Discovery Summer offers short, intensive summer courses in the UK for international students aged 5-17 plus adults. Our students come to learn English as well as attending specialist summer schools: Global Young Leaders, Pre-University, Family London programme. We are accredited by the British Council and received 12 strengths at our last inspection. Founded in 2002, we are a family-owned company with extensive experience in running high quality summer schools. Each summer we welcome juniors, teens and adults from some 40 countries worldwide. We have residential summer schools for 8-17-year-olds at Benenden School, Marymount International School, and Winchester College. In London, we have a non-residential summer school for families (5-17, 18+) at Collingham in Kensington as well as a day course for 8-13 year-olds at Marymount International School in Kingston-upon-Thames (with daily transport provided from Kensington). We are accredited by the British Council and were awarded 12 strengths in our 2023 inspection. Each centre brings together strong team-players who genuinely enjoy working with children and teenagers. In 2026, more than 65% of our staff had worked with us before. Vacancies for teachers, activity leaders and management staff can be found at www.discoverysummer.com/employment and Instagram: @discoverysummer
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The Discovery Summer annual revenue was $3 million in 2026.
Mary Shipley is the Director of Discovery Summer.
4 people are employed at Discovery Summer.
The NAICS codes for Discovery Summer are [61131, 611310, 611, 6113, 61].
The SIC codes for Discovery Summer are [82, 822].