Center of English Studies: Leeds
9 Park Place, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS1 2RU, UK
Center of English Studies: Leeds
Centre of English Studies gives students the unique opportunity to study in two countries in any of our centres. The Multi-Destination Course gives students the opportunity to live in both England and Ireland and more about the culture, history and social life of both countries. Students can divide their stay as they wish and can start their course in either England or Ireland. Included in this very special and unique course is a return flight between the UK and Ireland.
The minimum course length to avail of the free return flights between the UK and Ireland is 24 weeks. Students can take the Standard or Intensive Course or even a mixture of both. **Please note that students must start in the UK to receive their visa stamp there**
Listening, Speaking, Pronunciation, Reading, Writing, Vocabulary, Grammar and Activities
You can choose from the following class times:
Class schedule may change depending on availability and season.
Average | 10 students |
Maximum | 14 students |
Age range | 16 years old and older |
Average | 21 years old (18 in the summer) |
A city with a proud sporting history, Leeds is an ideal city to learn English in - big enough to find plenty to do, small enough to never lose your way. Our school is surrounded by some of the best tourist and cultural attractions in England. Leeds has a large student population - meaning the nightlife is exciting, with some of the best clubs in the world!
Leeds is a vibrant, modern city surrounded by spectacular countrysides, such as the Yorkshire Dales – a wonderful area to go walking in. Leeds is also a great place from which to visit other famous northern English cities, such as Manchester and Liverpool.
The nationality and age mix at Center of English Studies: Leeds varies over different time periods, courses and levels. Throughout the year, the average age is 21. In the summer, the average age is 18.
Center of English Studies: Leeds does not hold classes on the holiday dates below. The school does not compensate for these holidays, so make sure to choose your start date accordingly.
CES Leeds is located at 9 Park Place in the very heart of this great city. Leeds is a great university city of 1 million people of which there are over 75,000 university students. This means that as well as great shopping, restaurants, and cafes - there is a vibrant nightlife. Our center has 7 classrooms now as we have become a CELTA training center as well. CES Leeds is accredited by the British Council as well as IALC.
All Leeds bus routes are very close and our school is less than a 10-minute walk from Leeds main train station.
Leeds - Bradford international airport is around 25 minutes by taxi from our school.
The school is in a very good location, the teaching is at a high level, the activities are very different and interesting
I liked school very much and there are no mistakes
I liked the teachers and all the people, especially Angel was very nice. The facility was good, not too far from the bus station. But the classes, i felt like ithey were too long, because iam not used to it and it was kind of hard to stay focused during the full class.
The activities were great, but did not like the museums, we went to some industrial museum, which was really boring to me.
I lived at my moms friend house, so it is not part of the school housing.
But my biggest concern is that i felt like the classes were usually too easy for me, i think that iam better level, because my classmates were sometimes a lot worse than me at english and that i never knew what activity are we having untill i asked, because they gave me the wrong timetable 3 times. But i made new friends and enjoyed ut really well. Thank you for this oportunity.
It was a pleasure for me to study at CES. I enjoyed the quality of teaching and the différents activities during social programs.
Moreover, CES is close of the train station of Leeds.
There are many foreign students. That allows everyone to make a lot of effort to speak in English.
It was nice, activities were good although almost every time we finished very late. Teachers were good but some of them were slow and because of that classes with them were boring. Leaders of afternoon activities were funny and open. Pretty good classrooms but some of them were a bit small and a school for juniors were a little far away from the main school.
Show details » Read more...Welcome, good teacher. Perfect location. My hostess was nice
Show details » Read more...First of all, thanks and regards to all whom helped me become a member of a family on my two weeks course.
At the beginning, the course was totally easy and organized on the way of the level examining and the arrangement of classes timing. When I where looking to join an Ielts course in Leeds, I had multiple of choices, but the location, time flexibility, variety of course choices & proficiently forced me to join your course without any doubts. I had plenty of hope to become totally ready for my IELTS test on a month after my course ends, but the unfortunate was that i was surprised that the Ielts course that I took on the CES center was an basic English course than what an Ielts course should be..
The course was all week morning English sessions that are based of random topics and genres are taught, while three days only of the full week are chosen to cover the Ielts course on the afternoon. Based on a student that had a full hope to achieve full capability to become no less than ready for his Ielts test, was only a feeling that are in a worry. The Ielts course was more into basic English than what Ielts preparation course should have been.
