Speak to the world

International House London is the no. 1 year-round language school, judged by British Council inspections. We are also the best value school in London, reported in the EL Gazette.

Our latest EAQUALS inspection showed high quality standards in ALL areas, with the majority exceeding the high quality standards demonstrating “consistent excellence”.

Our story 

Our story began in 1953, with our founders John Haycraft (CBE) and his wife Brita Haycraft who started a school because they believed in international communication and building communities across cultures.
 
Our founders pioneered the very first teacher training qualification (in 1962), now known as the CELTA and assessed by the University of Cambridge. IH London still believes in inspiring people to be the best they can be.

Today our adult school is in the beautiful Covent Garden, central London. Everything London has to offer can be reached from our front door.

Our modern air conditioned school has nine floors with a large library, café, computer centre, comfortable social spaces, reception, and 53 fully equipped large bright classrooms. We also have Young Learner Centres across the UK.
 
IH London teaches across the full learning journey: Learn English (for ages 16+), Young Learners (ages 7-17), The Executive Centre (for professionals aged 21+), Teacher Training, Foreign Languages, Evening Courses, and we are an Exam Centre.

IH London predated and is part of the IH network, which is the largest network of independent schools in the world: over 150 schools, in over 50 countries.

What we believe 

At IH London we believe in:

•  communication without borders
• connecting the world
• educating beyond language
• building communities across cultures
• bringing people together
• broadening horizons
• helping people feel part of something bigger
• promoting international communication
• inspiring people to be the best they can be

Travel the world, take that university course, succeed in your career – your story starts here.