ur Functional Skills English courses provide an opportunity to work towards a City and Guilds qualification up to Level 2. They are for adults aged 19+ who don't already have a Level 2 qualification in English or who previously gained a level 2 qualification but currently have English skills below that level. Our Autumn 2025 courses will be launched later this year. In the meantime, if you register your interest a member of our team will get in touch to discuss courses with you.
Our functional skills courses are offered across Telford in community venues. We run morning and afternoon sessions during school term time only. We offer four levels of English functional skills from Entry 2 through to Level 2. There is opportunity to work towards a City and Guilds qualification in Functional Skills English and to progress between levels up to Level 2.
If you haven't attended one of our functional skills courses already, when you join a course you will be asked to undertake a short skills assessment to help us advise you on an appropriate course.
If you are not a native English speaker, please see our ESOL courses, which are especially for adults who have English as an additional language.
Courses run for 17 or 18 sessions and start in the Autumn and Spring terms each academic year. Courses are available at a range of community venues across Telford and Wrekin.
If we cannot offer you a place on your preferred course, we may be able to offer a course at another of our community venues in Telford.
Learners must be aged 19 or over from 1st August 2025 to be eligible to enrol on courses during 2025-26. You are not eligible for this course if you have already achieved a Level 2 in maths (that is an ‘O’ level grade C or above, CSE grade 1, GCSE grade C/4 or above, Functional Skills Level 2, Basic Skills or Skills for Life Level 2 or similar) unless a skills assessment confirms that your skills are not currently at that level.
If you already have an English or maths qualification and are unsure whether you are eligible to enrol onto a course, you can come along to one of our information sessions and chat to the tutor who will check this with you.
Unfortunately, you will not be eligible to enrol on this course if you live in Wolverhampton, Walsall, Sandwell, Dudley, Solihull or Birmingham.
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At the end of the course, the tutor will help and advise you on your next steps into further learning or work opportunities.
Learners who want to progress in their studies can work through the levels up to Functional Skills English Level 2.
You can also search for other courses on the Learn Telford website, which we regularly update with details of new courses throughout the year. We offer a wide range of short taster courses you can try in community centres around Telford and, when you feel ready to take your learning further, we can offer you an opportunity to join an accredited course and help you gain a qualification.
Opening Hours 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday
Telephone: 01952 382888
Email: support@learntelford.ac.uk
