Sir Edward
Ages 9 to 15 | Ely | Open July 06th – August 10th 2025
Sir Edward is a summer camp for students aged 9-15 located in Ely, Cambridgeshire (25kms north of Cambridge). It combines 20 lessons (15 hours) of general English teaching per week with a full programme of interesting activities and excursions.
The camp has been running at King’s Ely every year since 2008. King’s Ely is a world famous private boarding school for British and international students.
Sir Edward has a capacity of up to 150 students at any one time. There is a wide range of nationalities and the ratio of staff to students here is high. The average number of students per class is 12 or 13 and the maximum class size is 16.
What’s included?
- English classes (all levels from beginner to advanced)
- Residential accommodation, on campus, at the school
- All meals
- 19 sessions of language project or activities per week
- 2 full-day excursions per week
- Transfers to and from London Heathrow or London Stansted on Sundays
- 24 hour emergency telephone line
2025 Course Dates
| July 06 – July 20 (2 weeks) |
| July 06 – July 27 (3 weeks) |
| July 06 – August 03 (4 weeks) |
| July 20 – August 03 (2 weeks) |
| July 20 – August 10 (3 weeks) |
| July 27 – August 03 (1 week) |
| July 27 – August 10 (2 weeks) |
| August 03 – August 10 (1 week) |
Check out the Sir Edward gallery below!
Where is Sir Edward based?
Address
King’s Ely
Ely
Cambridgeshire
CB7 4DB
The town of Ely
Ely (pronounced to rhyme with “freely”) is a beautiful, peaceful city in the heart of the Cambridgeshire countryside – the ideal setting for this age group.
It is 25 kilometres north of Cambridge and 120 kilometres from London.
Its magnificent cathedral, established in 1803, dominates the city and makes one of the finest and most unspoilt medieval cities in England. Many of the ancient buildings are part of King’s teaching centres and student residences.
The city centre has a traditional English feeling, with shops and a market square. With a population of only 20,000 people, Ely feels more like a village than a city – everything is close by and the atmosphere is friendly.
The campus
- Town-centre campus with medieval architecture and modern facilities
- High level of safety and security
- Bedrooms on-campus
- Shared bathrooms
- Separate girls’ and boys’ residential buildings
- Student common rooms
- Dining room, with good hot and cold food at all meals
- 15 classrooms, halls for plays and social gatherings
- Computers with free e-mail and internet access
- Sports hall and gymnasium
- Heated outdoor swimming pool
- Tennis courts
- Outside playing fields
- Arts and Crafts room
Check out the Sir Edward gallery below!
What’s included?
English tuition:
- 20 lessons/15 hours of tuition per week – 3 hours per day on 5 days
- Mixed-nationality morning classes on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
- All course materials
- Academic report from your teachers at the end of your stay
- Certificate of studies at the end of your stay
Activities programme:
- 19 sessions of language project or activities per week
- Welcome talk and orientation of the course centre on the first Monday of your course
- Wide choice of sports, arts & crafts, cultural and language activities – please see the Activities section and the timetable for more information
- Numerous activity choices per session
- Evening activities 7 days a week
- Activities office & staff
Excursions:
- 2 full-day excursions each week, on a Wednesday and Sunday (except on the day of your departure)
Accommodation and meals:
- Residential accommodation
- All meals provided at the centre
- Vegetarian and non-pork option always available
- Please inform us if you have special dietary requirements
Airport transfers:
- Meeting you at the airport on arrival and bringing you to the centre
- Taking you to the airport for departure and checking you into your flight back home
- Visit our airport transfers page for camp students for more information
Welfare:
- Welfare office and staff
- Emergency 24-hour telephone number
- Residential staff living on site providing 24-hour supervision
- High staff to student ratio
- First-aid trained staff on site
Check out the Sir Edward gallery below!
Where will you stay?
The King’s Ely campus offers comfortable student accommodation on-campus.
Sir Edward course accommodation:
- Rooms are single or shared by two or more students of the same sex and similar age, but different nationality
- Shared bathrooms and toilets
- Free laundry service by the college staff
- A change of bed linen once per week
- Comfortable and secure buildings
- Studio staff living on-campus, providing 24-hour supervision
The residences are in different buildings on-campus. There are up to 140 comfortable residential beds in good-sized rooms, with separate buildings for boys and girls.
