Welcome to CLaSS!

Submitted by root on Sat, 08/11/2012 - 18:10

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!

  • 24+ Advanced Learning Loans

    24+ Advanced Learning Loans - a great new initiative to support you into learning

    From September 2013 you will be able to take out a student loan for training and courses which are level 3 or above - including advanced and higher level apprenticeships.

    You will be able to take out a loan for a course with Waltham Forest CLaSS, if

    • You are aged 24 at the start of your course
    • You are resident in the United Kingdom
    • You have not previously had a loan to do the same level and type of qualification
    • You are studying at level 3 or level 4

    Loans will not be means tested or credit checked and will be available to both employed and unemployed people. The loan will be paid directly to the training provider from the Students Loan Company.

    The first repayments will not be due until April 2016 and then only if and when you are earning £21,000 or more.

    For more information, visit: www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/further-education.aspx

  • Upcoming Information Sessions

    Our next general information session will be held on Tuesday July 9th at Queens Road Learning Centre. Why not come along between 10am and 4pm or between 6pm and 8pm to find out what we can offer you? For more details of other upcoming information sessions, click here.

  • Prospectus 2012-13

    To view our prospectus for 2012-13, pick up a copy from one of our centres, or download here.

  • 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.

  • CLaSS Learners' Top Win at The Feltmaker's Design Award 2012

    CLaSS learners had fantastic success at the Feltmaker's Design Awards, with Melanie Lewiston taking first prize, Anna Sargent taking third prize and Katherine Gerrish receiving the Artwork and Presentation Prize. See pictures of the winning hats in this report from the event!

  • "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'm very thankful 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."