Adult courses in Barnsley
What courses can I do in Barnsley
There are several adult learning providers across Barnsley who offer a wide range of courses dedicated to adult learners.
Find out more about what courses are available to suit you.
Providers in Barnsley
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Courses to support your health and wellbeing
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Description |
Additional information |
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Adult Skills and Community Learning |
Positive Thinking |
Our positive thinking course will help you to discover some simple techniques to improve your positivity. Our positive changes course will support you in identifying some small changes that could have a big impact on your life. |
Visit Positive Thinking for more information and how to enrol. |
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Adult Skills and Community Learning |
Creative wellbeing courses |
Our informal and friendly courses are a great way to discover how creativity can help you to improve your wellbeing. We have a range of creative wellbeing classes to choose from including
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Visit Adult skills - creative Wellbeing for more information. |
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WEA |
Getting Started with Creative Learning |
The WEA offers a range of creative courses developed to offer students a chance to return to learning, build new skills and support their wellbeing. From songwriting to silk painting, watercolour to writing, our informal and welcoming courses are run in the local community and are open to all. Delivered by expert tutors, learning with the WEA can be a first step to a new, confident and healthy you! These courses run over 10 weeks |
Visit Workers Educational Association (WEA), call 0114 242 3609 or email yorkshumber@wea.org.uk for more information about what course they have in Barnsley. |
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WEA |
Aromatherapy and Holistic Skills |
Learn the benefits of aromatherapy and understand how to use them safely and effectively to help improve your health and wellbeing. These courses run over 10 weeks |
Visit Workers Educational Association (WEA), call 0114 242 3609 or email yorkshumber@wea.org.uk for more information about what course they have in Barnsley. |
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Northern College |
Health & Wellbeing short courses |
Northern College offers a wide range of short courses aimed at improving adult’s understanding of the importance of health and wellbeing. These courses explore coping strategies which enable adults to maintain a healthy perspective whilst dealing with pressures of everyday life. Here are a few of the courses on offer:
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Courses to support you back into learning and employment
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Provider |
Course |
Description | Additional Information |
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Adult Skills and Community Learning |
Employability courses |
If you're unemployed and looking for work, we offer a range of free courses to help you with searching and applying for a job.
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Visit Adult skills - employability courses for more information. |
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WEA |
Confidence to study |
The WEA can offer short courses to build your confidence if you are returning to learning. Identify key study skills for further study at level 3 and above |
Visit Workers Educational Association (WEA), call 0114 242 3609 or email yorkshumber@wea.org.uk for more information about what course they have in Barnsley. |
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WEA |
Get started: Into work |
Tasters and short courses to help get you started towards employment
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Visit Workers Educational Association (WEA), call 0114 242 3609 or email yorkshumber@wea.org.uk for more information about what course they have in Barnsley. |
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Develop your skills further |
The WEA offer courses to develop your skills a little further. Non accredited or accredited courses
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Visit Workers Educational Association (WEA), call 0114 242 3609 or email yorkshumber@wea.org.uk for more information about what course they have in Barnsley. |
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Barnsley College |
Employability skills Level 1 award |
This Fresh Start flexible online programme will assist young people aged 19-24 years to re-engage with education |
Visit Barnsley College - Fresh start 19-24 for more information. |
Courses for enjoyment and fun
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Description |
Additional Information | |
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Adult Skills and Community Learning |
French |
Our language courses in French, run in progressive half-term blocks. |
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Barnsley College |
Short courses and clubs |
We offer a range of part-time courses for enjoyment and fun where you can learn new skills in something you enjoy or have an interest in
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Visit Barnsley College part-time courses for more information. |
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Courses to gain essential maths, English, digital and IT work skills
There are a wide range of courses in maths, English, IT and digital skills delivered across Barnsley. The delivery model differs dependant on the provider you choose. Studying in this area will require an initial assessment of your current skills prior to enrolling onto a course. The new National digital entitlement from 2020 will fully fund adults with no or low digital skills to undertake this new qualification.
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Description |
Additional information |
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Adult Skills and Community Learning |
Maths |
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Adult Skills and Community Learning |
English |
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Adult Skills and Community Learning |
IT and Digital Skills |
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Visit Adult Skills - ASCL IT and Digital Skills for more information. |
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WEA |
Essential Digital Skills |
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Visit Workers Educational Association (WEA), call 0114 242 3609 or email yorkshumber@wea.org.uk for more information about what course they have in Barnsley. |
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Barnsley College |
Maths |
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Visit Barnsley College part-time courses for more information. |
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Barnsley College |
English |
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Visit Barnsley College part-time courses for more information. |
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Barnsley College |
IT: Microsoft applications |
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Visit Barnsley College part-time courses for more information. |
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Northern College |
Maths |
Northern college offer GCSE, functional maths skills E3, L1, L2s and a range of short course in:
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Northern College |
English |
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Northern College |
IT and Digital Skills |
Northern College offer:
Digital skills short courses:
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Visit Diploma in Computing or IT and Digital Skills Courses for more information. |
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Volunteering courses
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Provider |
Course |
Description |
Additional information |
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Northern College |
Community Organising: Level 2 certificate |
Are you actively engaged in social action in your community? This could be in a voluntary role, or full or part-time employment within an organisation that has a community organising approach. Do you wish to develop your understanding, knowledge and skills of community organising? If so then this course is for you. |
Courses to help you move to Higher Education
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Provider |
Course |
Description |
Additional information |
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Northern College |
Access to Higher Education L3 |
We offer a range of full time Access to HE courses for adults wanting to study at degree level but don’t have the required qualification:
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Northern College |
Pre Access Diploma L2 |
Are you thinking about University but wanting to develop your skills before applying to an Access course?
