Regent Oxford - Oxford

eli D.

I went to Godmer house in 1994. As a refugee from Bosnia they accepted me for free. They gave me fundamentals and i learned every day conversation which i used. Few month after i compleed course i got a job with Oxfam. Thank you Godmer house, really appreciate what you did for me. All the best

Not B.

I actually attended a CELTA course in 2005 at Regents. It was a tough course, particularly as I had a fear of public speaking. However, during my time at Regents that phobia was addressed. I have 3 Bachelors and a couple of post grad Diplomas. However, in all honesty, this was one of my most positive learning experiences.

I am actually visiting this site, because my son has a teaching post in September and he wants to hone his ELF skills. I understand that Regents no longer run these courses, but wanted to address in some way the negative comments I have read here. Frankly, it was sad reading them. I knew and met those members of staff that are being maligned. Their impact on my.life was positively life changing. And that's all I have to say or write on this.

L G.

Regent is the best school I've ever been, in terms of learning english and about life in general. They really focus on your goals, on what you want to get and the best way for you to get it. They will work with you like a little family to increase your english and confident at the same time to the highest level. This experience has really changed my life!

Nuri B.

This is my fifth time at Regent Oxford! Since 2015, I ve never spent a summer without Regent Oxford. Every single person studying and working here are very kind and helpful! The biscuits are great as well 🙂 Strongly recommended <3 :))

Peter S.

I spent 8 wonderful weeks in Regent school. The teachers were friendly. Always they helped me when I had a problem. I am glad that I might just be in this school. All I would recommend this school.

Marilyn R.

I studied there for a couple of weeks in 2007. My teachers were great! I loved the materials we used in class. I still have them! I met awesome classmates. I had so much fun.

Jess C.

Attended this to train as a language teacher 2005 and do NOT recommend the CELTA training course if this is still running and being run by same personnel..

One student (early 30s) badly bullied by the 2 trainers and left the course, which was £1000+ down the pan.

Academic psychologist and management consultant (50s) on course opined that the bullying by trainers systemic. Went to one of the trainers and challenged trainer, who said that "they had also suffered a lot of stress “on this side of the wall”".

Two students had worked successfully according to CELTA guidelines before training but nearly failed, one of them massively demoralised. Another one left the course in a state of near breakdown.

One of the trainers admitted she found the other large trainer prone to invasion of personal space very intimidating, eg leaning over trainee's desk, getting right in the trainee's face, and bawling him or her out.

Feedback to external assessor was set up so that aggrieved students could either prepare for assessments (scheduled to run straight after feedback) or voice grievances.

Assessor was told there were problems and another session requested but external assessor vanished.

Trainers handed out feedback forms with pre-set questions, and told trainees if there were any answers to questions about complaints or room for improvement, those forms would be binned.

Trainees were paying over £1000 for the course but had to find a one-to-one student from the voluntary students who came in, not the fee-payers. One of these absconded before the assessment, leaving the trainee high and dry.

Some of the fee-paying foreign students complained bitterly to trainees about the teaching they were receiving from one of the trainers.

Double standard in operation. Trainees taught the voluntary students, some of whom were noisy and disruptive. Even gentle reprimands strictly forbidden and penalised for assessment purposes, but during one of the male trainees' assessed lessons he reprimanded the students and was backed up by the trainer assessing, who said told the trainee that the voluntary students only came in to flirt and giggle with "good-looking young male trainees." We were being assessed on attractiveness to trainers as well it seemed!

M K.

This is the best school in Oxford probably in the UK. Everything is well organised and excellent teachers, staff and students.