Barnsley Adult Skills and Community Learning
Delivery of our courses during COVID-19 (coronavirus) restrictions
We’re pleased to be welcoming our learners back to face-to-face lessons. The health and wellbeing of our learners, staff and partners is our top priority.
We have safety measures in place to make sure you feel comfortable. However, if you have any questions, please fill out our online contact form.
Join adult learning
Why not join us and see why 95% of our learners would recommend us to family or friends! We can ease you back into learning with a taster class and take you right through to gaining a full qualification.
Whether you're looking to gain skills to further your career, help you to get a job, or improve your wellbeing, we've got something for everyone - adults, families, businesses and community organisations.
Our courses are open to residents of the Barnsley area, we can accommodate learners from within the South Yorkshire region, where the course of interest is not available locally to the learner.
For more information
Contact us online or call (01226) 775270 or 07385 399853
Improve your skills, get a qualification, or see how learning can improve your wellbeing
Take a GCSE that you didn't get in school, improve your IT skills to help you compete in the job market, or improve your wellbeing. Whatever your reason for returning to learning, we can help.
Our courses are all delivered in a supportive and friendly environment and cater for all levels from beginners through to advanced.
How to enrol
Before you enrol for a course you’ll have a conversation with a member of staff about the right course for you.
Paying for a course
You can pay online for any of our courses. You might also be entitled to a reduction in course fees if you're on certain benefits.
Support for learners
When you're learning with us we'll make sure you've got all the support you need from your tutor and from our platform for learning.
Advance Barnsley
Find out more about Advance Barnsley supporting 16 to 24 year olds get into work.
Courses for businesses
Keep your business on track with our courses for employees, some of which we can deliver on your premises.
Tell us what you think
You can help us improve our courses by completing our online learner surveys and taking part in the national learner survey.
Why choose us?
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Over 95% of our adult learners say they would recommend us to family or friends.
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90% of our adult skills learners achieved their qualification.
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In 2017-18 our learners achieved over 1700 certificates between Entry level to Level 2.
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In 2017-18 we enrolled almost 4000 learners across 17 different subject areas.
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