Specialist Learning Courses
From vocational courses and qualifications in care work, Access to Higher Education, British Sign Language (BSL) and teacher training to specialist courses in speech therapy and courses for students with learning difficulties.
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- Introduction to BSL
Course start date: Tue 23 Sep 2025 (and 10 other dates)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Alexia LumleyInterested in learning British Sign Language? Learn some basic vocabulary and grammar, and decide if you want to progress to the level 1 qualification.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £174.00 - Beginners BSL Course start date: Wed 4 Jun 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Alesia Parshutsina
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £90.00 - Speech and language therapy as a career Course start date: Tue 30 Sep 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Vivien Grant-Jones, Corinne Moffatt-SantosAre you interested in becoming a speech and language therapist? This one-day workshop gives you all the information you need to know. It covers training courses in the UK, what the job involves, career structure, pay and hints for a successful interview, plus the unique opportunity to meet clients.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £79.00 - Maths for deaf people: Getting started with maths - (entry 1 - entry 2) - part 1Course start date: Tue 9 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
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 £0.00 - English Entry 2 for deaf people - part 1Course start date: Tue 9 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
This course will help you to get confident in reading, writing and communication. You will learn to read pieces of texts, write sentences, spell correctly and use punctuation. This course has no exams.
This course is free for learners who have not achieved a GCSE grade C (4) and higher in English. For more information Click here
Full fee £0.00 - Lipreading and managing hearing loss: beginners module 1Course start date: Tue 16 Sep 2025 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Nicola HicksThis class is suitable for total beginners who have little or no experience of lipreading. You will learn how to recognise some sounds that are visible on the lips and how to use other tactics to support lipreading and how to manage hearing loss.
This course will be taught in spoken English and not in sign language.
See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £155.00 Concession £120.00 - Lipreading and managing hearing loss: beginners module 3Course start date: Tue 21 Apr 2026 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Christine HathwayThis class is suitable for if you have completed beginners modules 1 and 2 or have completed a lipreading class in the past and already have a basic understanding of lipreading theory and fingerspelling. You will develop your lipreading and fingerspelling skills and build your confidence.
This course will be taught in spoken English and not in sign language.
See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £155.00 Concession £120.00 - Lipreading and managing hearing loss: advancedCourse start date: Tue 16 Sep 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Adam GurneyBuild on your lipreading skills, practise your communication tactics and update your knowledge of relevant equipment and services. Suitable if you have practised lipreading skills at improvers' level.
This course will be taught in spoken English and not in sign language.Full fee £449.00 Senior fee £292.00 Concession £225.00 - Lipreading and managing hearing loss: long term learners advancedCourse start date: Tue 16 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Anita ThorntonAre you an experienced lipreader, confident in your theory, but wishing to keep up your skills with continued practice? Suitable if you have been coming to lipreading classes for a while and want to continue to be stretched.
This course will be taught in spoken English and not in sign language. - English for deaf people: Develop your reading skills (Level 1)Course start date: Tue 16 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
This course will help you develop your reading skills. On the course you will learn about the different types of texts
and the main points of a text and develop your comprehension skills. This course has no exams.
This course is free for learners who have not achieved a GCSE grade C (4) and higher in English. For more information Click here
Full fee £0.00 - BSL level 1 Course start date: Tue 4 Nov 2025 (and 8 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Antony RabinHave you always wanted to learn British Sign Language and communicate with Deaf people? Develop the skills you need to gain the level 1 BSL qualification, accredited by Signature. The fees for BSL level 1 courses include a year's subscription to Signworld.
You may wish to study BSL without the pressure of an exam, or just for fun. We can arrange for you to be taught without a formal final assessment and you will receive a certificate of attendance.Full fee £679.00 Senior fee £569.00 Concession £514.00 - Lipreading and managing hearing loss: beginners module 2Course start date: Tue 13 Jan 2026 (and 6 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
This class is suitable for if you have completed module 1 or have completed the one term introduction to lipreading class or have attended a lipreading class at any level in the past, but want to go back to basics. You will develop your lipreading and fingerspelling skills and build your confidence.
This course will be taught in spoken English and not in sign language.
See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £155.00 Concession £120.00 - Art of London (for people with learning disabilities)Course start date: Tue 23 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Visit galleries and museums in central London every fortnight. Work on personal research projects and share with the class. Take photographs, video and make sketches on visits.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £219.00 - Discover Music (for people with learning disabilities)Course start date: Tue 23 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
A foundation course for students new to music making. You will discover a range of musical instruments and study the basic building blocks of music.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £219.00 - Art of Science (for people with learning disabilities)Course start date: Tue 23 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Explore science subjects without maths - what patterns and shapes can you see in the world around you? Use apps to make artwork, videos and sounds. Make a simple machine that makes its own drawings.Research a subject of your choice and share with the class.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £219.00
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