About us

We are a relatively small language school with a rather casual athmosphere. For more than 20 years we have faithfully followed the principles that have guided us from the first day, and that are based on our passion for languages.

Our teaching staff is young and highly dynamic, and each teacher is an expert with a lot of experience in his or her field.

We strive to constantly improve the quality of our teaching, so that our students leave with good memories of our staff and an unforgettable experience with our courses.

The pleasant working athmosphere among our staff is usually contagious... We want you to feel, well...at home!

The director

Isabel Tomé Jiménez:

Isabel, the director and founder of Academia Andaluza is in charge of the coordination and supervision of the work of all our staff members.

Our team

Ulrike Pfingsten:

Ulrike (commonly known as ‚Uli’) came to stay in Conil in the year 2000 and started working with us in July 2005. She is responsible for the sales department at Academia Andaluza. Uli speaks English, Spanish, and of course, German. She likes to travel, read books, listen to music and dance.

Noelia Ramírez Ramírez:

Noelia studied Economics at the University of Cádiz.she works in our office as a secretary. She likes to read, watch movies and listen to music.

Maria del Carmen Ponce Periañez:

Since 1987 has been dedicating herself to the cleaning of our school and the apartments. She is a very sporty person and loves to walk on the beach.

Jose Sanchez Marin:

Jose, better known as ‚Pepe’ was born in Conil and has been working with us since 2007. He is in charge of the maintenance of the school and the apartments. He is the one who welcomes our students upon their arrival in Conil and takes them to their accomodation. He also organises day trips and other activities with our students. He is crazy about animals and nature in general. He likes doing sports and is interested in History.

Our teachers

Carmen Pedrosa Ríder:

Carmen came to our school to start teaching in 1989 after graduating in Hispanic Studies at the University of Barcelona. She is passionate about literature and has published several articles in various magazines.

Leonor Muñoz Lobatón:

Leo came to us as a teacher after finishing Hispanic studies at the University of Cádiz. She loves to go to the cinema, to concerts and theatre shows.

Jose Manuel Contero Urgal:

José Manuel finished Hispanic studies at the University of Cádiz in 2002. He has been teaching at Academia Andaluza since 2007. He is into music, theatre and literature.

Jesús Morales Ramirez:

Jesús studied English language and literature at the University of Cádiz. He has been teaching English at our school since 2007. He enjoys reading, listening to music, watching movies and going out with his friends.

Paul Stansfield:

Paul came to live in Spain in 2003 and started as a teacher at our school in october 2003. He is a football fan and he likes books, long walks and jazz and blues.

Nicholas Anthony Smith:

Nick has been part of our team as an English teacher since October 2006. He came to Conil after working in London for 30 years.

Matilde Guerrero Amaya:

Her friends call her ‚Mati’. She studied English language and literature at the University of Cádiz and joined us in September 2009. She enjoys walking in nature, reading, listening to music and having fun with her friends.