Adult learning courses

Everything we run in 2026/27, grouped into pathways. A pathway combines several qualifications into a route towards a particular kind of job, so you can see where a course actually takes you rather than studying something in isolation.

Start with a pathway

Six routes into work, each built from qualifications that stack together. English and maths sit alongside every one of them.

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Pathway

Learning support and teaching assistant

Work alongside teachers to help children and young people learn. This pathway takes you from a first qualification through to a level 3 diploma, with English and maths available alongside if you need them.

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Pathway

Adult social care and counselling

Build the knowledge you need to work in care, mental health support or counselling. Start at level 1 and progress to a level 3 diploma, with English and maths available alongside.

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Pathway

Child and early years care

Understand how children develop and how to support them, including children with additional needs and children affected by difficult early experiences.

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Pathway

Creating a business

Turn an idea into a business plan, then build the wider skills that a small business owner needs, from leading a team to keeping your data secure.

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Pathway

Customer service and hospitality

Learn what excellent customer service looks like in hospitality, and how to step up into a supervisory role.

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Pathway

Aviation and travel

A full level 2 diploma built with Swissport, covering the safety, security and customer service knowledge that airport ground roles depend on.

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Are you an employer?

We build training programmes around what an employer actually needs, combining qualifications with the checks and short courses that go with them. See our employer training page.

Every course, A to Z

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Level 3 Access to HE

Access to HE Diploma (Counselling)

For adults moving into counselling, psychotherapy or psychology degrees.

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Level 3 Access to HE

Access to HE Diploma (Education and Teaching)

For adults heading into primary teaching, early years, education studies or social work degrees.

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Level 3 Access to HE

Access to HE Diploma (Health and Social Care)

The established route into nursing, midwifery, paramedic science, physiotherapy and the wider health professions.

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Level 3 Access to HE

Access to HE Diploma (Law and Business)

For adults heading into law, business management or criminology degrees, or into a degree apprenticeship.

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Level 3 Certificate

CMI Level 3 Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring

Chartered Management Institute qualification for supervisors and first line managers who coach and mentor others.

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Level 4 Diploma

CMI Level 4 Diploma in Management and Leadership

For practising and aspiring middle managers. Completing the diploma awards Foundation Chartered Manager status.

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Level 5 Diploma

CMI Level 5 Diploma in Management and Leadership

For operations, departmental and regional managers. Credit based, so you build it from the units that fit your role.

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Entry 3 and level 1

Essential Digital Skills

Entry 3 and level 1. Get confident with devices, staying safe online, communicating and dealing with things like online forms and payments.

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Entry 1 to level 2

Functional Skills English

Entry 1 through to level 2. Reading, writing, and speaking and listening, assessed separately so you can build up at your own pace.

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Entry 1 to level 2

Functional Skills Mathematics

Entry 1 through to level 2. Practical maths for work and everyday life, with 75 per cent of the assessment based on solving real problems.

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Level 1 Certificate

Level 1 Certificate in Introduction to Health, Social Care and Children's and Young People's Settings

The first step into care. No experience needed, no placement required, and it opens the door to level 2 across health, social care and early years.

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Level 2 Award

Level 2 Award in an Introduction to Neuroscience in Early Years

What is actually happening in a young child's brain, and how self-regulation develops from birth to seven.

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Level 2 Certificate

Level 2 Certificate in Awareness of Mental Health Problems

Thirteen units covering stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, dementia, eating disorders, ADHD, OCD and PTSD.

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Level 2 Certificate

Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills

Learn to use counselling skills properly, in any role where you listen to people. The first step on the counselling route.

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Level 2 Certificate

Level 2 Certificate in Creating a Business Start-Up

Take an idea and turn it into a business plan, covering marketing, and the legal and financial side of starting up.

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Level 2 Certificate

Level 2 Certificate in Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care

Supported by Skills for Care. Everything you need to know before starting in adult care, with no placement required.

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Level 2 Certificate

Level 2 Certificate in Principles of Team Leading

For new and aspiring team leaders. Three core units plus five you choose, covering performance, conflict, customers and communication.

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Level 2 Certificate

Level 2 Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning

The starting qualification for teaching assistant and classroom support roles. You need to be working or on placement in a school or college.

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Level 2 Certificate

Level 2 Certificate in Understanding Autism

Six units covering communication, sensory processing, positive behaviour support and person-centred practice with autistic people.

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Level 2 Certificate

Level 2 Certificate in Understanding Excellence in Customer Service for Hospitality

Customer service, teamwork, legislation and professional standards, all specific to hospitality.

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Level 2 Certificate

Level 2 Certificate in Understanding Mental Health First Aid and Mental Health Advocacy in the Workplace

Workplace focused. How to support a colleague experiencing mental ill health, and how to build a workplace that does not make things worse.

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Level 2 Certificate

Level 2 Certificate in the Principles of Cyber Security

Six units covering threats, the law, and how organisations actually keep themselves secure. No technical background needed.

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Level 2 Diploma

Level 2 Diploma in Aviation

Built with Swissport. Safety, security, communication, customer service and problem solving, plus six optional units you choose.

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Level 2 Certificate

Level 2 Technical Specialist in Adverse Childhood Experiences in Early Years

Understand how adverse childhood experiences affect development, and what practitioners can do to improve outcomes.

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Level 3 Certificate

Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement

Known as CAVA. The qualification you need to assess occupational competence in the workplace and vocational skills elsewhere.

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Level 3 Certificate

Level 3 Certificate in the Principles of Special Educational Needs

Understand how to support children and young people with special educational needs, including speech, language and communication needs.

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Level 3 Diploma

Level 3 Diploma in Supporting Teaching and Learning

The full teaching assistant diploma. Sixteen units, UCAS points, and a placement in a school or college throughout.

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Level 4 Award

Level 4 Award in Understanding Internal Quality Assurance

A short level 4 award for people who need to understand internal quality assurance, without needing to practise it.

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