News

Super-Kindergarten Opens in Linkou

Shane Schools has opened a super-kindergarten in Linkou, New Taipei City. As part of the opening ceremony, a dragon dance was performed and Shane School founder Shane Lipscombe cut the ribbon. Watch the video and photos of the kindergarten's successful opening below.

Saxoncourt Poland Checks Competencies in Six Languages

At the beginning of March 2019, Saxoncourt Poland signed a contract with Talent Place, a recruitment agency that provides multinational companies, in and outside of Poland, the confidence to make an informed hiring decision by ensuring that job applicants have the...

Ringing in the New Year with New Friends

Right between the International New Year (1 January) and Lunar New Year (this year it falls on 5 February), Saxoncourt Taiwan and Shane Education got together to ring in the New Year together. New friends and old came together for a night of fun. It was a grand time...

Shane Academy Opens in Azerbaijan

A global brand, Shane English School, has expanded its borders and operates in the Republic of Azerbaijan. This past summer, Saxoncourt was thrilled to welcome new master franchisors from Azerbaijan. Zhala Bahramova and Elnur Ahmadov are husband and wife team...

Shane Education Opens in Hong Kong

December 2018 saw the opening of the first Shane school in Hong Kong. Following a cooperation agreement signed in 2017 between Saxoncourt and its Hong Kong partner, Shane Corporation Hong Kong Ltd., the latter spent one whole year preparing for the rollout of Shane...

Saxoncourt Group Passes the Torch to Shane Education Taiwan

"Things are changing... Things are changing quickly and in a big way." - Shane Lipscombe, Founder of Shane English Schools and Saxoncourt In September's regional Shane English School franchise meeting in Taipei, Taiwan, founder Shane Lipscombe completed the handover...

New Release: Shane Spelling Bee App

In 2018, the Saxoncourt Group has released its newest educational tool: the Shane Spelling Bee mobile app. The app is currently available worldwide on the App Store and on the Google Play Store. The Shane Spelling Bee is designed to simulate a live spelling bee using...

2018 Shane Franchise Meeting Introduces New Materials

On Mar 23, 2018 Shane English School Taiwan held its franchise meeting at National Taiwan Normal University (國立臺灣師範大學).  The keynote presentation was a teaching seminar for brand new courses and materials. Shane...

2018 Shane English China Annual Franchise Meeting

From February 5 to 8, the Saxoncourt Group and Shane English School met with franchise owners and teachers from around China. Saxoncourt and Shane English School founder Shane Lipscombe travelled to China with Eason Wang (China Business Development Director), Toby...

Shane English School Hosts Meet-and-Greet in Shanghai

[translated from Chinese below; edited for clarity] Education industry leaders in China met with Shane English Schools on December 18 at 226 Qinzhou North Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai. Shane English  School has established itself as an industry-leading brand in the...

Shane English Schools in Taipei Go Trick-or-Treating

To celebrate Halloween this year, Shane English Schools around the Taipei area went trick-or-treating in fancy dress in Taipei's Xinyi District. Local shops participated by handing out candy to hordes of ghoulish children participating in the activity. Students and...

Shane Teachers Work with Roko 20 to Set Up School in Kenya

Roko 20 Academy is a rural Kindergarten and Primary School near the village of Kambirwa in the town of Murang'a, in Kenya's Central Province, about two hours drive north of Nairobi. The school was founded in 2014 by Tracey Neale-Ferreira, a former legal secretary and...

Shane English School Taiwan’s T-Shirt Success… for Charity!

To celebrate Shane English School’s 40-Year-Anniversary, we have designed a special T-shirt for Taiwan Hope Association for Children and Juvenile (社團法人台灣兒童少年希望協會). The T-shirt comes in two colours, blue and pink. So far, we have sold nearly 500 shirts and the feedback...

Cha-Ching Class: Money Management Taught Early

In 2017, Shane English School Taiwan (SEST) cooperated with the Prudence Foundation to promote Cha-Ching. Inspired by the sound of a cash register opening, Cha-Ching is designed to teach young people how to be smart with money. Cha-Ching's class includes six cartoon...

Shane English School Has New Kindergarten Books

I am happy to announce that Saxoncourt Publishing now has its own kindergarten materials. They are called My Fundations: Phonics and Writing Book and My Maths Book. We have 2 levels of My Fundations Phonics and Writing Books for K1 (i.e. the first level of...

