The English Language Centre was established in 1997 in the beautiful city of York by Hugh and Judy MacDermot, with the aim of offering top quality courses in a welcoming and professional atmosphere.

We are the perfect choice for your English Language needs:

· Friendly, family-run school.

· Excellent facilities - 18 classrooms, multi-media centre, wireless internet, all materials and books provided.

· Beautiful location – the school is housed in a 250 year-old townhouse in the very centre of historic York.

· Courses to suit everyone, including General English, IELTS preparation, one-to-one courses, English for Business and Finance, and summer courses for adults and juniors.

· The right course for your ability – we always have a minimum of 6 levels.

· Strong international mix of students – 51 nationalities last year.

· Varied age range of students - 26% 16-21, 33% 22-30, 20% 31-40 and 21% aged 41+ on average.

· All-year round service – we are open all year (except Christmas and public holidays) and students can start on any Monday they choose. Our lively social programme also runs all year.

· Outstanding customer service – the ELC was shortlisted for the Yorkshire Tourist Board's 2007 award for 'Outstanding Customer Service'. This speaks for itself!

For more information, send us an e-mail or fill out the enquiry form. To register for one of our courses please fill out the registration form.
 

Accreditation and Professional Membership  

Our English Language Teaching is accredited by the British Council

Our International Foundation Programme is accredited by York St John University. Our Teacher Training Courses are accredited by the University of Cambridge (ESOL)

We are very proud to be members of English UK which is a national association representing English language providers in the UK including private language schools, colleges and universities. English UK works in partnership with the British Council to manage the Accreditation UK scheme, a worldwide guarantee of quality.

New for 2008 - EAQUALS Accreditation and Membership!

Finally, we are also extremely proud to be full members of EAQUALS – the European Association for Quality Language Services – a pan-European association of language training providers. It is the only international association of language schools that has a formal inspection scheme to verify the quality offered by members. The aim is to promote and guarantee quality in language teaching institutions and to achieve this aim EAQUALS has created a demanding set of criteria for membership and accreditation.

There are very few privately-owned independent English language schools who have achieved membership of EAQUALS.