IT’S FREE! IT’S PRACTICAL AND IT’S FUN TO LEARN

Do you want to

• improve your Maths or English?
• feel more confident with your skills at work?
• produce a CV that will help get you that interview?
• manage your finances better?
• improve your e-mail and letter writing and sort out those forms?
• improve your spelling or punctuation?
• help your children with their homework?

Whatever the reason and whatever your level and needs,

we can help – from beginner readers through to those

brushing up on their skills prior to joining a GCSE course,

you will find a course to suit you.

Don’t be put off by a previous unsatisfactory experience in

and we can make it happen for you. You’ll work in a

relaxed enjoyable and very practical way and what you

study will be tailored to your individual needs in the

specific areas of English or Maths that you want to

improve.

You will also be working towards a nationally recognised

qualification in English or Maths – a useful addition to

your CV.

Courses are held in College and at various community

locations around the city five days a week, both daytime

and evening. Enrolment onto courses is available

throughout the year; so don’t worry that you might have

missed the start of term.

So don’t put off making that decision any longer – do it

now! You’ll be bound to find something that fits in with

your busy life!

To find out more about these FREE courses, contact a

member of the Skills for Life team on (01733) 708066 or

why not drop in for a chat?

GCSE English & Maths

are very popular. Across a single academic year you will

develop your skills in your chosen subject prior to taking

exams in the Summer term. Learners are able to study at

Foundation or Higher level and this will be agreed in

discussion with the tutor.

their particular subject. This will be assessed through initial

assessment prior to a place on the course being offered.

Learners are expected to complete work outside of the

classroom in order to consolidate their learning (2-3 hours

a week) and GCSE English students will need to complete

coursework. GCSE Maths students will need to obtain the

course text book, a scientific calculator and maths set: full

details will be given at enrolment.

Support – where necessary, learners will be offered