About us

A certified school, built for the Arab world

English Place Academy exists to make English fluency provable — not just felt. Every course, teacher and certificate is mapped to the CEFR standard.

48,000+
Active learners
120+
Certified teachers
14
Countries served
2009
Founded
Our story

From one placement test to a full certified curriculum

English Place Academy started with a simple frustration: too many learners were placed into the wrong class by a generic quiz, then lost months relearning what they already knew.

So we built an adaptive placement test first, then hired certified teachers to design every course around it — all mapped to CEFR, so a learner's progress means the same thing everywhere.

Milestones
2009
Founded with a single adaptive placement test.
2021
Launched the first CEFR-mapped course catalog.
2023
Reached 25,000 learners across the Gulf and Levant.
2026
120+ certified teachers, six CEFR levels, bilingual platform.
What we stand for

Principles behind every course

01

Standards over guesswork

Every claim about a learner's level ties back to CEFR, not an internal scale we invented.

02

Certified teachers only

CELTA, DELTA, TESOL or examiner credentials are required to design or teach a course.

03

Bilingual from day one

Arabic and English interfaces are first-class, not an afterthought translation.

04

Motivation without gimmicks

Streaks and badges exist to reinforce real milestones, never to replace them.

Leadership

Led by certified educators

Our curriculum team holds internationally recognized teaching credentials.

S
Sarah M.
CELTA · Head of Curriculum
Business English
O
Omar R.
TESOL · IELTS Examiner
Exam preparation
L
Lina K.
DELTA · Teacher Training Lead
Conversation & fluency
J
James H.
CELTA · Native speaker
Pronunciation

See where you stand today

Take the free adaptive placement test — no credit card required.