I was within the advanced course on the Ielts course, but suddenly I noticed that even though I were on a high level on my course ( Advanced ), I was put in a Level 2 Ielts course, which doesn’t make any sense why a student in advance should be kept in a low Ielts level..!
Once again, Thank you for everything.
And that was only an honest review on my experience with CES
Thanks a lot for your excellent team! It was great experience and I had improved my knowledge in English language.
The teacher do a great job!
Regarding the teachers, location, activities, and facilities, I would give a very positive answer. For sure I had a wonderful experience in Leeds that I would not mention more here. However, I would like to propose two personal suggestions: First, as we know, Italian and Spanish students compose the majority of our school usually, which means it has more chance we have several Italian and Spanish students at the same class. In most of cases, I suppose it might not a good way for improving their language skills. Therefore, on their behalf, I wonder if our school could take up some measures or find some solutions to help them, trying your best to mix students with different cultural background into one class, could be one way. Secondly, I saw most of the students, who didn't manage their free time appropriately to study, just busy with activities and pubs. On their behalf, I hope our school could set a prize for the winner of that test held every two weeks, which might encourage them to put more efforts on their study, to make use of the facilities like the computer room.
All my suggestions above is hoping to help those who really want to improve their English ability.
Lastly my big thanks to all the staff.
It was good overall, but one bad thing was that every teacher had his or her own way of teaching, which made it very confusing, and some of them were boring.
Show details » Read more...The school was in a good location - easy for public transport. I took the train every day to commute to Bradford and it was very easy.
I began in a class with only an Arabic speaker, and sometimes it was not good for me because the class always spoke in Arabic, but it was good to learn more about their country and their culture. After I changed and my class was more multi-lingual, it became more interesting because we talked only in English.
The teachers were good, except a few who were too by the book, with exercises but no exchange.
I can't say much for housing, because I rented a house on my own and didn't do the activities because I was there with my family.
My classmates are fantastic, and also my teachers!
The principal is very gentle!
The location , now it is changed, was a little bit small, with few windows.
Now it is in a new location. Very beautiful! I visited it last April.
The activities are fun: films, bowling, karaoke, and visits to art galleries, museums, and trips.
The trips generally are to Scarabought. I suggest that the School organize a trip to Knaresbough!
I highly recommend it!
It was a little school, however I think is better to meet people and share experiences with people from many different countries. I liked so much the housing within learning English because the family talks with you and shares their British culture.
Show details » Read more...Management is friendly and caring. Classes are well organized. Teachers are helpful and polite and up to the necessary standard. Housing is very good and people are very caring. Leaving in Leeds is very interesting.
Show details » Read more...Homestays are carefully selected and offer students the opportunity to learn more about the local culture in a comfortable setting while studying English in Leeds. These homes are often between 20 - 45 minutes away from the school by public transport. Families usually offer affordable meal plans that allow you to sample the local cuisine. If you have special requests or diet restrictions (because of religion or health reasons), please let us know in advance. Your housing starts on the Sunday before your first day of class and ends on the Saturday after your last day of class, unless otherwise noted. Learn more about homestay housing
Student residences are more suitable for an independent student, who is looking for clean, basic accommodation at an economic price. All students must be 18 - 99. Your housing starts on the Sunday before your first day of class and ends on the Saturday after your last day of class, unless otherwise noted. Student residences often do not include any meal plan. Learn more about student residence accommodation
We cannot apply for visas on behalf of students. However, the school can supply you with all the documentation you need to support your visa application.
If you are studying in the UK for over 11 months, you will receive a reference number called a Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) that you need to submit to the UK embassy along with your General Student Visa application. Students who have successfully booked a language course and have paid their fees will receive a CAS from Center of English Studies: Leeds. Please note that UK law states that a CAS can only be issued to students who intend to pursue English language studies for over 11 months.
If you are studying in the UK for 11 months or less, you have to apply for a special visitor visa called a Student Visitor Visa. As a student visitor, you will not be able to work part-time while studying. If you plan to study in the UK for 11 months or less, a letter of acceptance will be sent to your home address by regular mail at no charge to you.
Please note that we do not book flights for our students. If you are researching airfare costs, we recommend using Kayak.com, a search engine that lets you compare flight options from your home country to Leeds based on your budget, schedule and preferences.
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