ALS College
ALS College Brisbane (formerly IH Brisbane–ALS) is a CRICOS-registered English language school located at 116 Adelaide Street in the heart of Brisbane CBD. Founded in 2007 and winner of the 2019 Australian Export Awards International Education and Training Awa
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ALS College
ALS College Brisbane (formerly IH Brisbane–ALS) is a CRICOS-registered English language school located at 116 Adelaide Street in the heart of Brisbane CBD. Founded in 2007 and winner of the 2019 Australian Export Awards International Education and Training Awa
IH Mexico City – CondesaSpanish in Condesa with 20 hours/week, max 8, 3–5 weekly cultural activities, DELE exam-centre status and easy access to Mexico City museums, food and neighbourhood life.
IH OaxacaSmall-centre Spanish in historic Oaxaca: 20 hours/week, max 8, two included cultural activities weekly, host-family immersion, cooking, markets, mezcal and strong everyday Spanish practice.
IH Riviera MayaSpanish one and a half blocks from the Caribbean: 20 hours/week, max 8, own residence, DELE exam centre, cooking/dance activities and easy access to Tulum, cenotes and Cozumel.
IS
IS Aix-en-Provence is a specialist Qualité FLE certified French language school occupying a Provençal villa with stone arches and a garden terrace at 14 avenue Jules Ferry — in the historic Quartier Mazarin, 10 minutes from the Cours Mirabeau. Small classes (m
Centre International d’Antibes
Centre International d’Antibes remains one of the strongest all-round French school options on the Côte d’Azur. For adults, CIA now works especially well for students who want a real town base and solid teaching at the Le Port centre in old Antibes. For junior
Les Ateliers FL
Formerly France Langue, Les Ateliers FL Biarritz combines French study with surf, Atlantic beach life and a walkable Basque town atmosphere near the coast.
Les Ateliers FL
Formerly France Langue, Les Ateliers FL Bordeaux combines serious French study with elegant wine-city living, riverside culture and a more adult urban rhythm.
Les Ateliers FL
Formerly France Langue, Les Ateliers FL Lyon gives you a strong city-campus base between gastronomy, business life and everyday French in one of France's most liveable large cities.
Accent Francais
Accent Français is one of Montpellier's most established French language schools — specialist, Qualité FLE certified, with a wide range of course formats from standard to super-intensive. Standard 24 from EUR 280/wk. Registration EUR 80. ILA
ILA
ILA Montpellier is a specialist French language school in central Montpellier and is now affiliated with the IH – International House network. Qualité FLE certified and officially recognised for DELF/DALF preparation, it offers a broad programme range, small c
Alpha B
alpha.b is a specialist French language school in Nice with Qualité FLE certification, consistently praised for teaching quality and small class sizes. The school is particularly well suited to closed school groups who want a tailor-made French immersion progr
Les Ateliers FL
Formerly France Langue, Les Ateliers FL Nice brings Côte d’Azur light, Mediterranean climate and city-beach living for students who want French study with sunshine and urban energy.
Institut de Français
Institut de Français Nice is not a standard language school. It is a residential total-immersion programme designed for students who want the most intensive possible French experience — living and eating within the programme, with French from the first morning
Les Ateliers FL
Formerly France Langue, Les Ateliers FL Paris gives you the classic Paris route: metro convenience, museum-filled city life and full cultural immersion in France's capital.
LSI
LSI Paris is a central French-language school near the Centre Pompidou, Notre-Dame, the Marais and Les Halles, combining structured French courses with a weekly social programme designed to help students discover both classic and real Paris.
French in Normandy
French in Normandy is an International House-accredited French language school in Rouen — one of the most complete course menus in the SIOC French network, from Demi-Intensive 10h/wk through Intensive 25h with long-term discount bands, specialist DELF DALF pro
Institut de Français
Study French in Villefranche-sur-Mer, Côte d'Azur — Institut de Français Villefranche-sur-Mer brings structured French teaching to one of the region's most distinctive settings.
GLS German Language School
GLS German Language School is Germany's largest private language school and one of the most comprehensive German study programmes in the SIOC network. Berlin as a city — post-Wall creative energy, world-class museums, nightlife culture, affordable living relat
Scuola Leonardo da Vinci
Scuola Leonardo da Vinci is one of Italy's most established Italian language school networks. The Florence campus sits in the heart of one of the world's great art cities — Renaissance palaces, the Uffizi and the Arno outside the classroom door.
Scuola Leonardo da Vinci
Scuola Leonardo da Vinci is one of Italy's most established Italian language school networks. The Milan campus puts you in Italy's design and fashion capital, with a dynamic international atmosphere and direct access to the city's business and creative industries.
