TEFL for Schools

The TEFL Institute · Schools and sixth forms

Teach your students to teach.

A 120 hour internationally recognised TEFL qualification that runs quietly alongside A levels. Students study at their own pace, you see their progress, and they finish sixth form with something on the CV that very few of their peers will have.


Delivered online · Six months of access · Progress visible to staff throughout

    161,000teachers certified since 2017
    80countries our graduates have taught in
    120guided hours across ten modules
    6months of access from the start date

    The TEFL Institute is one of Europe's largest TEFL trainers by teachers certified. The course is externally accredited by the Online Teaching Course Accreditation Committee, a UK based accreditor of online courses, and it carries 120 CPD credits accredited by The CPD Group.

    Chloe, Global Partnerships at The TEFL Institute
    ChloeGlobal Partnerships, The TEFL Institute

    A note from Chloe

    Hello. I look after partnerships here, which in practice means most of my week is spent on calls with heads of sixth form, enrichment leads and careers leads.

    Nearly every one of those calls starts in the same place. There is a slot to fill, there is pressure to make enrichment add up to something on paper, and there is almost no time to go hunting for a programme that will still matter to a student six months later.

    That is what this is. A 120 hour qualification your students work through online at their own pace, alongside A levels, with their progress visible to you the whole way so nobody has to chase anyone. It suits some cohorts far better than others, and if I think yours is one of the others I will tell you rather than sell you a place.

    If you want to talk it through before committing to anything, email me directly. I answer my own inbox and there is no pitch waiting at the other end of it.

    chloe@teflinstitute.com

    Why schools put it on the enrichment list

    It is a real qualification, not an activity

    Students come away with an internationally recognised certificate, a personalised reference letter and a record employers can verify. It survives the gap between school and the first job in a way that a lunchtime club does not.

    It gives them something concrete to write about

    Lesson planning, grammar under pressure, adapting to a learner who is not following. Those are specific experiences a student can describe, which is exactly what admissions tutors ask for and what most applicants struggle to produce.

    It costs you almost no timetable

    The course is self paced online with six months of access. Schools typically give it a weekly enrichment slot and let students carry the rest. Staff monitor progress from a dashboard rather than teaching content.

    For US high schools

    Running it in grades 11 and 12

    Most of this page is written for UK and Irish schools, so here is the same thing in the language a US high school uses. Everything below applies to independent, public and international schools alike.

    Grades 11 and 12, one semester

    Our Year 12 and Year 13 are your junior and senior years. The course carries 120 guided learning hours with six months of access, which sits comfortably inside a single semester whether you run block scheduling, a daily advisory period or an after school club.

    No prep periods, no grading

    It is delivered online and marked by us. Each student has a tutor and there are weekly Zoom sessions. Your side of it is one member of staff watching a progress dashboard, so it does not compete with an existing course for staffing.

    Something real for the activities list

    Students finish with an internationally recognised certificate, a personalised reference letter and a qualification an employer can verify with us directly. It also opens paid online tutoring work, which is unusual for a school age activity.

    What it is not. This is a UK style vocational certificate. It does not carry US high school credit, Carnegie units or AP or IB points, and we will never tell a family that it does. Districts that want it on a transcript usually list it as an elective or an enrichment credit at their own discretion. Ask us and we will put the course specification in front of your curriculum office so they can decide.

    Interactive · For staff

    Will it fit your enrichment programme

    Tell it your year group, the slot you have and the size of the cohort. It returns a delivery plan you can take to a curriculum meeting.

    The enrichment fit planner

    Nothing is sent anywhere. This runs in your browser and you can print the result.

    01 Which year group
    02 What slot can you give it per week, in school time
    03 When would you start
    04 How many students
    30students
    Interactive · For students

    Where could this actually take you

    Most teach abroad routes want a degree, so we have split the answer into what you can do at eighteen and what the certificate banks for later. No sales pitch, just the rules as they stand.

    Where could this take you

    Three routes matched to what you say you want, with the age and qualification rules attached to each.

    01 When are you thinking about
    02 What matters most to you pick one
    03 How much structure do you want
    Interactive · For students

    Sixty seconds of the actual course

    Five questions taken from the grammar and classroom modules. Not a personality quiz. These are the kinds of decisions a teacher makes in front of a room.

    The 60 second taster

    Get one wrong and you will still learn something. That is rather the point of the course.

    The programme

    Ten modules, each ending in a quiz they can retake

    The full 120 hours. Students move through in order, at whatever pace the school sets.

        What schools ask us first

        Period Six

        The enrichment briefing, once a month

        Period six is where enrichment usually ends up, so that is where we put the newsletter. One email on the first Tuesday of the month for heads of sixth form, enrichment and careers leads, and heads of department. Nothing in August, because nobody is in.

        • What other sixth forms are actually running, and how they fit it into a week
        • UCAS and personal statements, including what changed this cycle
        • Inspection and framework wording worth quoting in your own evidence
        • Dates and deadlines, far enough ahead to still be useful

        Join Period Six

        First Tuesday of the month, and nothing in between.

        You are on the list

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        Interactive · For staff

        What it costs per student

        Move the slider to your cohort size and you get the per student price and the total for the group. No form, no email gate, and the figure on screen is the figure we quote.

        The cost per student calculator

        Pricing is tiered, so the per student figure comes down as the group grows.

        01 How many students
        30students
        02 Show it in we invoice in pounds sterling
        Cohort sizePer student
        Your cohort
        £55 per student

        Tier three, 30 to 49 students

        Students30
        Total for the group£1,650
        Cost per guided learning hour£0.46
        Against the smallest cohort rateSave £1,200

        Put this in writing
        From schools running it

        What staff have told us

        Integrating the 120-hour TEFL course into our curriculum was seamless. The flexible structure fit perfectly with our school timetable, and students genuinely enjoyed learning practical teaching strategies. Many of them are now considering teaching abroad during their gap year.
        Sarah Whitmore
        Our pupils thrived with this TEFL course. The content was engaging and easy to implement into their weekly schedule. They left the programme feeling empowered and skilled to take on opportunities like teaching online, tutoring, or working internationally.
        Jonathan Bates
        The TEFL course has been an incredible addition to our school's extracurricular programme. Students found it practical, inspiring, and fun. It not only fit into our schedule with ease but also provided them with a qualification that opens doors to teaching and travel opportunities after school.
        Emily Farrow

        Get a quote for your cohort

        Pricing is tiered by the number of students, so the per student figure comes down as the group grows. Tell us the year group and rough numbers and we will come back with a written quote and a start date.

        1. Request a quote and pick a start date

          A short form or an email is enough to begin.

        2. An advisor talks it through with you

          Cohort size, timetable, who is administering it at your end.

        3. You get a registration code

          Students enrol themselves online using the school code.

        4. Students get instant access

          They start straight away and you can see progress from day one.

        Chloe, Global Partnerships at The TEFL Institute
        Chloe Global Partnerships, The TEFL Institute chloe@teflinstitute.com
        Talk to us

        We will reply with a written quote rather than a phone chase.

        chloe@teflinstitute.com

        UK +44 203 318 5366

        Request a quote




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