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Refer a great family and earn money when they host. We’re always looking for more host families to have a life-changing year with us.
Host an exchange student for a year. Make a second family in another country for life.
Our international students come from all over the world.
Our host families come in all shapes and sizes but they all share one thing in common: they open their homes and share their lives with exchange students from around the world.
For more than 30 years, we have connected over 10,000 international high school students with British host families — more than any other programme of our kind. We are the leaders in cultural exchange for a reason.
Your Regional Manager is your main contact throughout your year. They provide local level and national support to you and your student as well as your student's school, and serve as a link to the student's EF office in their home country. Regional Managers will visit your home before your student arrives and will be in contact with you throughout the year.
Our office staff are based in London, Manchester, Bristol, and Bournemouth. They are a team of very experienced and passionate individuals with expertise in compliance, operations and student success, and their main purpose is to provide a seamless exchange experience for you and your student. Our office staff work alongside your Regional Manager, and you can rely on them 24/7, 365 days a year.
Our mission is to open the world through education. We strive to create the opportunity for a life changing cultural exchange for students, host families and schools regardless of gender identity, race, sexual orientation or religion. Our goal is to build cross cultural understanding, global families, and an inclusive experience for all program participants.
We recognize that each individual is unique and understand that each one of us brings something different to the table. Diversity is a fact.
We commit to breaking down the barriers that may have prevented some of us from receiving fair treatment and opportunities in the past. Equity is a process.
Everyone, regardless of where they live, who they love, their spirituality or the color of their skin has the power to contribute to this organization’s success. Inclusion is a behavior.
No one is you, and that is your superpower. Belonging is the freedom to be your true self at EF.
Are you ready to experience a new culture at home? Talk with us and start your hosting journey now.
Tell us about yourself
Speak to an EF Regional Manager
Choose your exchange student
Contact us at 0800 3895850
Refer a great family and earn money when they host. We’re always looking for more host families to have a life-changing year with us.
EF High School Exchange Year has been promoting global awareness through student exchange for over 40 years. Our organisation has connected more than 100,000 international students with caring host families across the US, UK and Ireland. Our global presence extends to 50+ countries, 600+ offices and schools and 52,000 staff. We are united in the shared belief that high school exchange makes the world a better place.
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