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Barnsley College |
Access to Higher Education |
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Barnsley College |
Pre-Access Diploma level 2 |
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Courses for Higher education
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Provider |
Course |
Description |
Additional Information |
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Barnsley College |
Higher Education courses |
We have Higher Education courses in the following areas, follow the link to find out about specific courses:
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Visit Barnsley College - higher education for more information. |
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Northern College |
Teaching courses |
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Visit Northern college - teacher course for more information. |
Courses to gain industry-specific skills, knowledge and qualifications
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Provider |
Course |
Description |
Additional Information |
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Adult Skills and Community Learning |
Statutory courses for businesses |
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For more information visit Adults skills - statutory courses for businesses. |
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Adult Skills and Community Learning |
Mental Health First Aid |
This course is for Businesses that would like to train their staff to become Mental Health first aiders in the workplace. |
For more information email Adult Learning or call 01226 775270 and ask for Emma or Sarah. |
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Adult Skills and Community Learning |
Childcare & Early Years |
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Visit Adult Skills - working with children and families for more information. |
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Adult Skills and Community Learning |
Adult Social care |
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Visit Adult Skills - adult social care for more information. |
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Northern College |
Social Studies - short courses |
Short courses:
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Northern College |
Health and Social Care |
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Northern College |
Community Development and Leadership |
Short courses in:
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Northern College |
Education and Training |
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Barnsley College |
Accounting |
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Visit Barnsley College part-time courses for more information. |
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Barnsley College |
Health, science and Social care |
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Visit Barnsley College part-time courses for more information. |
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Barnsley College |
Catering & Hospitality |
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Visit Barnsley College part-time courses for more information. |
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Barnsley College |
Childcare & Early Years |
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Visit Barnsley College part-time courses for more information. |
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Barnsley College |
Construction |
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Visit Barnsley College part-time courses for more information. |
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Barnsley College |
Business and Management |
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Visit Barnsley College part-time courses for more information. |
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Barnsley College |
Computing and IT |
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Visit Barnsley College part-time courses for more information. |
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Barnsley College |
Education and Training |
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Visit Barnsley College part-time courses for more information. |
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Barnsley College |
Sport industry |
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Visit Barnsley College part-time courses for more information. |
Courses if English is not your first language
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Provider |
Course |
Description |
Additional Information |
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Adult Skills and Community Learning |
ESOL |
ESOL classes are available from Pre Entry to Level 2, you will complete an initial assessment to find out what level you need to start
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Barnsley College |
ESOL |
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Visit Barnsley College part-time courses for more information. |
Courses for learners with learning difficulties and disabilities
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Provider |
Course |
Description |
Additional information |
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Adult Skills |
Classes for wellbeing |
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Visit Adult Skills - courses for adults with learning disabilities. |
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Adult Skills |
Classes to develop skills |
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Visit Adult Skills - courses for adults with learning disabilities. |
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Barnsley College |
Pick and Mix sessions |
Pick and mix sessions could include:
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Visit Barnsley College - courses for learner with additional needs. |
Employment support
If you have lost your job, are out of work, employed and at risk of redundancy, or employed and want to do some free training to help progress at work or get a new job, Enterprising Barnsley has a team of people able to give you some free support via our helpdesk.
Contact Employment support online or email them Employmentsupport@barnsley.gov.uk.
You can also call them on (01226) 775100: Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm.
Find out more about employment support, redundancy skills and training.
Provider contact details
For more information a bout any of the above course, contact the provider directly.
| Provider | Contact details |
| Adult Skills |
Visit Adult Skills, or email Employment Support Barnsley. |
| Barnsley college | Email Barnsley colleges course information team at info@barnsley.ac.uk. Find out more about Barnsley colleges department contact numbers. You can call them Monday to Thursday 8.30am to 5.00pm and Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm |
| Northern College | Visit Northern College or access Northern College's referral form. |
| WEA | Visit WEA, call (0114) 242 3609 or email yorkshumber@wea.org.uk. |
What our learners say
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I have passed my assessments up to level 2 and this has helped me to do employment training in social care.
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It's inspired me to go on and do GCSE and other forms of further education.
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I am already in work but it has given me more confidence to aim higher.
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This course has helped me to build up my self-confidence. The tutor put us all at ease and explained things that I didn't understand.
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