Student WelfareOur Guarantee
Your Child’s Welfare Comes First
Your child’s welfare is our number-one priority.
From the moment they arrive to the moment they leave, we do everything in our power to make sure that their summer is safe, structured, and filled with happy memories. Families trust Oxford Royale because of our exceptional standards of care, delivered by highly trained staff and underpinned by robust safeguarding policies.
Our Exceptional Staff
Award-winning care, 24 hours a day.
Every Oxford Royale campus is overseen by an experienced Programme Director - an experienced headteacher or senior educator - who manages the day-to-day running of the programme. Supporting them is a team of dedicated counsellors, many drawn from Oxford, Cambridge, Yale, and our other host universities.
The campus team live on site and are available around the clock. They ensure that students feel at home socially and culturally, as well as supporting any pastoral needs. Whether it’s a casual chat, a moment of homesickness, or academic guidance, students always have someone to turn to.
Safeguarding, Safety & Support
Safety is our standard, not an extra.
Oxford Royale fully recognises its responsibility under the Children Act and has rigorous procedures to protect every student in our care. This includes:
- Comprehensive safeguarding and child protection policies at every campus.
- Systematic monitoring and reporting to identify and support any child at risk.
- Responsible recruitment processes, with every member of staff fully DBS-checked (or equivalent internationally).
- Separate accommodation by gender and age, with curfews and structured routines tailored to welfare needs.
- Clear sign-in and sign-out procedures, with safe limits on student independence.
We are proud to have twice been awarded a Bronze RoSPA Award, and most recently a Silver, recognising our outstanding health and safety standards.
An Inclusive & Supportive Community
Every student, every background, every belief.
Oxford Royale is the most international summer school in the world, with students from 175+ countries. That diversity is our strength. We create a welcoming environment that celebrates cultural, religious, and neurodiverse perspectives.
Staying Connected
Peace of mind for parents. Confidence for students.
We know how important it is to stay in touch. Students are encouraged to keep parents updated regularly, and our staff check in to ensure that happens. Mobile phones are set aside in class, but are welcome elsewhere.
Parents will have:
- A campus contact number for day-to-day queries.
- A 24/7 emergency number for peace of mind.
- Regular updates from staff if concerns arise.
We aim to make sure both students and families feel supported every step of the way.
More Information for Parents
Accommodation, Gender, and Age Groups
We are committed to providing secure, single-sex facilities, and house male and female students in separate corridors and/or staircases. Students may enter the room of another student/students of the same sex before curfew, but not later, and are strictly prohibited from entering the accommodation of students of the opposite sex at any time.
Different age groups are also accommodated separately, to reflect differing welfare and safeguarding needs. Twelve to fifteen-year-olds have a slightly earlier curfew than students aged sixteen to eighteen.
While there is no prohibition on different age groups mixing in their free time, and this might be expected as courses run in parallel, the different age groups may be seated differently at meals subject to dining hall capacity, and extra-curricular activity programming may differ.
On our UK campuses, twelve to fifteen-year-old students may not leave campus in a group of fewer than three students, and sixteen- to eighteen-year-olds may only leave in pairs.
Students leaving campus for any amount of time must sign in and out.
In the USA, students of any age cannot leave campus unless they are accompanied by a counsellor.
Most of our accommodation offers a mix of single and twin bedrooms. While sharing your room with fellow students can be an excellent way to get to know people, we also try to accommodate students who desire or need individual accommodation. You have the option to pay an en-suite reservation fee at your discretion.
Leaving Campus
We encourage students to make the most of their free time by exploring the historical cities at their doorstep in a safe, responsible fashion.
Students leaving campus for any amount of time must sign in and out, and wherever a student is planning to leave the course overnight, at weekends, or any other such time as to mean they will miss a register, they must ask their parents or guardians to complete an exeat form and personally submit it to Oxford Royale either in person, online, or by fax. Students are forbidden from leaving the campus grounds after curfew, or, in the case of twelve to fifteen-year-olds, after dinner-time.
On signing out, students must leave us a working phone number, and take with them the emergency contact details of both Oxford Royale and their own families.
Students may not go off with strangers or members of the public, or take public transport without the prior written permission of a senior member of staff.
Health Conditions, Disabilities, Illness, and Medication
We are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment, which makes the disclosure of disability easy and gives all students the opportunity to realise their full potential. We ask parents and students to disclose any conditions through the medical form upon registration through a medical form provided through the secure portal so that we can provide for any adjustments well in advance.
While trained staff are authorised to administer basic medicines such as paracetamol where parental consent is granted, we cannot prescribe, recommend, store or dispense beyond medication for or belonging to the student. We urge students unable to bring, store, or administer their own medication to let us know in advance so that we can ascertain whether or not we can acquire access to a qualified medical professional near campus in order to fulfil this role.
Special Educational Needs
Neurodivergent individuals should be celebrated; they offer unique perspectives on the world, and often have a flair for thinking outside the box. We warmly welcome students with special educational needs, and are committed to accommodating their individual requirements.
We ask that on enrolling your child, you disclose information about any learning differences so that we consider these in curricular and extracurricular planning.
Should significant additional needs be flagged, we will create an Individual Student Support Agreement in collaboration with you and your child. We promise to accommodate your child without compromising on standard or comfort; all students, regardless of their learning profiles, will enjoy a fun and academically rigorous summer programme.