Community Essential Skills
Join one of our Community Skills courses and workshops to help you improve your life and work. Develop your digital, English language, Maths and job skills, whatever your starting point.
We offer courses from beginner to intermediate level, which can prepare you for future qualification courses. Our courses include:
- Confidence in Digital (Pre-Entry-Entry 3)
- Digital Skills for Life
- Digital Skills for Work
- ESOL Pre-Entry – Level 1
- Improve your Pronunciation
- Finding your Voice – Presentation skills
- Writing for work
- Speaking in different contexts
- Community Maths
- Budgeting and Cost of Living
- Modern Foreign Languages
- Diversity and communication training for volunteers
Most courses are FREE or low cost to the student.
For more information, email communitylearning@waes.ac.uk
Assessments
For a Digital, ESOL, Maths or Employability assessment, come along to our Lisson Grove centre on Tuesdays 10am-11am during term time – just ask for the Community Team.
Helps you to improve your Digital skills for work.
Gain Confidence in English is a welcoming Community ESOL course for adults who want to improve their English for everyday life and work. Whether you are new to English or already know a little, the course helps you build confidence step by step. Classes run from Pre-Entry to Entry 3 and provide a supportive space to practise speaking, listening, reading and writing with others in your local community.Lessons focus on real-life situations—such as talking to your child’s school, visiting the doctor, travelling around London or communicating at work—so you can use English in a practical and meaningful way.
Gain Confidence in Maths is a friendly community course designed for adults who want to improve their everyday numeracy skills. Whether you have always found maths difficult or simply want to refresh what you already know, this course helps you build confidence step by step.By strengthening your foundation in maths, you will develop the skills needed to manage real-life situations—from budgeting and understanding bills to comparing prices, planning journeys, or making informed decisions for work or home. Lessons are practical, supportive and easy to follow, using interactive activities, group discussions and real-world examples to make maths feel relevant and achievable.You will have plenty of chances to practise, ask questions, and apply what you learn in a safe and encouraging environment.
- Highly qualified and professionally experienced tutors
- Accessible Central London centres with bespoke facilities and great transport connections
- A wide range of in-person, online, distance learning and community-based courses
- Unique work experience opportunities through partnerships
- Guest speakers offer introductions to career pathways in a variety of sectors
- Excellent progression to employment, apprenticeships or further learning including university
