About IH London


IH London is a language school and teacher training centre in the heart of Covent Garden. We offer a huge range of part time and intensive English courses to help you speak better English or prepare for an English language exam such as IELTS.  Our dedicated Executive Centre is the ideal place to study international business English, or take highly focused language classes for a particular industry such as Finance or Engineering.

For fluent English speakers we offer our world-renowned CELTA course to train you to teach English as a foreign language. We can also train French, Italian, German and Spanish speakers to teach in their native language.

For local people there are a huge variety of evening language courses in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish. One-to-one lessons are available for all languages including English if you need to make quick progress or focus on a specific language skill.

Our experience
IH London is the largest language school in London and the biggest teacher training centre in the UK. We've been providing language courses and teacher training programmes for over 50 years and our experience is reflected in our modern, purpose-built school.

School facilities
Comfortable, well-equipped classrooms are spread over the school’s five spacious floors. Learning resources are excellent, with interactive whiteboards in nearly every classroom, a large library packed with books, films and audio materials, a digital learning lab for language practise, and a large computer centre with free internet and wireless throughout the building.

A global learning environment
IH London welcomes over 7,000 language students from 150 countries every year, making the school a dynamic and multi-cultural place to study. Making new friends and sharing the excitement of exploring London is part of the experience. You can read what some students have to say about their time at IH London in the reviews section of our website.