How to apply
Learners who want to enrol on ESOL courses need to put their names on the waiting list. Learners receive a card through the post inviting them to an interview.
- Telephone 020 8520 3843
- Say you want to join an ESOL class
- Give your name, address and telephone number.
You can also visit any of our main centres to book an interview.
We interview all learners before offering them a class. Interview sessions are at the beginning or end of each term.
If the interview is not a good time for you, telephone 020 8520 3843 as soon as possible and we will try and change it.
Your interview could be anywhere in Waltham Forest. At the interview we will try and give you a class near your home.
ESOL classes are all part-time.
- "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."