Foreign Language Learning in Poland on the Increase

The number of people learning more that one foreign language in Poland has increased in recent years, especially since Poland joined the European Union in 2004. This development has led to success for the teaching of foreign languages in Poland, mainly because...

Meet a Shane English School: Hangzhou

It has been a busy 2017 so far at Shane Hangzhou. First off, we moved to a beautiful new building right in the heart of the city in the West Lake Cultural Square. We have been expanding our range of classes and introducing new ways of learning. Our kindergarten...

Shane English School Founder Visits Northern Taiwan Schools

In May, Shane Lipscombe and his wife Carolyn Lipscombe visited several Shane English Schools in the Taipei, Taoyuan, and Hsinchu areas. Mr Lipscombe saw many teachers and local staff put a lot of efforts in English teaching. He feels so touched and grateful. Many...

Saxoncourt Poland Tops 600 Corporate Students

Target & Shane Language Training (Saxoncourt Polska) deals with a very specific section of the English teaching market in Poland - the corporate client. Given the targeted service we provide, we are pleased to announce that we have exceeded 600 students spread...

Shane English Schools Founder Visits Taoyuan Schools

Recently, founder of Shane English School and Saxoncourt Shane Lipscombe visited some of the group schools in Taoyuan and New Taipei City. As part of his visit, he popped in on a few classes to say hello to the students. Having seen Shane’s picture on posters and...

Shane Learning Centre in Indonesia Opens Its Newest School

Shane Learning Centre Indonesia (SLCI) is proud to announce that we have just recently opened two new centers. One is located in Gajah Mada, Jakarta and opened in January 2017. The other has opened in BSD City, Tangerang in February 2017. They are our 2nd and 3rd...

Shane English School Taiwan’s Top Franchises

The Yearly Franchise Meeting Taiwan was held on 7th March 2017. Before the meeting started, SEST is honoured to present the best franchise schools of 2016 to two franchise schools. They are Xinzhuang Zhongzhen and Tainan Xinying. Both schools have worked with Shane...

Shane English School Taiwan Halloween 2016

It's been a very Shane English School Taiwan Halloween! We always have fun with this spooky Halloween has come and gone, and it's been fun for everyone involved. Shane kindergarten held a big masquerade and parade, the teachers and the students dressed up and put on...

Dramatic Shane English School Taiwan Summer Camp in Tianmu

To expand our reach, Shane English School Taiwan (SEST) cooperated with Taipei Tianmu Elementary School and held a joint Summer Camp 26th-28th July. The subject of this 3-day event was English fairy tales. In total, 36 students from Tianmu Elementary School attended...

Shane English School Taiwan Kindergarten Graduation Ceremony 2016

Shane English School Taiwan is proud to have successfully run the kindergarten graduation ceremony on 16th July in Taipei, Taiwan. Graduation is the end of one chapter and the beginning of another. The children have completed a significant milestone in their lives,...

August 2016 Teacher Training – Shane English School Taiwan

One word springs most readily to mind when contemplating the month of August in Taiwan: humidity. A five-minute walk to the nearest 7-11 turns previously neat and respectable-looking people into sodden messes. Carefully prepared attires turn to raucously damp...

Saxoncourt Welcomes Shane Korea

Saxoncourt is proud to announce the addition of Shane Korea to our global group of companies. Husband and wife team, Jack Glowacki and Jaekyoung (JK) Lee, recently signed on as Shane’s master franchise partners for South Korea. The headquarters, and flagship school,...

Shane English School Taiwan Marks Group’s 40th Anniversary

Next year will be the 40-year-anniversary of Shane English School. To celebrate, Shane English School Taiwan ran a big marketing campaign in May to raise awareness and open discussion – Lecture Tour of Children’s Education. This big campaign was held in three main...

Shane English School in Shanghai Public Schools

Shane English Shanghai has been running a very successful English program in Shanghai’s Changning District for several years. The program combines the best of ESL methodologies to deliver fun and engaging lessons to students. At present, the program focuses on grades...

Shane English School Vietnam: A Day at the Zoo

Shane English Centre Vietnam broke with normal routines for two weekends to take groups of students to the zoo. Students, teaching assistants, and teachers, bright green in the Shane livery, had a chance to communicate in English outside of the classroom, spend some...

Shane English Schools Thailand Opens School Number Six!

