Giving teachers the confidence to go further

Teaching qualifications, training and consultancy for your English language programmes

As the world’s leading provider of English teaching qualifications and courses, we offer a comprehensive range of training and support to help teachers develop their professional skills.

By working with schools, ministries and education authorities around the world to support the development of teachers, we help you give learners the best chance to succeed and realise their potential.

Contact your local Cambridge English office to find out more.

Deliver teacher development programmes

We work closely with schools, governments and ministries around the world to help deliver successful teacher development programmes. Our experts work with you to help you understand your teachers’ skills and create a programme to improve teaching at your school.

We have qualifications for teachers working in a range of contexts, and for those at the start of their career as well as more experienced teachers. These courses can be taken individually or combined into programmes of study to meet your teachers’ development needs.

Our range of teaching qualifications and courses help you to:

evaluate your teachers’ professional knowledge
develop your teachers’ practical classroom skills
improve teachers’ language proficiency
build your capacity to train teachers.

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Qualifications for teachers in primary and secondary education

TKT
TKT is a flexible series of modular teaching qualifications that show how you are developing as a teacher of English.
Language for Teaching
Language for Teaching develops your teachers’ general English level, as well as providing them with the professional language they need.
CELT-P
This course is designed specifically to help teachers effectively teach, motivate and engage primary school students.
CELT-S
This course is designed specifically to help teachers effectively teach, motivate and engage secondary school students.
Train the Trainer
This practical, intensive course develops your trainers’ skills in delivering training, and supporting, mentoring and giving feedback to teachers. It also enables trainers to deliver CELT-P and CELT-S qualifications.

Qualifications for teachers of young adults and adults

Certificate in EMI Skills
This short course builds the confidence of teaching staff who are teaching their subjects in English.
CELTA
CELTA is ideal for recent graduates, those who want to change career, or teachers who want to gain a formal qualification.
DELTA
DELTA will help you develop professionally, and give you an advanced blend of theory and practical skills that will help you throughout your career.

Professional development for teachers

Alongside our qualifications for teachers, we offer a range of training and support to help teachers develop their professional skills, regardless of their level of experience or training.

Support for teachers

Our range of courses, free resources and online tools can be used collaboratively by school leaders and staff, as part of a continuing professional development strategy, or by individual teachers.

Cambridge English Teaching Framework

All our support and qualifications are built around the Cambridge English Teaching Framework, which helps teachers identify their stage of professional development, where they want to be, and how to get there.

Resources for teachers

Our free resources are designed to help teachers to develop their skills, and to make learning enjoyable and motivating for students at every stage of their learning journey. We have resources for all teachers of English, as well as dedicated materials to help prepare for Cambridge English Qualifications.

See all of our resources

Cambridge English Trainer Framework

The Cambridge English Trainer Framework works alongside the Cambridge English Teaching Framework and helps trainers to identify where they are in their professional career, and plan professional development pathways.

Consultancy

By working closely with schools, ministries of education and governments worldwide, we support the development of high-quality language education. From our world-leading range of English qualifications, to building teaching skills and capacity, our integrated approach covers each aspect of language learning, assessment and teaching.

Our experts work with you to build sustainable language programmes tailored to meet your local needs and achieve your learning goals. We’ll take time to understand your teaching, learning and assessment needs and offer you a tailored approach to applying our knowledge and skills to your local context.

By evaluating your curriculum, syllabus and schemes of work we can identify ways to improve standards of teaching and learning by enhancing teachers’ language skills, practical teaching skills, digital skills and assessment literacy.

We can advise and support you on projects involving teacher development policy and practice, benchmarking teacher language levels and teaching knowledge, building teacher training capacity and training teachers on how to use curricula.

Our industry-leading assessment services can be integrated seamlessly with your systems, delivering improved learner outcomes, achieving your educational goals and meeting international standards.

Learn more about English language consultancy

Contact your local Cambridge English office to find out more.