CELTA T&Cs

CELTA TERMS AND CONDITIONS

PLEASE ALSO SEE OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR ONLINE COURSE PURCHASES

Candidates are advised to select 3 or more possible start dates and to ensure their application arrives 8 weeks or more in advance of the earliest course start date they have selected.

Fees:

Application fee of £100 to be paid after being offered an interview date to confirm their attendance.
Course fee of £1,450 to be paid within 28 days of issue of the Unconditional Letter of Offer. [Reduced to £1,350 if responding with full payment within 14 days of issue of the Unconditional Letter of Offer or if making payment in advance of the interview]

Course start dates and invitations to interview:

CELTA places are limited. We can accept a maximum of 12 trainees on a Face2Face or Mixed Mode CELTA course and a maximum of 18 trainees on a Fully Online CELTA course. We recommend that applicants select as many start dates as possible to avoid disappointment.

Successful candidates will be called to interview. All notifications will occur by email and candidates are required to submit a valid email address and ensure they check this regularly for updates throughout their application process.

Candidate agreement to abide by the CELTA terms and conditions:

Please read the CELTA Terms and Conditions on this page and the Terms and Conditions for Online Purchases before you apply; submission of the CELTA Application form constitutes your agreement to abide by these CELTA terms and conditions.

In submitting your CELTA Application form and making payment of the CELTA application fee you are placing an order for a service offered by English Language House and you are agreeing to purchase this service in accordance with clause 3.3 of our Terms and Conditions for Online Purchases.

Plagiarism:

When you apply for entry to the course our trainers will assess your suitability based on the work you submit. This must be your own work and must give an accurate indication of your knowledge, understanding and personal use of English.

Plagiarism, including the use of AI, is not permitted in any piece of work submitted for assessment.

Work you submit for assessment must be your own work and produced without assistance.

Candidates who submit an application with work that is not their own risk being denied entry to the course and, if found out during interview, their application fee is forfeited.

If you have any questions about our Terms and Conditions please email us before you submit your application.

TIME FRAME FOR ENTRY TO THE COURSE

We recommend that candidates apply 8+ weeks in advance of the start date/s of the CELTA course they have selected. This is to allow sufficient time for:

Candidates to review and revise their decision
Elh to assess and process a candidate's application and pre-interview task
Elh to arrange and conduct the candidate's interview
Candidates to access the Elh pre-course preparation material and start preparing for their CELTA course.
Candidates to attend an Elh pre-course induction, when required.

HOW TO APPLY

See the full CELTA information pack including the dates and fees for the course and the application procedure.

Contact us via our contact form or email for information and we will send them details about the course and how to apply.

It is important to read this information thoroughly before you apply and to ask any questions you might have before you submit your application and make any payment.

After you submit your application form and pre interview task:

We will assess your application and, if successful, we will invite you to interview.

If your application is unsuccessful, you will not be called to interview and we will inform you by email to let you know what you need to do in order to meet the requirements for admission in future.

CANDIDATES CONTACT DETAILS

Elh will use Email, WhatsApp and telephone to make contact with you prior to and during the course.

It is essential that you give Elh your correct contact details. If your contact details change you must ensure that you email us your updated contact information.

Elh cannot be held responsible if we are unsuccessful in contacting you because you have provided us with incorrect or out-of-date contact details.

COURSE START DATE SELECTION

We advise you to select as many start dates as possible for you.
We will endeavour to offer you a place on the earliest available date of your choice.
We usually invite candidates to interview with 14 days of receiving their application. However, we may sometimes place candidates on a waiting list and call them to interview only if there is a free place available on one or more of the course start date/s they have chosen based on their selection/s.
If a candidate makes a late entry application ie applies for entry to the CELTA course less that 8 weeks before the start date, we may call them to interview in less than 14 days providing there are spaces still available.

THE COURSE TIMETABLE

You can see a draft version of the schedule in our webpage entitled: CELTA dates and fees.

The CELTA timetable and location of lessons will be shared with you via Onedrive at the start of the course.

Contact hours on Face2 Face and Mixed Mode CELTA courses will mostly take place in Milton Keynes
Contact hours on Online CELTA courses will take place Live Online via Zoom, Moodle and a selection of additional apps and/or VLPs.

APPLICATION, ASSESSMENT AND COURSE START

As with all CELTA centres, English Language House will run courses for which there is sufficient student intake.

To ensure that we can offer as many candidates the opportunity to attend the course, we conduct our application, assessment and interview procedure as follows:

Candidates are asked to select as many course start dates as possible. They then submit their application form and pre interview task which are used by our trainers to assess a candidate's suitability for entry to the course.

