CLaSS

Waltham Forest Community Learning & Skills Service

Welcome to CLaSS!

Welcome to the course finder website of Community Learning and Skills Service (CLaSS), the London Borough of Waltham Forest's Adult Education and Training provider.

You will find details of 100s of courses and information about our centres. You can contact us with your views and queries. You can download copies of our prospectus and other brochures and newsletters.

Browse through these pages, we are sure you will find a course to suit you - now is a great time to take up learning!

Click here for our online coursefinder!

What do our learners say?

"My friends in other parts of London are astonished by what you can do here in Waltham Forest. The British Wheel of Yoga Foundation course was inspirational - and I am now well on the way to becoming a fully qualified yoga teacher. Carry on the good work, CLaSS!"

Current Apprenticeship Vacancies

We currently have a number of vacancies for Apprentices. Find out more about what we have available on our vacancy listings page. Please email harpal.rull@walthamforest.gov.uk with a copy of your CV to express interest.

Upcoming Information Sessions

Our next general information session will be held on Tuesday July 10th at Queens Road Learning Centre. Why not come along between 10am and 4pm or 6pm and 8pm to find out what we can offer you? For more details of other upcoming information sessions, click here.

CLaSS Prospectus for January to July 2012 released!

Our new prospectus for January to July 2012 is now available. You can download it here (pdf) or pick copy from any of our centres.

We have moved and relocated around the corner to Queens Road Learning Centre

CLaSS has moved out of our old accommodation in Chestnuts House and relocated to Queens Road Learning Centre. The new building offers improved facilities and classrooms customised specifically for our courses. Click here to see what courses we can offer you at Queens Road!

From September 1st we are also no longer at Friday Hill House but at a new range of venues throughout Chingford and Highams Park. For more information, click here for a list of Chingford venues, or contact us for more information.

  • "I want more cooking skills and I want to learn how to follow a recipe."

    "I'm useless in the kitchen. That's why I'm here. I attempt to cook for my family - but I'm no good at it."
  • "It's the highlight of the week. I really look forward to my Spanish class - and it feels great being able to speak Spanish in Spain."
  • "The standard of most work is excellent, with some better described as exceptional."

    City and Guilds examiner reporting on CLaSS's fashion and textiles work.
  • "I'm getting on for 84 now. I couldn't believe my luck last year when I realised I could attend basic computer classes. I started with the complete basics and I now have qualifications in word processing and databases - and have started my own blog."
  • "My friends in other parts of London are astonished by what you can do here in Waltham Forest. The British Wheel of Yoga Foundation course was inspirational - and I am now well on the way to becoming a fully qualified yoga teacher. Carry on the good work, CLaSS!"
  • "My brother was born deaf. None of us - my parents or my other brothers - ever learnt sign language. I can't believe that now. It seems so wrong. Now thanks to CLaSS I've really learnt to communicate properly with my brother"
  • "I work at an estate agents as a receptionist. I mentioned I was taking a photography course with CLaSS and now I do all the property shoots. I'm even getting paid a bit more!"
  • "I speak four languages and have been an interpreter for five years - but I've never had any formal training before now. This course is amazing - if we discuss something on our course one week,it always comes up at work the next - like not going inside the house before the social worker arrives."
  • "Parenting courses are great! You realise that everyone has the same worries as you - and that there are practical strategies you can learn that really do work. I thank the Lord for the Calm Parent - Calm Children course I attended."
  • "I cook - but I don't follow recipes and amounts. My daughter is doing cookery GCSE at school and I'd like to help her with that."