We want English language teaching in the UK to be the best there is. So English UK and the British Council created Accreditation UK, the world's largest and most rigorous quality assurance scheme for English language teaching.

Language centres have to be world-class to win Accreditation UK status. Standards of teaching, management and student care are inspected along with facilities and accommodation, constantly driving standards upwards.

Providers that meet Scheme standards are 'accredited by the British Council' and may advertise themselves as such using the Accreditation Scheme marque: 

All of this means that students can be confident they have made the right investment in their future, with the added assurance of our complaints procedure (for students who have a grievance against a member organisation), as well as the Student Emergency Support Fund (which provides emergency assistance to students in the rare event of the closure of a member centre).