On submitting a successful application:

Candidates who select 3 or more possible start dates are usually called to interview within 14 days

Candidates who select 2 start dates are usually called to interview within 14 days if we are confident that there is availability on the two start dates of their choice.

Candidates who select only 1 start date are usually called to interview only if we can guarantee there is availability on the single start date of their choice.

You must ensure that the course/s you have selected are an accurate indication of the dates and times you can attend. Should this change you need to inform Elh in writing as soon as possible and, if possible, we can try to help.

POST INTERVIEW PROCEDURE

After your interview the majority of candidates will be sent an "offer" by email. This may be "conditional" or "unconditional". Candidates will need to respond to their offer and pay the course fees as required in order to secure their place on the course.

An "unconditional offer" is sent to a candidate who at assessment is considered strong enough to attend the CELTA course start date/s they have selected.

A "conditional offer" is usually sent to a candidate who, at assessment, is not considered suitable to join the course unless certain conditions are met. These candidates would need to fulfil the conditions outlined in their "offer" in order to gain entry.

The purpose of a "conditional offer" is to ensure that candidates are fully aware of any problems they would need to address prior to entry which may hamper them from completing the course successfully. The conditional offer gives candidates the opportunity to resolve these problems in order that they can achieve the best possible result when they attend the course.

PAYMENT:

Before your interview:

You will need to make payment of the £100 application fee when submitting your application or within 24 of receiving an offer to interview; this is an admin. charge and is non refundable.

After your interview:

If you receive an unconditional offer for a course that starts in 8 weeks or more, please pay the course fee of £1450 within 28 days.
If you receive an unconditional offer for a course that starts in less than 28 days, please pay the course fee of £1450 within 48 hrs.
If you choose to pay in half this time (ie within 14 days or within 24 hrs) the course fee is reduced to £1,350.
If you choose to pay full fees in advance of your interview the course fee is reduced to £1,350.

CONFIRMATION OF COURSE ENTRY

You need to pay the course fees by the due date. This may be either within 28 days of receiving your "conditional offer" or within 48 hours if the course starts in less than 28 days. A discount of £100 is given when payment is made within half this time ie within 14 days or within 24 hrs, or in full in advance of the interview date.

If you do not pay by the due date, Elh reserves the right to accept another candidate in your place; it is essential, if you cannot pay by the due date, that you email us to make alternative arrangements so that you do not risk forfeiting your application fee .

REFUNDS AND CANCELATIONS

If ELH cancels a particular start date:

In the unlikely event that Elh has to cancel a course due to insufficient interest, candidates who have only selected one start date and who are unable to attend any alternative start date/s, will be refunded their course fees.

If a candidate changes his/her mind:

Elh needs to inform Cambridge English in advance which CELTA courses we will run and we rely on candidates giving us accurate information about the dates and times they can attend. When candidates choose their start date/s this is understood to be a true and accurate indication of the date/s candidates can attend.

If a candidate needs to change one or more of their chosen start dates they must inform Elh in writing 8+ weeks in advance of the first start date they have chosen. They should explain why the change is necessary and give an alternative start date in place of the date they are unable to attend. Elh will try to accommodate candidates who change their minds when possible and at our discretion. Candidates who persistently change their minds risk forfeiting the fees they have already paid.
Last minute changes are not possible and candidates who do not take up the place they have booked will forfeit their course fees.

If a candidate wants to withdraw:

If you want to withdraw your application you must do so in writing. We must receive your "written request to withdraw your application" within 14 days from the date you submitted this in order that we may cancel your application and issue you a refund of your application fee, if this has already been paid.
If you attend the interview and then decide to withdraw, no refund is available.
If the course has started and then you wish to withdraw, no refund is available.

If there is a delay in the start date:

If Elh cannot offer you a place on any of your chosen start dates and if you do not agree to an alternative start date Elh will refund your application fee. However, if Elh needs to delay a start date by a few days due to circumstances beyond their control, no refund will be issued.

EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES

Although candidates who withdraw are not entitled to a refund, in “exceptional circumstances” candidates may, at Elh's at discretion, be given a credit note to be used to attend a future course.

Candidates who have started a course and are unable to complete may sometimes be given permission to defer completion to a later date. Deferrals must always be approved by Cambridge.

Candidates must explain in writing the “exceptional circumstances” they want us to consider and must provide proof to authenticate what they claim eg hospital admission for emergency operation, etc Elh will always try to help, whenever possible, so that candidates can complete the course successfully.

COOLING OFF PERIOD

Your cooling off period is 14 days after submitting your application form. If you wish to withdraw your application you should do so in writing.
Note "refunds and cancellations" above which deal with “candidates who change their mind" and "candidates who want to withdraw" from the course.

