My daughter has been on the CAT scheme for 5 years and as others have said it is a huge commitment especially if you have a long distance to travel like we do. My daughter misses lessons from school two to three times a week to arrive on time for class and has had to miss full days to attend intensives if term times have not matched up. The staff are lovely and helpful but they do expect you to commit fully to the scheme especially the higher up the levels you go. My daughter loves the scheme, has made some amazing friendships and it is great to be taught by such amazing staff but she can become very tired at times especially after intensives.