Qualified teachers
Creative teaching style
Communicative and interactive lessons
You develop your soft skills

A team of qualified teachers, we love our work and we believe this shows in our teaching.
Classes are energetic, interactive and communicative – English is, after all, a practical subject! Topics are motivating and prepare you for communication in the real English-speaking world around you, building your confidence. Lessons have clear objectives that link to the syllabus, giving you a strong sense of progress.
You’ll find our teaching is very creative. We use a wide range of resources in order to engage you, such as authentic texts and audio/video from the Internet; and a wide range of classroom activities, such as role plays, discussions, fun challenges, storytelling, pair work and group work. As well as developing language, many lessons are also designed to develop your soft skills, such as debating, study techniques and giving a presentation. All this is aimed at creating memorable moments that aid your learning and help you achieve your potential.
Our teachers never stop learning, too. We have a very active programme of continuous professional development (CPD), and enjoy sharing teaching ideas with each other in the staff room. We’re always looking for new ways to engage and inspire you!

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Warm, friendly & multicultural
Many opportunities for self-study
Linking learning with leisure
Southampton: a student city!

It’s not just about lessons! We believe the school environment and opportunities to practise English outside the classroom make a big difference to your learning.
Many students tell us they love our school’s friendly, multicultural environment, and that this provides them with the chance to learn not only English, but also about the world and about themselves. (See our nationality mix graph at the top of this page.)

Social activities also provide an ideal opportunity to practise English and learn about the local culture, but we like to go further… we’ve created vocabulary sheets for our trips, so you have the chance to develop your language as you discover the UK. Our teachers also run Study Clubs to help you improve your conversation skills, grammar and more. These link to the activities programme and are free to attend.

There are also many opportunities for self-study, from our Google Classroom to our in-school study resources, including a mini library, photocopiable materials and progress tests. And finally, we’re very lucky to be next to Solent University. We co-operate in a number of ways and our students can use certain facilities like their restaurant and library. If you’re an IELTS student, this is a useful way to get to know a UK university environment.