The Bell Educational Trust subsequently expanded outside Cambridge, with a number of partner schools, located in the UK and internationally.
Its main aims remain: to provide language education, mainly in English, for adult students and young learners; to train teachers of English; and to offer language learning and teacher training experiences that will promote international understanding and intercultural exchange.
These schools cater for around 10,000 students annually, and provide intensive English courses ranging in length from a week to an academic year.
In the UK Bell employs approximately 150 staff all year round with a further 200 being appointed on seasonal or short-term contracts.
These take place at Bell Teacher Campus based at Homerton College, part of the University of Cambridge.
[citation needed] For many years Bell has provided a variety of management, consultancy and project services to international organisations and governments.