IH London

IH London opened in 1959. We are the no. 1 Language school in Central London, judged by the latest British Council inspections and reported in the EL Gazette (2019). Every year we, IH London, train over 500 new teachers and enable them to embark on exciting new journeys across the globe to inspire and teach others
IH London was started by John and Brita Haycraft, and its classrooms saw the very first CELTA courses back in the 1060s. Since then we have moved premises a couple of times, and are now very centrally located in Covent Garden.

The centre is now a charitable trust, and is most well-known for English language courses and teacher training. We have, from our beginnings, been a leading contributor in the ELT field and we strive to continue to make a significant contribution to the international language education community.

We are currently running CELTAs fully online - you'll be in a virtual classroom with your classmates in real time - it's not like taking a self study online programme. You'll even have online teaching practice - developing really useful skills at the moment that are not usually on the CELTA!

If you'd prefer to apply for a face to face course, we look forward to welcoming you to our fantastic school soon!

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Find a course

Course Type	Dates Sort descending	Mode	Fee
CELTA	01 Feb - 26 Feb 2021 Full Time, Fully Online	100% Online FT	£1,651 Early Bird Discount Available	More info Apply
CELTA	06 Feb - 29 Apr 2021 Tues&Thurs eve & Sat	100% Online PT	£1,651 Early Bird Discount Available	More info Apply
CELTA	01 Mar - 26 Mar 2021 Face to Face	Full time F2F	£1,651 Early Bird Discount Available	More info Apply
CELTA	01 Mar - 26 Mar 2021 Full Time, Fully Online	100% Online FT	£1,651 Early Bird Discount Available	More info Apply
CELTA	06 Mar - 27 May 2021 Tues&Thurs eve & Sat	100% Online PT	£1,651 Early Bird Discount Available	More info Apply
CELTA	06 Mar - 27 May 2021 Tues&Thurs eve & Sat	Online & F2F	£1,651 Early Bird Discount Available	More info Apply
DELTA (Full Diploma)	15 Mar - 07 May 2021 Full Time	Full time F2F	£3,010	More info Apply
CELTA	06 Apr - 30 Apr 2021 Full Time, Fully Online	100% Online FT	£1,651 Early Bird Discount Available	More info Apply
CELTA	06 Apr - 30 Apr 2021 Face to Face	Full time F2F	£1,651 Early Bird Discount Available	More info Apply
CELTA	17 Apr - 10 Jul 2021 Mon&Weds eve & Sat	100% Online PT	£1,651 Early Bird Discount Available	More info Apply

CELTA online really helped me develop with many different skills. Your tutors are there for you and always use their support. It is important. I am glad I picked IH London for my CELTA. Chloe, Summer 2020

Life in and around London

You will never find yourself short of things to do in London – a capital of culture.

There are thousands of unique restaurants, trendy rooftop bars, concerts across the city, and free national museums and galleries. Whatever your interest, you’ll be able to indulge it in London.

Studying at IH London

We are based in the beautiful Covent Garden in central London, famous for its shops, cafes, restaurants and West End theatres.

Within a short walking distance you will also find the Royal Opera House (home to the Royal Ballet, as well as the Royal Opera), the British Museum (voted one of the top ten museums in the world by National Geographic) and The National Gallery (the story of European art, masterpiece by masterpiece).

In the school, the on-site café sells a wide range of delicious food, snacks and beverages, from breakfast until the evening. All food is prepared fresh each day.

There are 2 supermarkets at the nearby tube stations: Sainsbury’s and Waitrose. A meal deal lunch from the supermarket (sandwich, snack and drink £3.00 and a kilo of oranges is £2-3.

The school is minutes from two tube stations: Covent Garden and Holborn. We are only two tube stops away from Kings Cross St Pancras International if you take the Eurostar from Paris.

London is served by several International Airports: Heathrow, Gatwick and City airport are the most central.

Accommodation

If you want us to help you find accommodation, we offer homestays and halls of residence with single en-suite rooms and studios. You should budget from £200 a week, to £435 a week for a single studio.

The course was great. I have learned so much over the four weeks on the course. I learned so many things about teaching that I had not previously known. I have learned invaluable skills that I hope I can use in the future. I enjoyed doing my course at International House London. The atmosphere is really great. It was a very nice place to be and the people were generally very friendly and helpful. Johanna