All rooms are shared but they vary between the residential houses. Most are twins, some are rooms for up to 6 students, and a few have large dorm rooms with up to 10 beds. All bathrooms and showers are shared.
Meals
All meals are served in the magnificent mediaeval beamed dining hall. There is a wide choice of hot and cold food and a vegetarian option for every meal. Please inform us if you have special dietary requirements. Packed lunches are provided on excursion days. At bedtimes, there is also a late snack (soft drinks, cookies and cake).
The food merits special mention: the last official school inspection judged the food to be “exceptional”. Meals are nutritious, balanced and appetising. A full English cooked breakfast is available every day and a selection of hot dishes, in addition to the salad bar, is offered at lunch and supper time every day.
Laundry
Clothes laundry is provided as part of the programme. King’s Ely staff will wash students’ clothes at least once per week. Bed linen is provided at the residence and will be changed and washed once each week.
Check out the Sir Edward gallery below!
How do we keep you safe?
We are very conscious of our responsibility to our young students. Our camps offer:
- Pleasant and safe surroundings
- High quality host schools and colleges
- Rules and supervision appropriate to the camp’s age group
- First aid trained staff at all camps
- A high staff-to-student ratio
- At least one Studio Cambridge Welfare Officer at every camp
- Live-in Studio Cambridge staff at each centre
- 24-hour emergency telephone number
Sir Edward students:
- are not allowed to leave the campus unsupervised at any time
- are only allowed short periods of unsupervised time during excursions and activities
- have a bedtime of between 21:30 and 22:30 (depending on age)
Studio staff live in the residences, providing 24-hour care. The adult-to-student ratio is approximately 1:7 and the they are never far away if you have any questions or need help. Each evening students on the Sir Edward course will have activities organised for them by the Studio team. Students may not go off campus at any time without Studio staff and must be in their residence by 21:00 at the latest.
Students are expected to observe the camp rules, which include attending all classes, activities and excursions.
Check out the Sir Edward gallery below!
What will you do?
Classes are held throughout the week on every day except Wednesday and Sunday. These are excursion days for our Sir Edward students.
You can download the 2025 example timetable here: 2025 Sir Edward Timetable
Typical days might look as follows:
| Morning lessons:
09:00-10:30 English topic and life skills lessons 1 & 2: “A true friend” – past tenses and speaking practice 11:00-12:30 Excursion lesson 3 & 4: London reading race |
|
| Afternoon activities:
14:00-15:00 Language project: music video planning 15:15-17:30 Visit to Ely city centre |
|
| Evening activities:
19:15-20:30 Disco |
What happens outside of lessons?
There is a full progrmme of on- and off-campus activities at no additional cost.
Activities include:
- Badminton
- Charcoal sketching
- Cake decorating
- Disco
- Talent show
- Cricket
- Swimming
- Origami
- Tennis
- Costume design
- Ultimate frisbee
- Magic wand making
- Basketball
- Movie
- Clay modelling
- Bag design
- Photo-chase challenge
- Postcard design
- Olympics
- Decoupage design
- Rounders
- Felt puppet making
- Football…and more!
Check out the Sir Edward gallery below!
Which parts of England will you get to see?
The Sir Edward camp includes two excursions per week on a Wednesday and a Sunday (there is one excursion during the final week).
London
9 July 2025
Walking tour of some famous sights of the city with time to take photographs. The tour will include St Paul’s Cathedral, the Millennium Bridge, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, the London Eye, Big Ben, Horse Guards Parade, Trafalgar Square and St James’ Park. In the afternoon students will have time for souvenir shopping on Oxford Street.
Cambridge
13 July 2025
Students will be taken on a chauffeured punting tour along the river Cam where they will see the spectacular college backs. Highlights include world famous King’s College Chapel, the Mathematical Bridge and the Wren Library. In the afternoon students will have time for shopping around the market square.
London
16 July 2025
Students will visit the British Museum, a world-famous museum of culture. Highlights include the Rosetta Stone, the Parthenon Sculptures and the Ancient Egyptian Mummies.