Shane English Schools Thailand is pleased to announce the opening of our 6th school at the Harbor Mall in Pattaya. This is our second location in Pattaya, and we’re excited to offer quality British English education at the biggest family entertainment complex in...

New Saxoncourt Affiliate in Edinburgh!

The Caledonian Language School Ltd in Edinburgh, Scotland, is delighted to join the Saxoncourt Group. Working towards closer integration in the next two years, this is currently a joint venture between Shane Global Language Centres, ME Learning Hong Kong and the...

Celebrating Twenty Years with Shane English Schools Taiwan

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Panchiao 3 is now Taiwan’s longest running Shane English School franchise. The owners, Mr. Chiu and Ms. Wu, were invited into corporate office to meet with founder Shane Lipscombe and be recognized for their long dedication to...

Announcement: New Mailing Lists

The Saxoncourt Group has recently implemented new mailing lists called the Shane Gazette. Each mailing list serves a specific purpose, though each provides additional information to franchisors and their employees. The Shane Gazette: Teachers’ Edition includes...

Exciting News from Shane English Schools Thailand!

Shane English Schools Thailand are happy to announce the opening of their “Shane Business English & Study Abroad Center.” According to Thailand managing director, Thanapon Piromplat, the center will be used for attracting corporate customers, as well as selling...

Making headlines in Wales: Nanteos’ newest literary credentials.

Nanteos Mansion, said to be one of the most haunted houses in the whole of Wales, was the setting of Waterstones Aberystwyth’s literary dinner. Author Jane Blank, whose book, The Shadow of Nanteos, was chosen as Waterstones’ Welsh Book of the Month for November was...

Excel! New Books from Saxoncourt Publishing

Saxoncourt Publishing is pleased to announce that a new series of English learning materials is now ready. Excel is a four-level intermediate English course for secondary and elementary school students, and will replace the Mega series used in Taiwan. Each...

SES Beijing Takes Part in Singing Show

This winter, No.4 Elementary School in Beijing, China, took part in an English-language singing show which was performed in front of 19 other training schools. All participants performed beautifully and the excellent results were a testament to the quality of teaching...

Shane English School China Opens New School in Huadu

Shane Huadu opened its doors to students on Sunday 19th July. School owners Merry and Chris, pictured here with Franchise Manager Wendy Wang and the school's team of enthusiastic T.A.s, have spent time studying and working in France, as well as visiting other Shane...

New Developments

Saxoncourt is proud to announce that the first Shane International School will open in Algiers, with more locations on the way! The school will cover Key Stages 1 to 4 (ages 8 – 16) and will be based on an international version of the UK National Curriculum...

Shane Lipscombe Meets HRH Prince Charles

Saxoncourt Group and Shane English Schools founder, Shane Lipscombe had the pleasure to have the Prince of Wales, HRH Prince Charles, visit the Nanteos Mansion Country House Hotel owned by the Saxoncourt Group. A National Trust Reward Ceremony was held at the Hotel...

EB-5 investment

  Immigrate to the United States by making a passive investment ✓  Obtain U.S. Permanent Resident Status for you and your children ✓  By making a passive low risk investment of only US$500,000 designed to provide you a full return of your...

Shane English School Taiwan Opens New School in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

On May 2nd, Shane English School Taiwan opened a brand new branch in Lin Ya, Kaohsiung, in the southern part of the country. “KS4” is the first of eight new schools which will open in Taiwan this year.It has been a long journey for KS4, given that the school had to...

Shane Indonesia’s Grand Opening

Saxoncourt is proud to announce the grand opening of the flagship Shane English School in Gading Serpong, which is just southwest of Jakarta. It is a very nice area in Tangerang Selatan district with lots of economic growth happening. Shane Lipscombe and Eric Peterson...

New Shane Global Website Goes Live!

We are very proud to announce that our brand new website for Shane Global Language Centres has launched! https://shaneglobal.com/Our website has a brand new design with new features, making it much more interactive, responsive and easier to use:> Streamlined...

Winter Camp at Shane English School Taiwan

Shane English School Taiwan organised a three day winter camp in February and invited kids to step away from their touchscreens and computers to make new friends. The camp was held in a lovely farm which was home to ostriches, goats, rabbits, dogs, and lots of plants...

Shane English School Thailand Opens its 5th School

Shane English School Thailand is very happy to announce the opening of its third DTE school in Thailand and its 5th school overall. The new school is located in TukCom, a popular IT shopping mall chain in Chonburi city, 40 miles north of Pattaya. Thanapon (Managing...

