Bookkeeping for Beginners - Newark Buttermarket - Adult Learning

About this course

About this course

The aim of this course is to provide learners with an introduction to bookkeeping practices and to process source documents that underpin accurate record keeping.  It is ideal for those who are working in or are looking to gain employment in a job role such as Accounts Trainee or Finance Clerk.  You will develop and practice basic bookkeeping skills required for employment and/or career progression in the accounting sector.  You will gain knowledge and an understanding of the related AAT Foundation Level 2, Level 2 NVQ in Accounting and the City & Guilds Level 1 Award in Bookkeeping and Accounts. 

By the end of this course you will be able to: 

• Documentation: Complete and check the following documentation: invoices; statements; credit notes.  Check invoices and credit notes calculating: VAT; discount, and prices. 
• Day books: Enter invoices and credit notes into the appropriate daybook: sales daybook; purchases daybook; sales returns daybook; purchases returns daybook.  
• Transfer the total(s) of a variety of source documents to the respective ledger account(s) and balance off ledger accounts; 
• Extract a trial balance from ledger accounts; 
• Petty Cash: Using the imprest system, enter the opening balance and analyse petty cash vouchers to appropriate analysis columns, balance and cross tally, and restore the imprest amount. 

Resources required for this course:

• Learners will need access to a basic calculator and an email address.  Although handouts and financial documentation will be provided, a pen and paper or other suitable device to make notes will be useful.  

One hour of self-study time will be beneficial to the learner in addition to weekly attendance on the course. 

Booking your place and fee information

If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course  please visit our webpage for further information  https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/

To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:

• Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING.
• Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.

You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking.  If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.

Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas:

• Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield 
• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
• Greater London
• Greater Manchester
• Liverpool City Region
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland
• Tees Valley
• West of England
• West Midlands
• West Yorkshire