Become a Master Franchisee

The Linguaphone Group has licensed partners in over 20 markets and there are thousands of students learning English with us worldwide.

We’re looking for strategic partners, interested in franchise business opportunities, with the necessary experience, resources and vision to represent us across a number of markets in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

You need to be ambitious, energetic, motivated, a natural leader. You need to be good with people and believe passionately in providing excellent customer service.

You DO NOT need to have any previous experience of teaching languages to make your business a success Partners who enjoy the potential rewards of franchising with us come from different backgrounds such as:

Language school or IT/HR training provider, with an established network of centres or a strong network of contacts within the corporate training sector in your market
Early years provider with an established network of kindergartens, crèches, cram schools or day-care nurseries
Entrepreneur or private investor group looking for a new and rewarding opportunity
Established nationwide distributor of English language training materials
Established nationwide distributor of education or home-study materials through direct to market channels – via retail, door to door, sales, telesales
MBA entrepreneurs
Online and e-commerce business entrepreneurs
Ambitious Entrepreneurs from Retail and Hospitality sectors looking to diversify their investment

Supporting entrepreneurs with

Premium curriculum

We provide partners with lesson plans, manuals, and content to succeed and provide an industry-leading service from the United Kingdom.

Cutting-edge learning portals

We constantly update our online learning portals to fit students' feedback and to lead the education market with the latest trends

Classroom management

Hassle-free online sessions. Our team in London will manage your online classes and timings to allow you to focus on tailored sales and marketing.

Online Live lessons

We offer engaging online live lessons so partners can offer hybrid model from our fully qualified native-level English speaking teachers.

Senior Management support

You'll be assigned a dedicated business management team from Day 1 to ensure you're profitable and are well positioned in your market

STEPS TO FRANCHISE

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STEP 2

STEP 3

Submit an online enquiry, email us opportunities@linguaphonegroup.com or call us on +44 (0) 20 8687 6000.

We’ll arrange a first online meeting so that we can tell you more about the brand you are interested in and you can tell us about your plans for the future.

Upon meeting the eligibility criteria, you will receive an Evaluation Pack and you'll meet our senior teams to discuss your Business Plan. Once the agreement is signed a date for the launch is agreed, we'll get your management and teachers training booked in, and send you a complete set of management manuals, extranet access to all our resources, as well as supporting you throughout to your first launch and on an ongoing basis.

Pingu's English Italy

Interview with our Master Licensee in Itay, Mr. Daniele Arboit

Direct English Indonesia

Interview with our partner in Indonesia, Mr. Asep Awaludin

Pingu's English Thailand

Interview with our Master Licensee in Thailand - Dr. Nipat Ungpakornkaew

Direct English Saudi Arabia

Interview with our partner in Saudi Arabia, Mr. Mustafa Abdo Al Mustafa,

Master Licensee Estonia - Interview

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If you're looking for a:

Leading publisher and English learning education provider with strong brands worldwide
Top Strategic Consultancy from the Head Office in London
Engaging online learning platforms to deliver hybrid or fully online English programs
Premium UK curricula for in-school and online lessons
Full range of teaching, management manuals and training
Brand assets and marketing campaigns
Online resources and educational games, interactive exercises and Netflix-type video series to learn English
Live English lessons with our Native-level Fully Qualified English teachers

we'd love to hear from you.

Do I have to have previous language teaching experience?

No, it’s not essential to have this experience although it may be helpful to you if you have taught, or worked in a language school.
What support does a Franchisee receive?

All teaching resources including teaching manuals and study plans A tailored training programme delivered in-country On-going business development consultancy to help you with your business strategy and day to day management, and marketing /PR support A full set of management manuals Access to the Linguaphone Group Extranet and other management software
Do I have to open a school?

We highly recommend that you open a pilot centre and operate it for at least 6 months, before recruiting Unit Franchisees. Our programmes work best when they are centre based, as they have been designed to provide a blended learning approach. Additionally, operating a centre will provide you with excellent hands-on experience. However, we don’t insist that you open a centre and we do offer other market entry models.
Does Linguaphone Group train the teaching staff or does the Franchisee?

We provide initial training to our partners and their staff, including tutors in market before their launch. We will train the team on all aspects of delivering the programme, including the teaching to customers during this period. After this training the Master Franchisees will be expected to provide any further training to new teaching staff as and when it is required.
Can I produce the learning materials locally?

As Direct English and Pingu’s English are franchised exclusively by Linguaphone Group, it is not possible to produce locally. All teaching and learning materials must be purchased directly from Linguaphone Group in the UK.