Your 14 day cooling off period after application:

After the cooling off period you cannot cancel your course and you will be liable for the full course fees when issued with an "unconditional offer". If during these 14 days you decide to cancel, you must email the Elh office as follows:

“My name is …………………. and I applied for the CELTA course at Elh. I am no longer interested in attending this course. Please can you cancel my application.”

Forfeit your right to the cooling off period.

If your application is made for a course which starts less than 8 weeks prior to the start date you forfeit your right to the cooling off period.

Read the "Candidate agreement and declaration" below and then sign the CELTA CANDIDATE AGREEMENT form at the bottom of this page to show you agree:

Candidate agreement and declaration.

a) I understand and acknowledge that:

When I apply for entry to the course the Elh trainers will assess my suitability based on the work I submit. This will be my own work and will give an accurate indication of my knowledge, understanding and personal use of English.
Plagiarism, including the use of AI, is not permitted in any piece of work I submit for assessment.
Work that I submit for assessment will be my own work and produced without assistance.
If I submit an application with work that is not my own I risk being denied entry to the course and, if this is found out during my interview, my application fee will be forfeited.

b) I understand and acknowledge that:

(i) the Online course is a fully online CELTA course,
(ii) the Face2Face course is fully face2face and
(iii) the Mixed Mode course is a combination of both.

c) I understand that:

If I choose (i) the Online CELTA at English Language House, (a) the course input may be delivered online via Cambridge Moodle and/or via Zoom (b) all of my teaching practice will be in an online environment ie via Zoom or Microsoft teams (c) my course tutors will make every effort to relate online teaching techniques and methodology to face-to-face teaching.
If I choose (ii) the Face2Face CELTA at English Language House, (a) the course input may be delivered onsite either face2face or via Cambridge Moodle (b) all of my teaching practice will be in a face-to-face environment (c) my tutors will make every effort to relate face-to-face teaching techniques and methodology to online teaching.,
If I choose (iii) the Mixed Mode CELTA at English Language House, (a) the course input will be delivered face2face onsite and/or online via Cambridge Moodle and/or Live online via Zoom (b) that teaching practice will take place in both Live online and during face2face classes.

d) I understand that there are differences between live online and face2face teaching. These will include differences in planning, classroom management and delivery of materials in the class and will require adjustments in methodology. I acknowledge that the tutors will refer to both modes of delivery (face2face and online delivery) during the course, so that I am prepared as much as possible to teach in both environments.

e) I understand that during (i) the Online course I will need to spend a considerable amount of screen time due to the online delivery of the CELTA course and that I need to have essential technical skills and equipment including a desk top computer or lap top, stable internet access, a suitable work space and suitable audio/visual accessories. I confirm I have read, understood and can meet the technical requirements set out in the course information

f) I will be required to attend the whole course: input, teaching practice, observations, etc. and that the course is intensive in nature and will require resilience. I will therefore need to be in good physical and emotional health at the beginning and – in so far as is possible - throughout the course

g) For (i) the Online 5 week course, in addition to attending online classes and online teaching practice, it will be necessary for me to allocate at least an extra 20 hours per week for homework, reading, written assignments and lesson preparation for the duration of the course. Similarly when attending any Face2Face, Online or Mixed Mode course it will be necessary to allocate extra hours per week to complete all aspects of the course. I understand that I may need to spend an additional:

6 to 8+ hours per week if attending a 20 week course
10+ hours per week if attending a 15 week course
15+ hours per week if attending a 10 week course
20+ hours per week if attending an intensive course.

h) I will be required to undertake a minimum of 6 hours of online teaching practice.

i) I will be required to undertake a minimum of 6 hours’ observation of experienced teachers, both with recorded material and during teachers’ scheduled teaching hours.

j) I will be required to complete four written CELTA assignments and submit/upload the assignments to meet the deadlines. I may be asked to resubmit part or all of these assignments in order to pass the assignment specifications.

k) Attendance on the course does not guarantee that I will ultimately attain the necessary standard required to pass the course.

l) Previous academic study and/or teaching experience will not necessarily benefit me and will certainly not reduce the workload.

m) The CELTA assessment is made not only on my ability to plan teach and my language awareness, but also on my overall professional attitude, punctuality and behaviour.

CELTA CANDIDATE AGREEMENT

Please sign and submit this form to show that you have read and agree to abide by the CELTA Terms and Conditions and that you have read the "Candidate declaration and agreement" on this page and you understand and acknowledge the requirements of the course you will attend at Elh.

I have read the CELTA Terms and Conditions.

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I have read the CELTA Candidate declaration and agreement.

I have read and understand points a) to m) on the "candidate agreement and declaration" and I am in agreement. *

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