AICOL Gold Coast English School

AICOL Gold Coast English School Study English in Australia. AICOL accepts students from 6 years of age. Established 1993.

AICOL Gold Coast English school accepts young students 6-12 years of age, teenagers and adults including parent and child and grandparents. At AICOL English language school we rely on our long experience to quickly teach students to learn to speak English. We welcome you to join us for:
English for young learner kids
High School Preparation
General English classes at all levels
Cambridge CAE and FCE courses
IELTS test preparation
PTE test preparation
English and professional sport
Study Tours
Summer Camp
Winter Camp
Prices are on our web site under costs and fees
Our motto is "attention to detail"

Every year we post pictures of the flower beds at AICOL. This year is no exception, and as it is early October it has to...
06/10/2026

Every year we post pictures of the flower beds at AICOL. This year is no exception, and as it is early October it has to be the time for hippiastrums (or is it hippiastra?), soon to be followed by the November lilies. It has been a dry September, but today's seasonal storm brought some welcome relief, and the grass should start greening soon.

You can tell that Spring has arrived on the Gold Coast.  Here are some of our HSP students enjoying frisbee in the Broad...
06/10/2026

You can tell that Spring has arrived on the Gold Coast. Here are some of our HSP students enjoying frisbee in the Broadwater Parklands, just opposite AICOL. It is a quieter time of year now that our Summer Camp has finished, and we have settled into a steady routine leading up to Christmas/New Year, and the start of January which heralds our Winter Camp.

04/09/2026

We just had to post this lovely video of a visiting Japanese primary school group which joined us towards the end of July. This time Gabriele is front and centre, together with another Gabrielle (different spelling) as our young learner teacher..

What a pleasure to have them visit us! We are very lucky to be in an industry which undergoes constant renewal, not through innovation but through generational change.

Our 10 week Summer Camp finished last week, with the   Coast Show being the last Friday. The night before we had our tra...
04/09/2026

Our 10 week Summer Camp finished last week, with the Coast Show being the last Friday. The night before we had our traditional ''survival dinner'' as a thank you to all our staff.

It has been a long 10 weeks, with everyone going above and beyond. Now many of them will take off for well-earned breaks, and come back refreshed to prepare for the Winter Camp in January/February.

The photos are of some of our teaching staff, and our key administration staff from student services, study tours, enrolment, homestay, and management. Apologies to Gabriele and Janene who are hidden in the photo of the teaching staff.

A big thank you to everyone who made the Camp the success it was - teachers, staff, agents, bus companies, activity providers, chaperones, and not least the students.

Onwards and upwards!

Our long-serving High School Preparation teacher, Elizabeth Young, left AICOL earlier this month after many years of she...
24/08/2026

Our long-serving High School Preparation teacher, Elizabeth Young, left AICOL earlier this month after many years of shepherding international students through the intricate maze of English language learning.

We all remember her dedication to each and every one of her students, which continued long after they left AICOL and entered mainstream schooling. All of us at AICOL, past and present, wish Elizabeth a rewarding and relaxing non-AICOL future, with a promise that we are always here if she wishes to revisit old haunts.

Week 6 of our busiest ever Summer Camp has begun, but Jan still finds time to pay attention to the details. A display of...
29/07/2026

Week 6 of our busiest ever Summer Camp has begun, but Jan still finds time to pay attention to the details. A display of flowers from our school garden, grown and arranged by Jan, adds to the sense of caring which we consider essential to delivering a quality experience for our students.

A couple of weeks ago a Japanese couple, Mr and Mrs Ichikawa, appeared unannounced at the front desk. They said that the...
16/06/2026

A couple of weeks ago a Japanese couple, Mr and Mrs Ichikawa, appeared unannounced at the front desk. They said that their daughter Etsuko had studied at AICOL in 2005, and they wanted to visit and express their gratitude to us for looking after her.

Apparently the parents were not in favour of their daughter going overseas at the time, but she came nonetheless. Etsuko is now a mother of 4 children with her own successful business.

The parents returned to Japan and sent me a copy of the photo (see below) they had taken together with me, just as their daughter had taken a photo over 20 years previously. Etsuko wrote afterwards:

かつて私の選択を猛反対していた両親が、20年の時を超えて現地の先生と笑顔で写真に写っている姿を見て、自分の信じた道を突き進み、長年この仕事を続けてきて本当によかったと、心の底から救われる思いがいたしました。 (Google translation - Seeing my parents, who had once strongly opposed my choices, smiling in a photograph with a local teacher 20 years later, brought me a deep sense of relief and made me realize that I had truly persevered on the path I believed in and continued this work for so many years.)

This experience had a profound affect on all of us at AICOL. It is very difficult to put into words what it means to have such a vindication of our efforts to not only teach English, but to be a medium for meaningful change in people's lives.

🚨 Homestay Families Wanted 🚨Due to high demand, we are currently seeking new homestay families.If you know anyone with a...
24/04/2026

🚨 Homestay Families Wanted 🚨
Due to high demand, we are currently seeking new homestay families.

If you know anyone with a spare room - whether it is a friend, neighbour, colleague or relatives — we invite warm, welcoming local families to join us.

📢 Important Update:
💰 From 1 July 2026, our homestay rate will increase. This rate applies regardless of how many students you host. Students may share a room, provided each has their own bed.

🚗 Daily transport: (to/ from Southport)

💡 Example weekly earnings (including 5 days of transport):
• 1 student: $590 to $650/week
• 2 students: $1,000 to $1,100/week
• 3 students: $1,400 to $1,550/week
• 4 students: $1,900 to $2,000/week

Homestay income is generally tax-free, as payments are considered to cover household expenses rather than generate profit. It is mandatory to provide 3 meals a day, and daily transport is preferred.

If you or someone you know is interested in becoming a homestay family, please contact us:

📧 [email protected]
📞 07 5531 1990
📱 0405 727 587

Your help in spreading the word is much appreciated!

It is the Japan Spring holiday season, as is evidenced by the many students joining us from Japan at this time of year. ...
23/03/2026

It is the Japan Spring holiday season, as is evidenced by the many students joining us from Japan at this time of year. This time it is the turn of Gunma High school. How tall Japanese youth have grown compared to when I was close to their age as a student in Japan! Every year they grow more and more confident, self-aware, and outgoing.

These lovely students from Saijo High School joined us last week. After a few days of intensive English study, they visi...
17/03/2026

These lovely students from Saijo High School joined us last week. After a few days of intensive English study, they visited Upper Coomera State College for a day, integrating with their school buddies. Upper Coomera SC provided a very warm welcome, and the Saijo HS students gave a very impressive presentation on their own town in Ehime Prefecture, Japan, as well as detailing what they were studying at school.
The Saijo HS students and teachers were all very happy, and promised to return next year. Thank you to Crane Dance agency for introducing the school, and for their arrangements throughout the tour.

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66 Marine Parade
Gold Coast, QLD
4215

Opening Hours

Monday 8:45am - 7pm
Tuesday 8:45am - 5pm
Wednesday 8:45am - 5pm
Thursday 8:45am - 5pm
Friday 8:45am - 5pm

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