Assuming you can't afford Australia, you should probably do a one week course once you have done the day course. Winch launching from a hill site should get you the best ratio of time in the air to cash expended, and my personal recommendation would be the Midland Club at the Long Mynd or Sutton Bank in Yorkshire. The strategic use of a motor glider also helps keep the costs down. What you need to make progress isn't a lot of circuits off the winch, it is time in the air and REGULAR flying. Hence a combination of hill site, flying the ridge, motor glider and the odd aerotow. All of those at the bank, not usually aerotow at the Mynd. I know they aren't near London, but should be possible for a week.
I've flown at Dunstable but not Wormingford. Price matters, but not at the expense of availability. You should ask when the club operates, and whether you will be able to fly regularly with a small group of instructors. I would not choose a winch only site unless there was hill soaring to be had. (Time in the air.....)
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