GCSE English Language - Stapleford Library and Learning Centre - Adult Learning

Stapleford Library and Learning Centre, Stapleford

Date	16 September 2025 - 9 June 2026
Sessions	Tuesdays: 9:30am - 1pm
No. sessions	31
Venue	Stapleford Library and Learning Centre, Stapleford View venue details
For ages	19+
Group size	5 - 10
Cost	Free

About this course

This course is suitable for adults aged 19+ years that wish to gain a qualification to help them progress in their education and/or career.

Successful completion of the course will lead to a GCSE English Language qualification with Edexcel.

Entry Requirements: Level 1 Functional Skills English or completion of an initial assessment showing you are working at this level or higher.

This course will be delivered over 31 weeks. The course will be taught mainly online but one lesson each month, will be held at Stapleford Learning Centre and Library in order for you complete written tasks and speaking and listening exercises with the group and your tutor.

Your first lesson in Stapleford library and learning centre will be on 7th October and then the first Tuesday of each month after that. The final exam will take place on two dates in May and June 2026 in Sutton In Ashfield.

This course will allow you to draw upon a range of texts as reading stimulus and engage with creative as well as real and relevant contexts. You will have opportunities to develop higher-order reading and critical thinking skills that encourage genuine enquiry into different topics and themes. The course will teach you to be able to demonstrate a confident control of Standard English and write grammatically correct sentences, deploying figurative language and analysing texts. The texts used on this course include literature and extended literary non-fiction, and other writing such as essays, reviews and journalism (both printed and online).

Your application will be checked to confirm you qualify for a funded place on the course and do not already hold an English GCSE at grade C / Level 4. You will then be asked to complete an online English initial assessment, and we will contact you to discuss the outcome of this. You will be offered a place on the course if you are working at Level 1 or higher. If the outcome of this shows that you are not yet working at Level 1 or above, it will be recommended that you complete an English Functional Skills course first.

As this course is delivered partially online, a suitable device such as laptop, smart phone, tablet or computer will be required to access the course. The link for you to join the live sessions will be sent to you once your enrolment has been completed.

Booking your place and fee information

If you receive 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 funding page for further information.

Residency in England

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must be living in England permanently and live outside of the devolved areas listed below or live within the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) devolved area (Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire).

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

Residency Eligibility – other criteria

If you are living in the UK on a visa we will require evidence of this in order to be funded for the course, you can upload this evidence when you apply for the course. (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

Some exceptions may apply for example

Your visa expiry date must be beyond the end of your course
Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for 6 months or longer while their claim is being considered by the Home Office
You are receiving local authority support under section 23C or section 23CA of the Children Act 1989 or the Care Act 2014

Any learner who is not funded full cost fees would apply to these courses.