About Speakeasy School
Speakeasy is small family-run language school located in Chiswick, a lovely part of West London not far from the city centre. We are accredited by the British Council and licenced by the UK Border Agency to enrol international students under Tier 4 of the Points Based System. We offer English language courses to adult students (aged 18 and over), and hope to provide them with a stimulating and rewarding experience, not only in terms of studying English, but also by presenting them with the unique cultural opportunities that only living in London can offer. We would also like to assure you that during your stay at Speakeasy, we will be always ready to help you with any special requests or problems you may encounter whilst living and studying here.
Our website gives up to date information on the courses available at Speakeasy, and on the other services we offer to students. If you want to ask us a question, please contact us and we will be pleased to help you.
We look forward to seeing you very soon!
Maggie Jenkins,
Principal
Mission Statement
Speakeasy School opened its doors to foreign students in September 2002. Since then we have taught English to thousands of foreign speakers from all over the world. Our aim is and has always been to provide effective and good quality English courses at affordable prices in a warm and friendly environment, and to help the students improve their language abilities for academic purposes, career advancement and everyday social and practical purposes.
Speakeasy School is committed to
• Providing a stimulating, enjoyable and cost effective English language learning experience for adult students from beginner to advanced level;
• Hiring and retaining qualified EFL teaching professionals;
• Providing a clean, comfortable and friendly environment for learning and socializing;
• Offering advice on any student concerns from academic, through personal to professionaly related;
• Promoting intercultural understanding between students, teachers,host families and the wider local community;
• Constantly improving our programme to develop a language school to the benefit of its students and members of staff.
Important Policies
In order to ensure that Speakeasy School operates safely and efficiently,we adhere to certain policies and procedures, which can provide you with important information about the school's management and expectations. Our policies and procedures are outlined in our Student Handbook, and cover all areas from how we choose our students and monitor their attendance; how we expect our students to behave, ensure equality of opportunity and deal with student complaints; to how we care about students with disabilities and special needs and how we look after your safety while on the premises of the school. More...
Learn English fast
We teach English using the Callan Method. This means our students learn English by talking, not just by listening to a teacher and writing. The key benefit of this method is that it is can be four times faster than other methods! More...
Student care
We are always ready to help with problems you may encounter whilst living and working in the UK. This includes: airport transfers, accommodation and booking, as well as organising sightseeing tours and after-school entertainment. More...
Prices
Our course prices are competitive and we offer special packages with even better rates. More...
Small classes
We aim to keep classes small to ensure maximum learning benefit for the student.
Enrol any day, start any day
Students can enrol and start an English course at any time. After a level test, they will simply be placed in the appropriate class. More...
Try us for free
Before signing on, students are given a series of free lessons to allow time to learn about and experience the Callan method. More...
9.30am to 9.30pm
Our classes run all through the day from 9.30am until 9.30pm.
See our Courses page for details of how our timetable works.
In November 2012, Speakeasy School was inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI). Click here to read our inspection report.