Meet The Team

Susan Dhillon Student Welfare Officer	Lynn Dockerty School Administrator	Angela Noble Head of EFL	Adam Pernak School Director	Susan Pernak School Administrative Director

 

Leeds Languages is a family-run and owned school. The school director is Adam Pernak. All enquiries regarding marketing, recruitment, becoming an agent, schools groups, work placements and business courses should be addressed to Adam, on adam@leedslanguages.co.uk

All enquiries regarding student enrolment & registration, fees, visa applications & offer letters, general school enquiries, and administration should be addressed to Lynn Dockerty, the school administrator, on info@leedslanguages.co.uk

All invoices and payment enquiries should be addressed to Susan Pernak, the school administrative director. Susan also deals with foreign embassies and sponsors. She can be contacted on info@leedslanguages.co.uk

All academic enquiries (excluding foreign languages) should be address to the school's Head of EFL, Angela Noble, on info@leedslanguages.co.uk

All student welfare questions should be addressed to Susan Dhillon, our student welfare officer. This includes student accommodation and applications to become a homestay host. Susan also deals with enquiries regarding evening classes. She can be contacted on info@leedslanguages.co.uk

All teachers on our English courses have a minimum of two years' teaching experience and are qualified English Language professionals; many have specialised in Academic English and IELTS preparation. Each has a diversity of experience in numerous countries across the globe and have a range of foreign languages including Spanish, French, Russian and Bulgarian. Teachers on our foreign language courses are native speakers, with teaching qualifications and experience from countries as diverse as France, China, Italy, Spain, Japan and the UK.

Nikolay Gochev
Nikolay is a Diploma qualified teacher with over 12 years' teaching experience. He is also a qualified Cambridge and IELTS examiner, and an experienced translator. Nikolay's linguistic skills extend to fluency in both English and Bulgarian, as well as advanced Russian

Nicola Harrison
In addition to her CELTA certificate, Nicola's qualifications include BA (Hons), MA and PGCE. She has 15 years teaching experience and has taught in Spain as well as the UK. Nicola is also a PADI qualified diver and accomplished musician and composer.

David Lyons
An experienced TEFL qualified teacher, David has taught in the UK as well as in Seville, Spain. He also has extensive skills as a proof-reader, as well as experience in the observing & testing of TEFL teachers.

Sarah Mountain
Sarah has taught in various capacities for more than 10 years, including EFL experience in the UK and the Czech Republic. As well being CELTA qualified Sarah also holds a PGCE in Post-Compulsory Education, specialising in adult literacy.

Angela Noble - Head of EFL
Angela is both CELTA and DELTA qualified, having taught for over 7 years in locations as varied as Prague, Bristol and Leeds. She is also a fully qualified CELTA and Trinity teacher trainer. Angela is the school's Head of EFL.

Benjamin Devere White
Having lived and worked in both the UK and Thailand, Ben is a TEFL-qualified teacher with good knowledge of the Thai language and culture. He is currently teaching part-time with Leeds Languages whilst engaging in MA studies.