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3 St. Mary's Street
March 1990 – December 1994
Saint Mary’s Street was our first school building. If you came to us during this period you would probably have been in VERY small classes or even 1:1 as we didn’t have many students. You were part of our early history. Thank you for being with us.
Northwall House
January 1995 – August 2002
Located in the centre of the city next to the Bus Station and CrownGate Shopping Centre. Close by was Barrel’s Wine Bar. There was an outside glass conservatory where all the smokers used to gather at break times. The main entrance was at the back.
40 Foregate Street
September 2002 – March 2020
We were in the main street through Worcester, near the train station. This was the final home of Kingsway English Centre. When the pandemic hit in 2020 all of our students left and we reluctantly had to close the school permanently.
Summer School
2013-2019 Teenage Summer Camp
Kingsway Summer School ran for 4 weeks in the summer for 7 years from 2013 to 2019. We were based at the Royal Grammar School, and later at RGS Springfield (pictured above). In 2019 we ran our first English Plus Football camp with West Bromwich Albion.
Add Your Memories Here
Today we had a visit from a student who was with us in 1999 - nearly 27 years ago! Bella, from Armenia, stayed with the Archer family then and again now and is with Colin Archer in the photo. It was great catching up with them both today and hearing Bella's memories of her time at Kingsway. She remembers being taught by Bruce and by Richard and said the course at a big impact on her life.
A story from Anna Sinyagova (2012 approx):
"Once after school, some friends (and one of the teachers) and I went to a bar. We had such a good time and got so carried away that I didn't come home until early morning. I had to quickly freshen up and go straight to school. But as it turned out, it's very hard to speak a foreign language with a hangover. I couldn't string two words together in class. My wonderful teacher, Heidi, asked me what had happened. I honestly said we'd had a bit too much fun. This saint of a woman took me to the common room and offered me some hot sweet tea. There was a guitar in the room. So I sat in the common room, drank my tea, and sang my own songs, playing the guitar. People came by to listen. It was so warm, cozy, and sincere."
"Once after school, some friends (and one of the teachers) and I went to a bar. We had such a good time and got so carried away that I didn't come home until early morning. I had to quickly freshen up and go straight to school. But as it turned out, it's very hard to speak a foreign language with a hangover. I couldn't string two words together in class. My wonderful teacher, Heidi, asked me what had happened. I honestly said we'd had a bit too much fun. This saint of a woman took me to the common room and offered me some hot sweet tea. There was a guitar in the room. So I sat in the common room, drank my tea, and sang my own songs, playing the guitar. People came by to listen. It was so warm, cozy, and sincere."
I'm writing on behalf of Anna Sinyagova who emailed me with some lovely thoughts about her time at Kingsway 14 years ago (so about 2012) including the following:
"it was the first time I ever experienced the feeling that learning could be fun and enjoyable!"
"this was one of the brightest and most unforgettable periods of my life."
"I'm including 2 best photos from our trips to the Malvern Hills (I still remember the taste of the fish and chips from that walk)"
Can anyone help with the names, nationalities or dates of anyone in the photos?
"it was the first time I ever experienced the feeling that learning could be fun and enjoyable!"
"this was one of the brightest and most unforgettable periods of my life."
"I'm including 2 best photos from our trips to the Malvern Hills (I still remember the taste of the fish and chips from that walk)"
Can anyone help with the names, nationalities or dates of anyone in the photos?
Wilton Carvalho shared media
Worcester - UK
suejohns
It would be good to put some names, dates or nationalities to these people!
I miss Kingsway, I had great times there 😊
Here's a photo that we used on our Kingsway website back in 2013 and later. I think all four students are from Italy. Are you one of them or do you remember their names? 😃
What a lovely picture! This was taken on the terrace of 40 Foregate Street. Looks like it was summer time but I don't know the year and can't name the people. Can anyone help?
Obviously I know this teacher, but can anyone tell me his name? Who are the students in the class and where are they from?
Hi Everyone
Over the years we took many students to the Morgan Car Factory in Malvern. Did you go? If so please tell us any memories you have of your visit. I recognise one person in this photo as I am married to him! Who are the other people?
Over the years we took many students to the Morgan Car Factory in Malvern. Did you go? If so please tell us any memories you have of your visit. I recognise one person in this photo as I am married to him! Who are the other people?
Hi everyone, we are interested in hearing from all ex-Kingsway students, whether you attended our adult school or summer school for teenagers (which was at the RGS campus a few hundred metres from the adult school). Here are the logos you may remember.
rickjohns
celebrating
life
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I have recently joined the Kingsway Social community and look forward to reading your memories of your stay at Kingsway English Centre (adult school) and Kingsway Summer (summer school for teenagers).🥳
Welcome from Sue
Sue is writing a book about Kingsway and would love to hear from you …
In order to write a book about Kingsway English Centre, I have to remember and organise 32 years of memories! So, I’d be very grateful to any of you who can help me by posting your own stories and memories.
Whether you studied at Kingsway, worked at Kingsway, hosted a student for Kingsway or sent students to us as an agent, we would love to hear from you. You might have a funny story or just a happy memory. You might have made a lasting friendship or experienced romance! Your story (or stories) might involve the academic programme, the social programme or neither. As long as Kingsway is connected to the story, I’d love to hear it. Thank you!