Shane English School Thailand Opens New School in Phitsanulok

Students and parents in Phitsanulok were very excited about the opening of a Shane English School branch there this weekend as Shane is the first language school of its kind in Phitsanulok. Our professionalism, effective teaching techniques, and fun and interesting...

Shane Beijing’s Xmas Party!

Students and teachers had a great time this Christmas at Shane English School Beijing, and even their families joined in the festivities! Groups were divided according to age range: 3 - 5 year olds joined the Baby Group, 6 - 9 year olds joined the Childrens’...

Shane English School China’s Christmas Charity Project

Throughout December Shane students from around China took part in a traditional British pastime, while at the same time raising money to help a good cause.Students from our Shanghai schools got creative in the run up to Christmas and submitted designs for traditional...

Festive Fun at the Shane English Christmas Family Fayre

Children, parents and teachers all had a wonderful Christmas time on an (almost) frosty Saturday morning last week, at the Shane English Christmas Family Fayre. As the nearby Taipei 101 glittered like a Christmas tree, children from Muzha, Wenhua and Chang Long...

Children in Need at Shane Global Hastings

Staff at Shane Global Hastings raised an incredible £141 for this worthy charity on 28/11/14.We held a raffle and had many prizes donated from staff. Some of the prizes were: our school café donated a free lunch, local attractions donated free tickets and the local...

Saxoncourt Hosts Sub-Franchise Training for Thailand

From October 20th to 23rd 2014, Saxoncourt Taiwan hosted training for a group of three new Shane English School sub-franchisees from Thailand. Shane Master Franchisor, Thanapon Piromplat and Thanya Nutthawutthisit successfully recruited this fine group from their...

Saxoncourt Hosts Training for Indonesian Master Franchisors

From October 13th to 17th 2014, Saxoncourt Taiwan hosted training for Shane English School’s latest Master Franchisors from Jakarta, Indonesia and their supporting staff. Pictured from left are Mr. Wiliawan, Mrs. Vinny, Mrs. Wylen, Mr. Budiman, Shane, Eric Peterson,...

Halloween at Shane English School Taiwan!

One of the most highly anticipated western festivals of the year is Halloween, and all Shane schools in Taiwan spent a long time preparing for this event. Schools were decorated and mummies and vampires were invited to join us. Students dressed up as wizards, witches,...

New 2015 ‘Crest Quest’ Readers Now Available!

Saxoncourt Publishing is happy to announce that the next levels of Crest Readers are now available! There are 12 new titles which have been divided into 3 levels. Content for the readers was based on books 4-6 of the Shane Primary English Course (SPEC), so they can be...

Saxoncourt and Shane Global at the Language Show Live

Saxoncourt Teacher Training and Recruitment and Shane Global had a stand at this year's Language Show Live in London's Kensington Olympia. The event was a big success with lots of interest in our CELTA course and teaching aboard. There were plenty of foreign students...

A Visit To Vietnam

Wendy Nguyen and John McCartney played excellent hosts to Shane and Eric Peterson during their visit to Vietnam in July. During the trip it was decided that a renewed effort to sub-franchise in the country would soon be launched at the upcoming franchising fair in Ho...

Shane English School Taiwan Opens New School in Kaohsiung Longhwa

On August 30th, Shane English School Taiwan opened its 5th school this year (the 70th in total) in Kaohsiung Longhwa (KS5) in the southern part of the country.It has been an exciting journey for KS5, given that the school opened just three weeks after signing the...

Shane English School Taiwan Opens New School in Taichung Wuqi

Shane English School Taiwan is happy to announce the opening of its newest branch in Taichung Wuqi. It is the 69th Shane English School in the nation. The city has a lovely fish port and is home to some of the friendliest inhabitants in the country. Dozens of...

Shane English School Taiwan Opens New School in XinYi

Shane English School Taiwan is pleased to announce the opening of the HY2 branch – our 68th school in the country, situated in Taipei XinYi.After conquering a whole range of difficulties in order to find the most suitable location for the school, it finally opened in...

Shane Taiwan’s 2014 Speech Contest Draws to a Successful Close

Shane English School Taiwan held its 9th English Speech Contest on the 2nd of August in Hsinchu County. A grand total of 46 students signed up for the competition this year, and there were over 300 supporters in attendance that day - from family members, friends, and...

