastoral care and British Council–accredited safeguarding procedures.
No. This is a Summer Boarding Courses programme. We use the facilities at Dulwich College so students can learn in an inspiring school setting, but the course is designed and delivered by Summer Boarding Courses. Summer Boarding Courses contracts the use of these facilities and has no formal connection with Dulwich College, and the school does not deliver, partner in, or endorse our programmes.
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Take the detail home
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Academic Overview
Every module, the learning outcomes and how the programme builds over the fortnight.
Our friendly Student Experience team are happy to answer any questions, big or small, and help you find the best summer experience for your child — no pressure, ever.
One student's summer
Max
Student · Headington Oxford
The experience has been amazing
Beatrice
Student · SBC at Canford · Italy
This experience was magic!
Giovanna
Parent · Italy
155+
Nationalities represented since 2008
21,000+
Alumni since 2008
№1
UK multi-campus summer school (ranked by EL Gazette)