HomeSchools and learningAdult learningCourses Twitter Facebook Instagram Courses About us Your learning News More English and maths courses for adult learners Page contents: Enrolment Stepping Stones and Functional Skills English and maths GCSE English GCSE maths Next steps and continue your learning Enrolment on courses - Currently closed Enrolment for our GCSE classes are now closed until May 2022. Enrolment for Functional Skills English and maths courses starting in January will be open for you to register your interest in December. Watch this space for more details..... If English is not your first language you may be interested in English for speakers of other languages (ESOL). Stepping Stones and Functional Skills Who are these courses for? These courses are for people with basic literacy skills, wanting to improve their English or maths or to progress to GCSE level. They may want to improve their English to assist in work or at home but feel they have gaps in their knowledge. Stepping Stones and Functional Skills courses are free for adults Adults aged 19 and over on 31 August 2021 who do not already hold a GCSE qualification (grades A-C, 4-9) and who meet the standard eligibility criteria. Details of the courses Stepping Stones and Functional Skill English courses will help you to develop skills such as spelling and the correct use of grammar, planning a piece of writing or reading and understanding a variety of texts. Stepping Stones and Functional Skills maths courses will help you develop skills such as working with money, calculating without a calculator, understand fractions, decimals and percentages and ratio and proportion. Registration for the next Stepping Stones and Functional Skills courses are now open. Please register your interest using the links above. Enrolment for our GCSE course programme is now closed until May 2022 GCSE English Who is this course for? Adults aged 19 and over on 31 August 2022, either wishing to study GCSE English for the first time or those wishing to re-sit this nationally recognised qualification. Details of the course GCSE English is a skills-based course. You will study with us for one year on this un-tiered course (not split into Foundation and Higher levels) and sit two exams at the end of the academic year in June. GCSEs are graded 9 (highest grade) to 1 (lowest grade) and you will aim for a minimum of grade 4 to 5 which is the level likely to be required for many careers and higher education courses. The GCSE course will help you to develop skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing to communicate with others confidently and effectively. You will study a range of texts including fiction and non-fiction and the two final exams will test your reading of unseen texts and extended writing. GCSE maths Who is this course for? Adults aged 19 and over on 31 August 2022, either wishing to study GCSE maths for the first time or those wishing to re-sit this nationally recognised qualification. Details of the course GCSE maths has a challenging syllabus. GCSEs are graded from 9 (highest grade) to 1 (lowest grade). You will study with us for one year at foundation level and sit three exams at the end of the academic year in May to June. The course will enable you to gain grades 1-5, the aim being that you attain a grade 4 to 5 which is the level likely to be required for many careers and higher education courses. The course will help you to function mathematically in the world by learning the techniques to work with numbers and understand fractions, decimals and percentages and basic ratio. Next steps and continue your learning When you have completed your maths or English course you may wish to go onto a higher level. Talk to your tutor about the opportunities available. Stepping Stones to Functional Skills courses offer successful candidates the opportunity to gain entry to the Functional Skills Entry Level 3 and Level 1 courses. Functional Skills qualifications and GCSEs will help you improve your career prospects. Successful candidates have the opportunity to go onto higher level courses or an Apprenticeship programme. There are also many other courses available from Surrey Adult Learning that may be of interest. Take a look at our course programme There are other providers you can contact to help build your knowledge and skills too. Find out about other adult learning opportunities Useful links Moodle Bksb Updated: 14 Oct 2021 Send to a friend Contact us Find us Follow us on social media Disclaimer Your privacy Cookies Jobs Accessibility Site map About our website Home © Surrey County Council 2021 ID: 230017 Feedback