Open Days
Want to find out more for yourself? Come and join us for a taster session and meet the team and our current students. Please use the form below to express an interest in coming along to one of our open days this coming year, and discover what St. Marks Academy is all about!
Thursday 10 April 2025, 9.30am - 1pm in person
Thursday 10 April 2025, 11.15am - 12 noon online
International Applicants
Applying from Overseas
Some placement churches are able to sponsor visa applications from international applicants who would be coming on a Charity Worker visa (Temporary Work). This means they are licensed to accept apprentices requiring this kind of visa to come to the UK. International applicants requiring this visa:
Will only be able to apply for unpaid apprenticeships and internships as part of St. Marks Academy
Will not be eligible to work in any other paid work whilst in the UK
Must be 18 years or older when applying
Will have to pay the UK government £298 to apply for your visa and usually an additional £1,035 healthcare surcharge
Must have enough money to support yourself whilst in the UK - which will usually be at least £1,270 (US$1,580 at time of writing)
Next steps
If you are able to meet these international applicant requirements, or would like to chat to us to clarify anything, please use our Open Day booking form to let us know you’d like to chat, and we’ll arrange a call with you or notify you of the next Online Open Day.
From there, if you decided to apply, you’d use our online application form to apply to St. Marks Academy. If you successfully passed the application and interview stages, we would then give you the details needed to apply for your visa. Visa applications usually take around 3 weeks to be processed.
We’d love to help you to figure out if this is a place God is leading you to and look forward to hearing from you!