ESOL: around South Yorkshire
In-Person Class
Free class
About this class
New English as a second language (ESOL) Service: starting in in community hubs around South Yorkshire Learn English reading, writing, speaking and listening. Includes language and skills required for everyday life, work, and citizenship. Starting this June. If you want to get better at speaking, listening, reading, and writing in English, come along for a chat to see if this is the right course for you. Assessment will take place dates from last week of May to Mid June Qualifications: from Entry 1 to Level 2. Certificate For more information, please email Sean Ibrahim sibrahim@northern.ac.uk Who can use the service? For South Yorkshire residents this service is free (until July 2023) For West Yorkshire residents this service is free if you are unemployed, or your gross annual salary is less than £21,255. And you are a: British citizen EEA national or resident in one of the British Overseas Territories or crown dependencies (channel island/ isle of man) for the past 3 years. If you are, or you are the spouse of, an asylum seeker (and been in the country for a minimum of 6 months), refugee, or have humanitarian protection, or discretionary / exceptional / indefinite leave to remain, live outside the rules of section 67, Calais leave to remain, local Afghan staff, or on the Ukrainian resettlement scheme. Cost: Free
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Meet the provider
Northern College
Northern College is the only residential adult further education college in the North of England, delivering life-changing learning, situated in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Teaching takes place in Wentworth Castle, a fabulous grade I listed house surrounded by 550 acres of National Trust grounds.
This is all available for our students to access throughout their studies. Staying as a resident allows students to ‘get away from it all’ and focus on learning and achieving, away from everyday home and work pressures and gives students access to extra support along with the “head-space” and time to focus on their studies, learn new things, and focus on themselves. The college is a vibrant place welcoming students aged 19 -99 onto a range of 2-day courses and longer residential courses from Entry Level 3 to Level 5. Courses include personal and social development, social justice themed courses, outdoor learning, functional skills, and skills for work.
Our students may gain formal qualifications they need to return to learning, or simply upskilling to help progression within work. Students benefit from studying with likeminded people. Our small college creates a community feel. and gain new and better jobs. Where we encourage everyone to reach their full potential. The courses are fully funded for people earning less than £21,255 a year or unemployed.
The college focus on the support on those who need it most, and our students are those that need a second chance.
- Low Income
- Long term unemployed
- Facing recovery from Illness or addiction.
- Victims of Domestic Violence or Human Trafficking
- Housing needs/Homelessness
- Mental/Physical Health
- Neurodiverse conditions
- Refugees
- Ex Army
- Ex Offenders
