Welcome to Gorey School of English

We’re delighted to introduce Gorey School of English — a new English language school in the heart of Gorey, Co. Wexford, on Ireland’s sunny south-east coast.

We’re not really new, though. We’ve been organising programmes for international students in Gorey since 2005. What’s new is the school: our own house in Gorey town, our own team on the ground in Ireland, and our own way of running programmes — one that puts the student first, the host family at the centre, and Ireland itself as the classroom.

What we do

We run three things, all year round:

• Immersion ministays. 7-night programmes for school groups, with classes, host family stays, activities and a full-day excursion built in. See the full breakdown on our programmes page.
• Summer programmes. 2 and 3-week courses through July, with surf, sport, music and Dublin trips on top of the classroom learning. Open to school groups and to individual students.
• Bespoke programmes for partner agencies. Erasmus+, exam prep, sport and language combinations, designed around what your group actually needs.

Every programme is built on three pillars:

1. A real school. Qualified ESL teachers, CEFR-aligned curriculum from A1 to C1, written feedback and a certificate of attendance — not just a coach trip with a couple of language hours bolted on.
2. A real Irish home. Garda-vetted host families, matched on age, interests and dietary needs, that treat students like one of their own.
3. A real Irish week. Surf at Courtown beach, traditional music nights, a day in Dublin, the Wicklow Mountains, hurling on the green — built into every programme, run by local people.

Why Gorey

Because it’s the real Ireland.

Small enough that the bus drivers know our name and the host families have been doing this for decades. Big enough that there’s a beach 10 minutes away in Courtown, a train to Dublin in 75, the Wicklow Mountains an hour up the road, and a music session most nights of the week.

It’s a town that has hosted international students for decades — the families know what they’re doing, the local council backs the work, and the language doesn’t switch off when class ends. Walk into a café on a Tuesday afternoon and the only language available is English. That’s not something you can manufacture in a city; it’s why we built the school here.

Who it’s for

• School groups travelling with their own teachers — for a week of immersion, classes and supervised activity.
• Junior students travelling individually for our summer programmes.
• Partner agencies running Erasmus+, exam prep, sport-and-language or university preparation courses across Europe.

We work in particular with agencies in Spain, Italy, France, Poland and Germany, and we’re always open to talking to new partners.

What’s next

Over the coming weeks we’ll be sharing pieces about life in Gorey, our partner agencies, our host families, what a typical week with us looks like, and the practical stuff (visas, the Irish ETA, travel, what to pack).

We’ve already published a few:

• Learning English in Ireland: why a school in Gorey, not just a course in Dublin — the methodology and the teaching team behind the school.
• Ministays in Ireland: a week of nature, English and real life — what a 7-night programme actually looks like.
• Why host international students: 5 benefits for the whole family — for Irish families thinking about hosting.

If you want to be the first to know when something new lands, drop us a line at info@goreyse.com or via our contact form. We answer every email within one working day.

See you in Gorey.