Training

Take part in a variety of free training courses on our teacher development platform. Explore a range of topics, from assessing learners to planning a great lesson. Study at your own pace and join our Facebook community to share your learning with other teachers and get feedback and guidance from our experienced tutors.

Find out about all our courses running from April 2025March 2026 by downloading our training courses calendar.

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Teaching English to refugees and displaced learners

Make your classroom a trauma-sensitive learning environment. Help your learners to shine by working creatively with limited resources and by managing challenging behaviour positively. Teaching English to refugees and displaced learners will open again on 3 April 2025 – enrol now.

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TeachingEnglish: Helping teachers to learn

Discover how to support teachers in their professional development by planning and delivering effective training. Find out how to set up and support communities of practice to facilitate collaboration and learn how to encourage all types of self-directed learning. Helping teachers to learn will open again on 1 July 2025, and enrolment will open soon.

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Teaching English through literature

Learn how to engage and develop your learners’ English language skills through a range of literature-focused learning activities and related teaching approaches. Teaching English through literature will open again on 1 July 2025, and will be open for enrolment soon.

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Teaching English in primary

Discover how primary children learn and apply this understanding to your classroom practice. Explore the role of assessment in the primary classroom and learn engaging, age-appropriate strategies for effective and engaging learner evaluation. This new course will open on 1 July 2025, and enrolment will open soon.

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TeachingEnglish: Assessing learning

Help all your learners benefit from and get actively involved in assessment in the language classroom. Assessing learning will open again on 1 July 2025, and will be open for enrolment soon.

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TeachingEnglish: Planning lessons

Learn how to plan engaging language and topic-based lessons by identifying and applying commonly used lesson models. Explore techniques for introducing new language, writing achievable learning outcomes, and planning warmers and lead-ins. Planning lessons will open again on 1 October 2025, and will open for enrolment soon.

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TeachingEnglish: Planning courses

Discover how to plan learner-centred courses based on your learners, their context and curriculum requirements. Explore techniques for analysing learner needs and involving them as active participants in the assessment process. Planning courses will open again on 1 October 2025, and will open for enrolment soon.

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TeachingEnglish: Managing learning

Learn how to evaluate and write engaging lesson plans, and explore techniques for effective transitions, signalling, task-setting and checking instructions. This new course will open on 1 October 2025, and will open for enrolment soon.

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English in the multilingual classroom

This course will introduce you to multilingualism and what it means. Learn how to make your classroom and teaching multilingual so that your learners can learn to celebrate and use many languages in the real world. English in the multilingual classroom will open again on 2 October 2025, and will open for enrolment soon.

Research and insight

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