The TEFL Academy

The TEFL Academy is a training provider that specialises in courses in teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL). Its courses are accredited by Qualifi, an awarding body regulated by Ofqual, the UK government's qualifications regulator, and the Level 5 course has Approved Quality Curriculum (AQC) status from the DEAC, a US Department of Education national accreditor. The Level 3 and Level 5 courses can be studied online; the European website gives a postal address in Dublin, Ireland.

• Level 3 TEFL Certificate (120 hours, online only)
• Level 5 TEFL Diploma (168 hours), at the same level as CELTA or Trinity CertTESOL, according to the provider
• 30-hour top-up courses in Teaching Online and 1:1, Teaching Business English and Teaching Young Learners
• Observed Teaching Practice course (46 hours)

Students have six months' access to the online campus and support from tutors who are EFL professionals. Combined with the Level 5 Diploma, the Observed Teaching Practice course leads to a qualification equivalent to CELTA or Trinity CertTESOL. Graduates can use the provider's TEFL jobs board and its internship and volunteering programmes. The TEFL Academy states that it has trained more than 200,000 TEFL teachers.