ESOL - West Bridgford Library - Adult Learning

West Bridgford Library, West Bridgford

Date	8 September 2026 - 22 July 2027
Sessions	Mondays: 9:30am - 12:30pm
No. sessions	40
Venue	West Bridgford Library, West Bridgford View venue details
For ages	19+
Group size	5 - 16
Cost	Free

About this course

This course runs Tuesday & Friday 9.30am - 12.30pm.

This course aims to improve your English skills and your confidence in using these. This course is designed for speakers of other languages who want to improve their English and gain a qualification.

Our experienced staff will help you to improve your reading, writing and speaking and listening whilst working in a group. You will start by doing an initial assessment, in order to decide with your tutor which level you will be working at from Entry level 1 to Entry level 3.

You will be assessed near the end of the course on these three elements and once you have completed these you will achieve a City and Guilds ESOL qualification. This course runs for 37 weeks. Please make sure that you can attend the lessons twice a week before enrolling on the course.

We provide our ESOL courses free of charge for learners who are eligible to study with us. To check your eligibility, we need some information from you, including your age, where you live, how long you have lived in England, and your residency status. If you receive benefits or have a low income, we may also ask for evidence of this. This helps us apply for funding to support your learning.

What you will need to bring to the course:

All resources that you need will be supplied by the tutor, but you may wish to have your own notebook to work in as well.

Booking your place and fee information

Funding and Fees

If you receive certain benefits, you may be able to take the course for free.
If money is stopping you from enrolling, please visit our funding page to see what help is available.

Living in England

To book and join one of our courses, you must live in England permanently and either:

Live inside the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) area (Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire)

Live outside the devolved areas listed below

You cannot enrol if you live in these devolved areas:

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA)
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
North East Combined Authority
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
Tees Valley Combined Authority
West Midlands Combined Authority
West of England Combined Authority
West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority
York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority
Hull and East Yorkshire
Greater Lincolnshire
Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority
Cornwall Council
Lancashire Combined County Authority
Buckinghamshire Council

Residency Requirements (Additional Information)

If you live in the UK on a visa, we’ll need evidence of your visa to confirm funding. You can upload this when applying, and you’ll need to complete a short questionnaire.

Some exceptions include:

Your visa must last until after your course ends.
Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for at least 6 months while their claim is being processed.
You are supported by your local authority under Section 23C or 23CA of the Children Act 1989, or under the Care Act 2014.

Anyone who does not meet the funding criteria would need to pay full course fees.