The TEFL Academy took over as new owners in around 2021.
They are both wealthy and cautious – they litigate TEFL review websites if any negative reviews show up.
They attack business competitors, whom they see as a threat to their business, through affiliate marketers.
Two such prolific affiliate marketers are Caitriona McTiernan and Megan Broccoli, earning between 40-60% per course.
It is common to see only positive reviews of The TEFL Academy on paid platforms, such as GoOverseas and GoAbroad, where they pay for a listing and can have negative reviews unpublished.
On other platforms, we have found proof that the owners of the TEFL review websites delete negative reviews of The TEFL Academy purely out of fear of litigation.
The TEFL Academy act more akin to a Mexican cartel than a legitimate TEFL course provider.
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I asked TTA (The TEFL Academy) which company accredits their courses, the woman on the other end said “Ofqual”, and when I questioned the legitimacy of that accreditation claim, she ended the telephone call. She actually put the phone down on me.

Completely rude and unprofessional, not to mention that she outright lied to me.
I guess TTA assumes that people will just believe whatever they tell people.

I see thousands of TTA positive reviews on the internet. How can all those be real if people are not able to use the TTA qualification if they want to teach abroad?

It simply beggars belief. Someone should seriously look into reporting TTA to a consumer watchdog.

Nigel.

I just need to correct you on one point contained within your guest-written article.

The TEFL Academy, as far as we are aware, doesn’t directly attack their business competition.

Instead, they employ “Brand Ambassadors” who do their dirty work for them.

If you come across any blog that writes negatively about one of The TEFL Academy’s business competition and contained within that blog are links to purchase a The TEFL Academy course, then you can be assured that the website is a clandestine website with the sole purpose of selling The TEFL Academy courses.

Trusted TEFL Reviews isn’t advising people to purchase, or not to purchase a TEFL Academy course.

However, we do recommend treating any TEFL Academy Brand Ambassador websites or blogs with a healthy level of skepticism.

The Online TEFL/TESOL industry really needs one umbrella organization to police and monitor the behavior of certain Online TEFL/TESOL certification course programs because some programs act more like a Sicilian (or in this case, Irish) mafia family, rather than well-respected providers of training courses.

One example in case: A few weeks ago, Trusted TEFL Reviews received a TEFL Academy review, written by one of their “Brand Ambassadors”. The review was laden with commercial language and contained a live link to an affiliates website, where this Brand Ambassador sets to gain money each time someone purchases a TEFL Academy link through the website.

The review was flagged, we decided not to publish the review, and then this certain Brand Ambassador waged online attacks on Trusted TEFL Reviews.

I half expected to wake up one morning with the severed head of a leprechaun nestled between my bed pillows.

The TEFL Academy is incredibly aggressive in the protection of their ‘turf’, and anyone who crosses their path gets to experience the wrath of their Brand Ambassador minions.

Mia Williams