Information for parents

Important things that parents or legal guardians of Academy Royale International students aged 12 to 18 should know

It is important that, for the awareness of our students and (where necessary) their families, we highlight some key elements of our rules and terms and conditions.

Supervision

Academy Royale International staff are always present in campus buildings and available to supervise and assist students. This includes overnight – each campus has a number of residential staff who live in staff accommodation in the same blocks and staircases as the students.

Free time

All Academy Royale International summer schools include a range of social and extra-curricular activities to keep students active, to help them wind down after lessons and to help them get to know their host city. However, we appreciate that, on occasion, students may want to explore the city they’re based in independently. The flexibility students are permitted in their free time depends on their age, as follows:

Summer Schools for students aged 12-15 (Oxford and Cambridge)

Students are permitted to leave the campus grounds for shopping, sightseeing and similar activities at times specified by the Programme Director provided that they:

(a) leave the campus in a group of 3 or more and remain with that group at all times whilst outside of the campus; and
(b) write their name into the signing out book together with their working mobile number; and
(c) take with them Academy Royale International’s 24-hour emergency mobile number and a working mobile of their own.

Students aged 12-15 are forbidden from leaving the campus grounds after dinner unless supervised by a staff member.

Summer Schools for students aged 16-18 (Oxford, Cambridge)

Students are permitted to leave the campus grounds for shopping, sightseeing and similar activities at times specified by the Programme Director provided that they:

(a) leave the campus in a group of 2 or more and remain with that group at all times whilst outside of the campus; and
(b) write their name into the signing out book together with their working mobile number; and
(c) take with them Academy Royale International’s 24-hour emergency mobile number and a working mobile of their own.

Students are forbidden from leaving the campus grounds after curfew.

Getting to class in the UK

For our courses for ages 12-15 and 16-18, the classrooms will often be in a different university department from the accommodation, and so students will be required to leave the accommodation campus in order to get to their lessons.

Students aged 12-15 will be accompanied on all journeys to and from such off-campus teaching locations, and must not leave any campus unsupervised except in accordance with the rules above.

Students aged 16-18 may be required to leave the campus grounds unsupervised in order to reach their classrooms, which may be a short walking distance away. Other activities including cultural, sporting, and social activities may also be scheduled to take place outside the campus grounds and students may need to reach those venues unsupervised. Students will be informed where supervision for making their way to lessons or other activities will be provided; if they are not informed, they should assume that they are to make their way unsupervised. In such cases, the Student must always sign out of the campus following the procedures set out above.

Students should have no need to use public transport, and so are prohibited from doing so unless given written permission from a senior staff member. The city centres surrounding our campuses are compact, safe and easy to navigate on foot.

Grounds for expulsion

Certain breaches of Academy Royale International’s Rules and Regulations will lead to the immediate expulsion of the student. These include the following:

• Any use of alcohol, whether drinking alcohol, purchasing alcohol or possessing alcohol
• Any use, possession, purchase or attempted purchase of illegal drugs
• Any student found, in the opinion of Academy Royale International Limited, to have demeaned, bullied, harassed or caused distress or humiliation to any other student or any staff member on the basis of their race, their ethnicity or the colour of their skin

Note that these are not the only reasons for which a student can be expelled – please see the relevant rules and regulations or code of conduct for full details.

Discrimination and Hate Speech: Zero Tolerance

We take pride in the multicultural and diverse environment of our summer schools, having welcomed students from more than 175 countries throughout our history, and each year we assemble a diverse team of staff to run each programme. This diversity in our workforce significantly contributes to our ongoing success. We are fully committed to fostering and safeguarding a culture of respect for everyone at all times.

We do not tolerate behaviour that we determine, in our sole opinion, to be discriminative or racist in nature, nor do we tolerate hate speech of any kind. Any and all accusations of discrimination and harassment will be thoroughly investigated by a senior member of staff (a company Director, a member of the senior management team, or a Programme Director). Any student found, in the opinion of Academy Royale International, to have demeaned, bullied, harassed or caused distress or humiliation to any other student or any staff member on the basis of their race, their ethnicity or the colour of their skin will be instantly dismissed from the course pursuant to Clauses 6 and 7 of the Terms & Conditions.

Contacting Academy Royale International

If parents or guardians wish to contact Academy Royale International while their child is attending a programme with us, they should do so by contacting the Programme Director of the campus at which their child is based. Contact telephone numbers for campuses will be made available to all students nearer to the summer.