The teaching staff consists of qualified teachers, many of whom have considerable knowledge of teaching English as a foreign language both in the UK and abroad. The Director of Studies structures the courses and supervises the teaching programme. On the first day of the course each student is given a placement test (or taken on-line before arrival) to determine their level. During the course student progress is monitored and tutorial sessions are held for long-term students.

The school is a centre for Cambridge Examinations (Cambridge First Certificate, Cambridge Avanced and Proficiency), TOEIC (Reading & Listening) and Trinity Graded Examination in Speaking.

Materials

We try to select interesting, stimulating and challenging materials for all our courses to help students to practise and improve their English as efficiently as possible. Students are given a folder to keep their work organised and encourage them to develop good learning skills.

Resources

• 16 classrooms - equipped with whiteboards, audio equipment, TV and video.
• Student lounge - with drink facility, large TV, reading material and games.
• Self-access room - reading, writing, speaking, listening, pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar material for self-study, including books, worksheets, magazines, newspapers, audio and video cassettes.
• Library -A range of books at different levels from beginner to advanced for students to borrow.
• Adult coffee lounge - a place for students to relax with a coffee and biscuit!
• Computer room - with free broadband internet access, wi-fi and laptop points.