IH Cape Town (International House Cape Town) is a private English language school located at 35 Wale Street in Cape Town's city centre, with classrooms offering views of Table Mountain and Lion's Head. Sources indicate the school was established around 2008/2009. It operates as an independently owned affiliate of the International House World Organisation, a global network of English and modern-language schools founded in 1953 and now comprising around 160 schools in over 50 countries. As a private language school, IH Cape Town is not a DHET-registered higher education institution; rather, its quality assurance comes through its affiliation with the International House World Organisation network and its status as a Quality English (QE) accredited school. Its teacher-training arm offers the Cambridge CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Speakers of Other Languages), a qualification accredited by Cambridge Assessment English (University of Cambridge), with paper certificates issued by Cambridge after course completion. IH Cape Town serves international students coming to South Africa to learn English, combining language tuition with immersion in Cape Town as a study destination, and offers student accommodation options alongside its course programmes.
Qualifications & Programmes
- Standard and Intensive General English courses
- Business English
- Aviation English
- Private/one-to-one lessons
- Young Learners English programmes
- Exam preparation courses (including OET – Occupational English Test)
- English for Specific Purposes
- Personal Study Programmes
- Online English courses
- Cambridge CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Speakers of Other Languages) teacher training course