In the afternoon students will visit Covent Garden with time for shopping and to watch the street entertainment.
Windsor
20 July 2025
Entrance into Windsor Castle, the oldest and largest inhabited castle in the world. It has been the family home of British kings and queens for almost 1,000 years. It is an official residence of His Majesty the King. Souvenir shopping time is included at the end of the day.
London
23 July 2025
Students who have not already visited London on this course will walk past some famous sights of the city with time to take photographs. The tour will include St Paul’s Cathedral, the Millennium Bridge, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, the London Eye, Big Ben, Horse Guards Parade, Trafalgar Square and St James’ Park. In the afternoon students will have time for shopping on Oxford Street.
Students who have already visited London on this course will visit the Science Museum, Hyde Park and have the chance to shop in South Kensington (including Harrods).
Cambridge
27 July 2025
Students who have not already visited Cambridge on this course will be taken on a chauffeured punting tour along the river Cam where they will see the spectacular college backs. Highlights include world famous King’s College Chapel, the Mathematical Bridge and the Wren Library. In the afternoon students will have time for shopping around the market square.
Students who have already visited Cambridge once on this course will go on a walking tour of the city of Cambridge including a visit to Great St Mary’s Church to climb the church tower and see wonderful views across the city. In the afternoon there will be some shopping time in the Grand Arcade Shopping Centre.
London
30 July 2025
Students who have not already visited London on this course will walk past some famous sights of the city with time to take photographs. The tour will include St Paul’s Cathedral, the Millennium Bridge, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, the London Eye, Big Ben, Horse Guards Parade, Trafalgar Square and St James’ Park. In the afternoon students will have time for shopping on Oxford Street.
Students who have already visited London once on this course will visit the British Museum and Covent Garden.
Students who have already visited London twice on this course will visit the Science Museum, Hyde Park and have the chance to shop in South Kensington (including Harrods).
Students who have visited the above locations on this course will have a special excursion organised for them.
Cambridge
3 August 2025
Students who have not already visited Cambridge on this course will be taken on a chauffeured punting tour along the river Cam where they will see the spectacular college backs. Highlights include world famous King’s College Chapel, the Mathematical Bridge and the Wren Library. In the afternoon students will have time for shopping around the market square.
Students who have already visited Cambridge once on this course will go on a walking tour of the city of Cambridge including a visit to Great St Mary’s Church to climb the church tower and see wonderful views across the city. In the afternoon there will be some shopping time in the Grand Arcade Shopping Centre.
London
6 August 2025
Students who have not already visited London on this course will walk past some famous sights of the city with time to take photographs. The tour will include St Paul’s Cathedral, the Millennium Bridge, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, the London Eye, Big Ben, Horse Guards Parade, Trafalgar Square and St James’ Park. In the afternoon students will have time for shopping on Oxford Street.
Students who have already visited London once on this course will visit the British Museum and Covent Garden.
Students who have already visited London twice on this course will visit the Science Museum, Hyde Park and have the chance to shop in South Kensington (including Harrods).
Students who have visited the above locations on this course will have a special excursion organised for them.
Check out our Sir Edward gallery below!
Prices
2025 Camp Prices
| 1 week | £1595.00 |
| 2 weeks | £2550.00 |
| 3 weeks | £3405.00 |
| 4 weeks | £4205.00 |
2025 Course Dates
| July 06 – July 20 (2 weeks) |
| July 06 – July 27 (3 weeks) |
| July 06 – August 03 (4 weeks) |
| July 20 – August 03 (2 weeks) |
| July 20 – August 10 (3 weeks) |
| July 27 – August 03 (1 week) |
| July 27 – August 10 (2 weeks) |
| August 03 – August 10 (1 week) |
Prices include:
- 15 hours/20 lessons of English language tuition per week
- Residential accommodation
- All meals (3 per day)
- Transfers from and to Heathrow or Stansted airports on Sundays
- A full programme of activities
- 2 full-day excursions each week, on a Wednesday and Sunday (except on the day of your departure)
- Welfare – a high staff-to-student supervision ratio
- Registration
- 24 hour emergency telephone number
- End of course report and certificate
Gallery
