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CELTA

2025 DATES AnnOUNCED!

CELTA is now available in both online and face-to-face formats. The online CELTA certification is the same as the one you receive for a face-to-face course, ensuring you are qualified to teach around the world.

Whether you are a recent graduate wanting to start your career, looking to teach English abroad in a gap year or during a career break, or somebody wanting a complete career change, our London CELTA course will give you the tools you need.

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Why Get a CELTA?

Dreaming of teaching in places like Mexico, Hong Kong, Italy or Dubai? CELTA is your passport to around the globe. 

A CELTA from Stafford House give you acces to teacching opportunitues all over the world and opens doors for teaching careers in English speaking countires. would not only allow you to travel all over the world, but could even include career opportunities in English speaking countries.

Whether you are at the start of your career, on a career break, or seeking a fresh start, a CELTA is a stepping stone to your next chapter. 

 

Why Choose Stafford House?

At Stafford House we're committed to giving you the best CELTA experience possible. Our skilled team of experienced teacher trainers are always on hand to offer support and guidance to our trainees. They create engaging and supportive environments to ensure you get the most from your CELTA course. 

Our Locations 

After a brilliant 2024 our CELTA course has expanded in 2025, with course running from our Canterbury and Cambridge Centres, as well as our usual London CELTA course. All of our centres are in key locations, with great transport connections. 

In London, our school is in calm, peaceful Bloomsbury, in Cambridge, we are next to the famous Round Church in the heart of the city, and Stafford House Canterbury is just a short walk from the Cathedral and historic city centre. 

Stafford House London

  • Located in Bloomsbury, minutes from the British Museum                                                                                               CELTA Student Teaching Practice Class
  • Close to Covent Garden, Oxford Street and Soho
  • Piccadilly, Central, Northern and Elizabeth lines all at hand

Stafford House Canterbury

  • Easily accessible from Canterbury East and Canterbury West train stations
  • On-site accomodation options for trainees seeking a residential course
  • A short walk from Canterbury's historic city centre

Stafford House Cambridge 

  • Located in the city centre 
  • Surrounded by coffee shops and restaurants and retail shops 
  • A range of accomodation options for trainees 

CELTA Jobs

Stafford House will guide you through finding jobs and exploring the diverse career paths in English Language Teaching (ELT). 

We provide guidance on finding jobs and the broad range of career opportunities and specialisations that exist within ELT. In addition, Stafford House International operates year-round locations across the UK and Canada, plus 14 summer centres in the UK, USA and Malaysia. Many of our CELTA graduates go on to work at Stafford House! 

 


PART TIME OR FULL TIME ONLINE AND IN-SCHOOL CELTAS

We understand felxibility is key.That's why you can complete your CELTA course online or in person. You can choose which approach to studying works best for you without having to compromise on the quality of teaching or the certifcation you achieve. 

  • Full-Time: CELTA is an immersive 4-week course. Our trainee teachers are guided through a minimun of 120 hours of learning and hands on teaching experience. 
  • Part-Time: This is ideal for those juggling work, studies or family commitments. The 13-week course offers a more flexible pace while ensuring students receive those 120 hours of learning and hands on experience. 

 

Our CELTA in-school part-time programme is the perfect fit for trainees looking for face-to-face evening and weekend classes. Our courses are 12 weeks long. Please see below for dates and in-school teaching practice times. All times given are London local time.

 

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2024 Prices:

Total course price: £1475 (includes all fees) Early bird special: £1350

Early bird price available if you pay in full 21 days before the course starts.

 


FREE SHORT COURSE

New for 2024 we will be offering free access to one online course from our short course programme (the normal price is £199 for our CELTA graduates) to be taken within 1 year from CELTA graduation.

SHORT COURSES

OPTIONAL EXTRA
Exclusive to Stafford House, our £55 materials fee includes digital copies of  Learning Teaching and New A-Z of ELT (RRP £85)
 

       

 

COURSE DATES

2025

  • 18 JAN - 09 APR
    Part-time Monday & Wednesday

  • 31 MAY - 20 AUG
    Part-time Monday & Wednesday

  • 06 SEP- 26 NOV
    Part-time Monday & Wednesday









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CELTA

A global teaching qualification

Cambridge English Language Assessment has a reputation for quality, history and academic integrity. An Assessor from Cambridge English Language Assessment will visit and assess each CELTA course that Stafford House runs to ensure that our course delivers the quality and academic rigour expected.

It is this reputation for quality and world-wide renown that makes the CELTA course the best choice for an initial English teaching qualification: not only does it give you excellent and up to date training, but it also gives you a competitive advantage in the job market.

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COURSE CONTENT

  • The course is a mixture of practice & theory
  • 120 contact hours
  • 6 hours of assessed teaching practice for each trainee
  • 6 hours of observation of experienced teachers
  • A minimum of 80 additional learning hours for reading, research, assignment writing and lesson preparation
  • Course content and assessment is the same, whether the course is taken online or face-to-face

All Stafford House CELTA courses cover the following:

Input sessions You will attend input sessions on methodology and practice given by our tutors to the whole group of trainees. These will equip you with theoretical and practical knowledge and ideas to inform and plan your lessons. (Input will be online for the Online CELTA.)

Teaching practice (TP) You will teach for a total of six hours, working with classes at two or three levels of ability. This will involve the planning and delivery of lessons observed by your TP tutor and colleagues, which will be immediately followed by a written self-evaluation, and feedback and comments from you, your tutor and colleagues.

Assignments You will complete four written assignments of 750-1000 words.

Observations You will watch full-hour lessons taught by experienced teachers while you take notes on methodology and practice.


Application Requirements

If you are interested in achieving a CELTA you should consider these entry requirements and standard English levels.

  • English language proficiency at C1 or C2 Cambridge English levels
  • Minimum age of 18
  • Similar education experience needed for higher education
  • The potential to become an effective English Language teacher
  • The ability to complete assignments and assessments
  • The ability to research and understand grammar
  • Adequate competence in written and spoken English

 

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