“We loved it, the students loved it, thank you so much!! Inge made organising it all so easy and stress-free, Mario won the kids’ hearts, the activities and classes were great, and well organised, and the flamenco performance was the wonderful last touch. THANK YOU!” – Clare Gillham, Spanish teacher
«Thank you so much for an amazing experience!» – C. Bettoni – Norwich School student
«Thank you to Inge, Mario, Jose and Iris for their attention and hospitality. We had a great stay and will be returning.» – Joanna King – Spanish Teacher at Arthur Terry
«Excursions were the best part of the trip – a much more fun way to learn than sitting at a desk.»
– Myles – Student at Arthur Terry
«The chaperones were very good because they included everyone and always spoke to us in Spanish.»
– Harriet – Student at Arthur Terry
«This was our first venture to Spain with Year 6 and the trip was perfect from start to finish. The staff at Spark cannot be faulted for their friendliness, enthusiasm and dedication to giving the pupils a wonderful experience. The children enjoyed an outstanding programme of activities during their stay which, not only enabled them to practise and improve their Spanish, but also to become familiar with Spanish culture and some of the traditions of Spain. We travelled in May and our pupils were still talking about the trip in July, with many siting the trip to Spark as the highlight of their year. I cannot recommend Spark Spanish highly enough. We have already booked again for 2016 and I am looking forward to seeing our friends at Spark again!» – Helen Chalmers – Principal of Danesfield
«I just wanted to say a huge thank you for the amazing trip you arranged for us. Everyone of us really enjoyed the whole week, and lots of that was down to your organisation and experience. Both Mario and Maria were excellent chaperones and teachers, you have a great team!» – Richard Drew
«Very professional set up, students did so much over the five days. Excellent teachers and managers.» –
H. Thomas – Head of Modern Foreign Languages
«Thanks Spark for a wonderful trip. I have learned loads and everyone was so nice. The culture was brilliant and the lessons were fantastic. ¡Muchas gracias!» – K. Ross – Tudor Hall student
«Having taken several school groups to El Puerto de Santa María to take part in homestays organised by Spark, I can recommend this language school wholeheartedly. Not only are the lessons tailored to meet our exact needs and taught by enthusiastic and dedicated staff but also the whole experience is put together with a personal touch and real attention to detail. Spark makes the organisation of the trip easy from start to finish, as queries are quickly answered and the staff go out of their way to ensure all our requests are met. The programme of excursions and activities is exciting and there is always something new on offer. Finally, the families generally make our students feel so welcome and, on the rare occasion that someone isn’t happy, Spark is prompt, thorough and tactful in dealing with it. Our pupils always come back having learnt and experienced so much and feel more motivated in their study of Spanish. Indeed, everyone at the school is so friendly that we are always sad to leave and many pupils go back the following year! ¡Viva Spark!» – Mair Forde – King’s High Warwick
«Extremely well organised – thoroughly informed, accommodation good, dealt with issues professionally + thoroughly until they were resolved.» – Anna Dickinson – Head of FML
«Wonderful location, nice food, very pleasant weather, great organization
« – D. Bonifaci – Headington School Spanish teacher
«It was all amazing. I loved just going out and learning the history of all the castles etc. I learned a lot of new vocab that I didn’t know before and also learned a lot about the historic places.» – F. Ali – Headington School student
«Spark went over and above with regards to the organisation and delivery of trips / events etc. We were extremely well looked after at all times + host families were also excellent. Fantastic week – it’s been absolutely brilliant. »
– J. Bowman – Teacher of Spanish at Merchiston Castle Edinburgh
«Good visits and activities in both Madrid and Puerto; good classes – managed to meet the needs of two different levels of class and different levels of students in each class. Good organization + staff very helpful and reliably, did what they promised.» – Stephen Horrocks, Teacher of Spanish and French at Merchiston Castle Edinburgh
«Very hospitable and kind people, very interested in our lives as much as we were in theirs. One point would be that the language gap was wider than I had expected.» – F. Singh – Student at Merchiston Castle Edinburgh
«I liked the trip and I will always have very good memories about people we were around with. Would definitely recommend it to anyone studying Spanish and wants to improve his confidence in speaking the language and gain more knowledge about Spanish culture in general.» – N. Gubankov – Student at Merchiston Castle Edinburgh
“(The host families) Very friendly. They went out of their way to make the students feel welcome. The host families children took the girls out too! (Improvement of Spanish) The students are much more confident. Teachers excellent – focused on the topics we requested. (Overall) Excellent! The staff were very helpful. Everything ran smoothly and to an excellent standard. We hope to return next year with years 10, 12 and 13!” – Holly, students accompanying teacher
“(The Chaperone) Very helpful and so welcoming. Belen (Host Family) was amazing and very organised!” – Georgie, student of Tudor Hall
“Everything was great! Gema, Maria and our host familys. All so friendly and helpful! I loved everything! ¡Muchas Gracias!” – Isabel, student of Tudor Hall
“Maria was lovely and really helped us to understand not only the culture, but the language too. I had such a brilliant few days with Spark – sightseeing and improving my Spanish so thank you very much for having us!” – Emily Reed, student of Wymondham High School
“Very good trip that I would recommend to everyone studying Spanish! I definitely improved (in Spanish) with listening and some confidence with speaking.” – Beth Anderson, student of Wymondham High School
“I have really enjoyed my first time in Spain, it was a really good experience. (The cooking class) was fun. I enjoyed making the paella.” – Gemma Drake, student of Wymondham High School
“Thank you so much for the excellent trip – all the students have really enjoyed themselves and benefitted from being here, and Nicola and I have really enjoyed ourselves too. Gracias a todos!!!” – Rachel Phoenix, Group Teacher
“Our favourite thing is definitely the host family. They have been so kind and caring and we feel like we have really become one of the family. María, who is our age is easily one of our best friends now and we have enjoyed her company very much. We have also met and spent time with her friends who were also lovely and really tried to make conversations with us. The family have been a delight to stay with and we will miss them a lot!” – Carolina Skillman and Lizzie Richardson students of King’s Warwick School
“The lessons are really enjoyable and everyone gets involved with all the activities. I feel I am learning more and more every day, more than I thought I could in such a short amount of time. I would recommend the experience to anyone, it is amazing! Thank you ” – Ronay Poole student of King’s Warwick School
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