Maths

Free Maths Courses in London & Online

City Lit has a wide range of maths courses to support your progression at work or into higher education. Our offer includes both a year long and short termly courses that help you develop subject specific skills and work towards a qualification.

Want to improve your maths for daily life? We offer confidence-building courses—all designed to help you succeed. Build your confidence in numbers, shapes and statistics with our courses. Learn basic Maths to help you budget, manage your money, help children with their homework, and understand the world around you. From everyday maths to advanced problem-solving, our courses support your learning at every level. 

  • Functional Skills 
  • GCSE
  • Getting ready for Functional skills 
  • Getting ready for GCSE
  • Maths skills for life and work
  • Maths for ESOL 
  • Bitesize maths

We offer support for students with Dyslexia and specific learning difference (SpLD).

Frre places available on Maths courses

Free maths courses are available to you if you live in London and you want to improve your everyday use of maths. 

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  1. Creative maths: making models and discovering maths (L1-L2)
    Course start date:  Tue 29 Apr 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street





    This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click here

    Full fee £0.00
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  2. Getting Ready for Maths functional skills level 2
    Course start date:  Fri 2 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    You will learn techniques to understand the non-calculator section of the functional skills Level 2 Maths syllabus. You will develop your mathematical skills and knowledge to work with numbers including fractions, percentages, ratio and to work out area and perimeter. This non-accredited course (no exam) will give you the opportunity demonstrate a sound grasp of the underpinning skills and basics of maths appropriate to level 2, and to apply mathematical thinking to solve simple problems in familiar situations. By the end of the course, you will have an inhouse written assessment which will allow your tutor to progress you to the accredited course, where you can get your Functional Skills level 2 Maths qualification.
    Full fee £0.00
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  4. Gateway to maths GCSE
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    Course start date:  Tue 27 May 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Do you want to gain a Maths GCSE but are not ready yet to achieve this in a single year? Do you need to test your abilities before attempting the qualification course? Then this Preparing for Maths GCSE is the course for you. It will prepare you for the accreditation and familiarise you with its content, level and expectation. You will need to complete and pass an initial assessment before starting this course to demonstrate at least a Level 1 Functional Skills level of Maths.



    You need to do a pre-course assessment. Contact universal.skills@citylit.ac.uk / 020 8078 0489 for a face-to-face assessment or click the Start Assessment button on this page. Log on with your email address (not name).



    This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click here

    Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £105.00
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  5. Maths foundation GCSE
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 16 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Are you excited by the language of Maths? Join this GCSE course after completing Maths higher GCSE (introduction) and learn how numbers, symbols and formulas enable us to identify and solve problems as well as find patterns and structure in the world. This course will extend your analytical and problem-solving skills and help you develop logic to plan and manage activities. A Maths GCSE is one of the most commonly required qualifications by employers and universities and by achieving it you will enhance your job and education prospects.







    You must attend every class and do the necessary homework. If you do not, you will not be able to continue the course.



    Contact universal.skills@citylit.ac.uk / 020 4582 0423 for information and to book a pre-course assessment. You can also click the Start Assessment button on this page.



    This course is free for learners who have not achieved a GCSE grade C (4) and higher in Maths. For more information Click here

    Full fee £589.00
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  6. Maths for life and work (level 1)
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 19 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

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    This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click here

    Full fee £259.00
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  7. Maths for life and work - Pathway to Entry level
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 6 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

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    This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click here

    Full fee £179.00
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  8. Maths functional skills level 2
    Course start date:  Wed 19 Feb 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Do you need to gain a national maths qualification to show you have a good level of mathematical competence? Functional Skills Level 2 Maths shows employers and others that your maths skills are at a good level and that you can use skills to solve complex issues in a variety of situations. You will develop your maths to become a problem-solver, analyser and decision-maker.



    You MUST pass the first 6 weeks of the course. You must attend every class and do the necessary homework. If you do not, you will not be able to continue the course.



    You need to do a pre-course assessment. Contact universal.skills@citylit.ac.uk / 020 4582 0423 for a face-to-face assessment or click the Start Assessment button on this page. Log on with your email address (not name).



    This course is free for learners who have not achieved a GCSE grade C (4) and higher in Maths. For more information Click here

    Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £111.00 Concession £70.00
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  9. Maths functional skills (level 1)
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    Course start date:  Wed 19 Feb 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    On this course you will learn everything that you need to take your functional skills Level 1 Maths exam. You will develop your mathematical skills and knowledge in working with numbers, measures, shapes and space and Handling data. This course will give you the mathematical skills appropriate to the level, and allow you to apply mathematical thinking to solve simple problems in familiar situations. By the end of the course, you will have an exams to sit which, if you pass, will give you your Functional Skills Level 1 Maths qualification.



    This course is free for learners who have not achieved a GCSE grade C (4) and higher in Maths. For more information Click here

    Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £111.00 Concession £70.00
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