Maths Courses

Understanding maths is essential for everyday activities as numerical and logical thinking can help you in the home and in the workplace. Our practical maths courses will help you build upon your existing skills and help you apply them to everyday situations.

Please keep checking this page as more information regarding our maths courses will be added soon.

Confidence with Maths

The Confidence with Maths course will enable you to build on your previous mathematical knowledge and to increase your understanding, confidence and skill set in order to use mathematics in everyday situations. Read more

Functional Skills Maths - Level 1

The main areas of study are Numbers, Fractions, Decimals and Percentages, Measures, Shape and Space, and Handling Data. Read more

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English Courses

English courses help you build on your knowledge and help you gain an all important qualification in proving your ability.

Train the Trainer Part 1

This is part 1 of a 2 part course aimed at both new and experienced teachers and trainers in the voluntary and community sectors, who have no formal training or qualifications as trainers.

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Access to Higher Education Diploma (Social Science and Humanities) October 2020

The Access to Higher Education Diploma (Social Science and Humanities) is highly credited by universities in the UK and is perfect for adults who wish to go on to further study of counselling, youth work and psychology as well as other subjects. This is a nine-month programme that can help you to get into University. This course is planning to start on 19th October 2020

Fees

Many of our courses are free, find out more about our fees.

Who we are

Fircroft is an adult education college in Selly Oak, Birmingham, offering mostly residential courses but also online and one day courses.

Open Days

We have Open Days for everyone and we can't wait to welcome you. Please ensure you book a place in advance so that you can get the full benefit of visiting us to talk about courses.