IH Dilit
IH DILIT Rome was founded in 1974 and is one of Italy's most respected Italian language schools — known internationally for its academic rigour, teacher training programmes and the quality of its approach to Italian as a foreign language. Group Intensive from
Scuola Leonardo da Vinci
Scuola Leonardo da Vinci is one of Italy's most established Italian language school networks. The Rome campus places you in the Eternal City — 2,700 years of layered history and the largest concentration of Baroque architecture in the world.
Scuola Leonardo da Vinci
Scuola Leonardo da Vinci is one of Italy's most established Italian language school networks. The Turin campus is in Italy's most underrated major city — first capital of unified Italy, home of the early evening café ritual tradition and 18km of covered porticoes.
BELS
BELS Gozo is the calmer Malta option: a quieter island setting, adult-friendly pace, year-round sunshine and a more focused atmosphere for students who prefer peace over nightlife.
BELS
BELS Malta in St. Paul’s Bay gives you the easier main-island route: seaside living, stronger transport links and a livelier daily rhythm while still keeping an adult-oriented atmosphere.
Proyecto Español
Proyecto Español is a specialist Spanish language school with its own campus in central Alicante, 20 minutes' walk from the beach. It carries Instituto Cervantes accreditation, runs official DELE and SIELE exams, is approved for Swedish CSN state loans, and is
Camino
Camino Barcelona is the only Spanish language school in Barcelona with on-site student accommodation. Located in the heart of the city, the school combines daily group Spanish classes with afternoon cultural activities seven days a week — tapas workshops, flam
Enforex
Enforex Barcelona is one of Spain's largest Spanish school networks in Barcelona. Instituto Cervantes, IALC and FEDELE certified. Maximum 12 students per class, A1–C2, DELE official exam centre. Intensive 20 from EUR 215/wk. Registration EUR 65.
Expanish
Expanish Barcelona offers small classes (max 10 students — consistently the smallest average in the SIOC Barcelona network), premium facilities in the Eixample, and one of the most active social programmes in Barcelona. Zero registration fee. We recommend E
Enforex
Enforex Cádiz gives students a smaller Atlantic-city alternative inside the Enforex Spain network. The school is a partner-school location near Plaza Mentidero, five minutes from the Bay of Cádiz, with bright classrooms, a computer room, cinema room, kitchen,
International House CLIC
IH CLIC Cádiz brings the International House quality framework to one of Spain's most distinctive and underrated cities. EAQUALS member, Instituto Cervantes accredited. Small, serious, and set in a city where daily Spanish practice happens naturally. SIOC reco
Carmen de las Cuevas
Carmen de las Cuevas is genuinely different from any other school in the SIOC Spanish network. It teaches Spanish language, and it teaches flamenco — dance, guitar, singing, and the cultural context that makes flamenco comprehensible rather than just spectacul
Castila
Castila Granada is a small independent school in central Granada with intimate class sizes and a focus on quality over volume. Granada's Alhambra, free tapas culture, flamenco caves in the Sacromonte and Sierra Nevada access make it one of the most compelling
Enforex
Enforex Granada is one of Spain's largest Spanish school networks in Granada. Instituto Cervantes, IALC and FEDELE certified. Maximum 12 students per class, A1–C2, DELE official exam centre. Intensive 20 from EUR 215/wk. Registration EUR 65.
Enforex
Enforex Madrid is one of Spain's largest Spanish school networks in Madrid. Instituto Cervantes, IALC and FEDELE certified. Maximum 12 students per class, A1–C2, DELE official exam centre. Intensive 20 from EUR 215/wk. Registration EUR 65.
Expanish
Expanish Madrid mirrors the Barcelona offer in the capital: max 10 students per class (average 9 — the lowest of any Expanish campus), premium central facilities near the Reina Sofía and Atocha, and a full social programme. Zero registration fee. SIOC recommen
International House
International House Madrid is one of Spain's most established language schools and a cornerstone of the International House World Organisation. Founded in 1981 in Madrid's Chamberí district, the school offers Spanish courses from A1 to C2 across eight core for
Enforex
Enforex Marbella is one of Spain's largest Spanish school networks in Marbella. Instituto Cervantes, IALC and FEDELE certified. Maximum 12 students per class, A1–C2, DELE official exam centre. Intensive 20 from EUR 215/wk. Registration EUR 65.
Debla
Dèbla is a small independent Spanish school in central Málaga — Instituto Cervantes accredited, genuine small classes, and priced competitively against the larger networks. For students who want an independent school with a personal atmosphere at a fair price,
Enforex
Enforex Málaga is one of Spain's largest Spanish school networks in Málaga. Instituto Cervantes, IALC and FEDELE certified. Maximum 12 students per class, A1–C2, DELE official exam centre. Intensive 20 from EUR 215/wk. Registration EUR 65.