Shane English School Opens New Franchise

June saw the opening of SES Taiwan's 14th Franchise School in Taichung: TC14! School Manager, Claire and her team did a great job in organising the event and Teacher Mike displayed his teaching skills, making the demo lesson both fun and functional. Teacher Steve also...

Shane English School China Opens New School in Yingkou

Saxoncourt is proud to announce the opening of Shane English School's newest school in China, located in the center of Yingkou in the north and close to one of China’s biggest shopping centers, Wanda Plaza. Many parents and kids visited the school on its opening day...

Shane English School Taiwan Opens New School in Dajia

Taiwan’s newest Shane English School, based in the center of the country in Dajia, Taichung, opened its doors with a grand opening event on the 13th of July. On that day, more than 50 students and parents visited the brand new building and joined the demonstration...

Shane Launches in Thailand

Saxoncourt is proud to announce the launch of Shane English School operations in Thailand. The grand opening took place in April with Thailand’s Managing Director, Thanapon Piromplat, reporting that there was a great amount of interest from the public. With schools...

New Shane English School Opens in Zhangjiagang, China

Shane English School Zhangjiagang introduced itself to the local community with demonstration classes on June 15th 2013. The demonstrations began at 9:30 in the morning and continued throughout the day and weekend at the school’s location on Xinshihe Road, near...

Football Fever Hits Shane Taiwan!

As people all around the world watch football’s biggest tournament – the World Cup, Shane English School Taiwan held an even more thrilling event… the Shane Kindergarten Cup! Although no one actually won a cup, each participant was bestowed with a nice shiny...

Saxoncourt Poland Helps Create a Hit

Saxoncourt Polska's own Jack Gutkowski has recently been working closely with Tomasz Szczepanik, band leader and lead vocalist for the ever popular pop group Pectus - our students since June 2013. As an amateur musician, Jack has had the pleasure of helping Tomasz...

Shane English School Attends Jakarta Franchising Show

June 2012, Shane English Schools recently attended the International Franchise License & Business Concept Expo in Jakarta. The show went very smoothly and we were able to meet a number of potential regular and master franchisors. We also met some friends from...

Business English Course in London

Shane Global Language Centres, in conjuction with Saxoncourt, has developed a business English program for the London market. Titled "Saxoncout Business English", the program now offers one-to-one business English language courses to UK corporations with non-native...

Shane Vietnam hosts TOEFL Primary

Shane Vietnam recently hosted a trial for the forthcoming TOEFL Primary test. The program called “TOEFL challenge” involved primary students from all over Vietnam, with 20 of our students. Shane Vietnam was selected after a meeting between our Managing director Wendy...

New Publications from Saxoncourt

Saxoncourt Publishing is pleased to introduce our new publications. We started the project in 2012 and managed to create 12 new ‘Crest Readers’, the new Amazing Alphabet book, and update our old SPEC 4-6 books to extend the SPEC series into 9 levels. The new...

New School Opens in Shenzhen

Chenghan Shane English Training School is the newest addition to the Shane family, set to open in May this year. The school is located in Shenzhen city in the province of Guangdong. The city is one of the richest and most populous in China with a population of 14...

Shane Taiwan Kindergartens’ Labour Day Spring Trip!

The Shane Taiwan Kindergartens had their annual joint Spring Trip on the 1st of May (Labour Day). Although it was raining outside, the kids all had fun indoors making cakes for Mother’s Day (which in Taiwan took place on 11th May). Don't worry - we're sure all...

Shane English School Taiwan Holds Training for Summer Camp!

Shane English School Taiwan is very proud to announce that the Chinese Summer Camp training sessions have been completed for all 4 regions in Taiwan: Taipei, HsinChu, Taichung and Kaohsiung! All Shane kids are going to have a GREAT summer vacation at Shane English...

‘Lattitude’ in Hanoi 2014

Twice a year Shane Vietnam provides training and guidance for a group of about 20 volunteers who are part of the Lattitude global volunteering program. These volunteers are primarily gap year students from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and The UK. The program is...

Shane Global Hastings has a Brand New Site!

Shane Global Language Centres Hastings has moved and re-opened in Hastings town center at its new premises:43-45 Cambridge Gardens, Hastings TN34 1EN. It has a bigger building arranged on 4 floors rather than the current 6, with 17 classrooms and a student ‘common...