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
- 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.
If you want to finish your CELTA quickly with daily classes and shorter length programme, studying full-time is right for you. We offer a full-time programme that is taught either online or in-school. Each programme is 4 weeks long and a minimum of 120 hours.
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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
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)
In School Course Dates, Cambridge
2025
- 07 APR - 02 MAY
- 15 SEP - 10 OCT
In-school Course Dates, Canterbury
2025
Online Course Dates, London
2025
- 13 JAN - 07 FEB
- 07 JUL - 01 AUG
- 03 NOV - 28 NOV
In-school Course Dates, London
2025
- 06 JAN - 31 JAN
- 17 FEB - 14 MAR
- 17 MAR - 11 APR
- 05 MAY - 30 MAY
- 02 JUN - 27 JUN
- 30 JUN - 25 JUL
- 04 AUG - 29 AUG
- 15 SEP - 10 OCT
- 20 OCT - 24 NOV
- 17 NOV - 11 DEC
Our CELTA part-time online programme is the perfect fit for trainees looking to study during evenings or weekends. Each programme is between 6-13 weeks long and consists of online teaching practice sessions, 4 live input sessions from the second week of the course, and online learning modules that trainees study in their own time. Please see below for dates and online teaching practice and input times. All times given are London local time.
BOOK NOW
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
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, London
2024
- 23 OCT - 29 JAN 2025: Teaching practice on Wednesdays 17:30 – 22:30 & live input on Thursdays 19:00 – 20:30
2025
- 14 JAN - 08 APR: Teaching practice on Tuesdays 17:30 – 22:30 & live input on Wednesdays 19:00 – 20:30
- 10 FEB - 19 MAR: Teaching practice on Thursdays 17:30 – 22:30 & live input on Mondays 19:00 – 20:30
- 27 FEB - 22 MAY: Teaching practice on Wednesdays 17:30 – 22:30 & live input on Thursdays 19:00 – 20:30
- 12 APR - 05 JUL: Teaching practice on Saturdays 10:00 – 16:30 & live input on Tuesdays 19:00 – 20:30
- 06 MAY - 29 JUL: Teaching practice on Tuesdays 17:30 – 22:30 & live input on Wednesdays 19:00 – 20:30
- 05 JUN - 28 AUG: Teaching practice on Thursday 17:30 – 22:30 & live input on Mondays 19:00 – 20:30
- 14 JUL - 06 OCT: Teaching practice on Wednesdays 17:30 – 22:30 & live input on Thursdays 19:00 – 20:30
- 09 AUG - 01 NOV: Teaching practice on Saturdays 10:00 – 16:30 & live input on Tuesdays 19:00 – 20:30
- 09 SEP - 02 DEC: Teaching practice on Tuesdays 17:30 – 22:30 & live input on Wednesdays 19:00 – 20:30
- 15 SEP - 22 OCT: Teaching practice on Thursdays 17:30 – 22:30 & live input on Mondays 19:00 – 20:30
- 25 SEP - 18 DEC: Teaching practice on Saturdays 10:00 – 16:30 & live input on Tuesdays 19:00 – 20:30
- 25 SEP - 18 DEC: Teaching practice on Saturdays 10:00 – 16:30 & live input on Tuesdays 19:00 – 20:30
- 25 OCT - 31 JAN: Teaching practice on Saturdays 10:00 – 16:30 & live input on Tuesdays 19:00 – 20:30
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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.
BOOK NOW
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
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, Canterbury
2025
- 01 FEB - 23 APR
COURSE DATES, London
2025
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- 18 JAN - 09 APR
Part-time Monday & Wednesday
- 31 MAY - 20 AUG
Part-time Monday & Wednesday
- 06 SEP- 26 NOV
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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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