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. Getting Ready for Maths functional skills level 2
    Course start date:  Fri 9 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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  2. Gateway to maths GCSE
    Evening
    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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  3. 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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  4. Maths for life and work - Pathway to Entry level
    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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