• All levels for children and adults and preparation for Cambridge exams.
• In general, courses are completed in a year and students attend classes twice a week for an hour, or for older or more advanced students an hour and a half.
• All our students take an internal end-of-year test, corresponding with their appropriate CEF level and successful students are awarded a certificate for that level.

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• Accepting that student motivation is the key to successful learning which also stimulates learner autonomy.
• Accepting that all students have individual learning styles and therefore needs and responding and adapting to them accordingly. This is made possible due to our small class sizes (maximum of 8 students per group) and individual classes where necessary.
• Exposing students to English outside the classroom through extra curricular activities; access to an extensively stocked library with readers at all levels and a fully equipped computer lab with designated teacher support.
• Thoroughly monitoring and assessing our students at all stages; upon joining the school to ensure appropriate group placement, during the school year to ensure progress and at the end of the school year to determine their level.
• Encouraging all students to reach their full learning potential by eventually taking an internationally recognized exam such as the Cambridge Suite of Exams: First Certificate in English, Cambridge Advanced Examination and Cambridge Proficiency Examination.
• Using predominantly the communicative approach in our teaching with a special focus on developing students’ communicative skills through the use of dedicated native speaker classes.
• By using a syllabus for all levels which corresponds to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) levels (see down).
• By using a wide and continuously updated variety of resources in the classroom.
• By employing dedicated and dynamic teachers who have an English degree or a professional teaching qualification.
• Supporting all teachers to develop professionally through internal and external workshops, seminars and professional qualifications.
• By closely monitoring our teacher and management standards through internal and external assessment and regular feedback from students and parents.
• By having an ‘open door’ policy for students, staff and parents to raise any issues they may have about the work of the school.
• By co-operating extensively with YALS, English Language Teachers’ Association (ELTA), the British Council and other professional English language teaching bodies.