Expanish
Expanish Málaga brings the school's characteristic small-class quality and active social programme to one of Spain's fastest-rising cities. Max 10 students per class. Zero registration fee. Beach, culture, year-round sunshine and a rapidly developing arts scen
International House CLIC
IH CLIC Málaga is the International House network's Andalusian campus — one of the world's most respected language school brands applied to southern Spain. EAQUALS member, Instituto Cervantes accredited. We recommend IH CLIC for students who want internatio
Malaca Instituto
Malaca Instituto is a genuinely independent language school — not part of any chain — operating in Málaga since 1971 with the most complete set of international accreditations of any school in the SIOC Spanish network. Instituto Cervantes, EAQUALS and British
Escuela de Idiomas Nerja
Idiomas Nerja (Escuela de Idiomas "Nerja") is a well-established Spanish language school in the whitewashed clifftop village of Nerja, 50km east of Málaga. Maximum 10 students per class, accredited by the Instituto Cervantes, with its own Moorish-Andalusian st
don Quijote
don Quijote Salamanca is one of the strongest academic Spanish options in the SIOC catalogue. Salamanca itself is known for clear Castilian pronunciation, dense student life and a language environment that stays focused on Spanish instead of tourism. The schoo
International House
International House San Sebastián offers IH-quality Spanish teaching in the Basque Country's most celebrated city — a compact, safe, beautiful city with pintxos cafés on every corner, world-class surf, and a cultural calendar that runs year-round. Intensive 20
Enforex
Enforex Seville is one of Spain's largest Spanish school networks in Seville. Instituto Cervantes, IALC and FEDELE certified. Maximum 12 students per class, A1–C2, DELE official exam centre. Intensive 20 from EUR 215/wk. Registration EUR 65.
International House CLIC
IH CLIC Sevilla is the International House network's school in the deep south. EAQUALS member, Instituto Cervantes accredited. The same rigorous IH teaching methodology in one of Spain's most culturally rich cities. We recommend IH CLIC for students who wan
Enforex
Enforex Valencia is one of Spain's largest Spanish school networks in Valencia. Instituto Cervantes, IALC and FEDELE certified. Maximum 12 students per class, A1–C2, DELE official exam centre. Intensive 20 from EUR 215/wk. Registration EUR 65.
Euroace
EurAce Valencia offers the most flexible and lowest-priced Spanish courses in the SIOC Valencia network — from 4 hours to 20+ hours per week. Instituto Cervantes accredited. Particularly well-suited for students with a Spanish residency, visa, work placement o
International House Españole
IH Españole Valencia delivers International House methodology in Valencia — Spain's third city, with world-class contemporary architecture, excellent beaches and a genuinely Spanish daily life at lower prices than Barcelona or Madrid. Intensive 20 from EUR 240
ELC
ELC Brighton is a British Council accredited English language school offering structured English programmes in a genuine English city environment. GE25 from GBP 390/wk. Registration GBP 99.
LSI
LSI Cambridge is a well-regarded British Council accredited school in a peaceful residential location near Cambridge train station. The school's 12 classrooms, garden, student lounge, and self-study area create a focused learning environment. Average class siz
ELC
ELC Chester is a British Council accredited English language school offering structured English programmes in a genuine English city environment. GE25 from GBP 335/wk. Registration GBP 99.
ELC
ELC Eastbourne is a British Council accredited English language school offering structured English programmes in a genuine English city environment. GE25 from GBP 335/wk. Registration GBP 99.
International House
International House London is where modern English language teaching was invented — co-founders John and Brita Haycraft developed the communicative approach to language teaching here in 1959, a methodology now used in language schools worldwide. Today IH Londo
LSI Hampstead
LSI London Hampstead offers a distinctive London English experience from a spacious Victorian building with a secluded garden on a quiet residential street in Hampstead — one of London's most desirable neighbourhoods. British Council accredited, with computer
Wimbledon School of English
Wimbledon School of English is a serious academic English school in south-west London, founded in 1964 and continuously operated by the same independent ownership team for two decades or more. Joint No. 1 ranking among the UK's 570+ British Council accredited
International House
International House Newcastle is an EL Gazette Centre of Excellence and one of the most established English language schools in the north of England. Located at 7–15 Gallowgate in the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, the school has delivered specialist English l
International House
International House Torquay is an English language school on the English Riviera in Devon, combining IH-standard teaching with one of Britain's most scenic coastal settings. The school offers General English from beginner to advanced, exam preparation for Camb
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Explore World News →don Quijote Salamanca: the 2027 pricing notice
The school network has announced a 5% increase for Intensive 20 courses lasting 1-11 weeks in 2027.
ELC Brighton: courses and accommodation in 2027
Brighton applies the summer homestay supplement from 6 June to 15 August 2027.
ELC Chester: courses and accommodation in 2027
Chester adds a morning-only General English option, GE20, alongside intensive GE28.
