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Do you want to improve your English, maths, or digital skills, gain a qualification to enhance your career, or develop your personal wellbeing?

Barking and Dagenham Council is committed to supporting people to improve their prospects through access to learning. 

Our Adult College offers a friendly environment and wide range of free courses to support local community skills and wellbeing – while our specialist sector programmes are creating clear pathways to support residents to access growth opportunities in the borough, working in partnership with trusted local education and training partners. 

Our careers programmes with local schools and colleges seek to make opportunities in growth sectors more accessible, inclusive and diverse by building awareness of and creating high quality training pathways into good jobs and careers.

Schools interested in getting involved can click on the links to find out more.

Food in schools

Find out how we are improving school food education and catering

Inspiring Futures

Find out about the Inspiring Futures programme supporting local children and young people to participate in cultural and creative opportunities in school and beyond

Construction in schools

Find out how we are supporting young people to understand careers in construction and the built environment

Film in schools

Find out how we are supporting young people to understand careers in the film sector

We offer courses to help people access or progress in a career. These vocational pathways will give you the skills and knowledge needed for the area you want to work in. We also work closely with employers in these sectors and our job brokerage service to help you find and apply for relevant opportunities. 

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Register with our employment support service to access workshops and advice to support your job search.

Care professions

Courses to qualify for roles in health, social care or childcare

Teaching

Courses to start your career as a Teaching Assistant

Construction

Courses for new starters and existing workers in construction and the built environment delivered at our BRIC training and CSCS Test Centre

Business

Courses to prepare for modern working practices in marketing, customer service, human resources, and retail

Film

Training to support local people to access careers in film and the creative industries

Food

Find out about the new borough food school to access good careers in food

Apprenticeships

Earn and learn at the same time

The Councils Adult College offers courses to help people get by in everyday life and build community wellbeing from maths, English and computing to courses to inspire, support and motivate you and your family to make positive changes in your life.

Maths

Courses from beginners to GCSE for those seeking to develop analytical skills, money management techniques, gain a recognised qualification as well as have fun and keep your mind sharp

Multiply

Improve maths skills to unlock job opportunities, prepare for further education, or help with everyday tasks like budgeting and helping your children with their homework

English for Speakers of Other Languages

Courses for those whose first language is not English to improve speaking, listening, reading, and writing

English

Courses from beginners to GCSE to gain qualifications and practical skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing

Digital skills

Our FREE ‘Digital Skills Introduction’ courses will help you develop essential digital skills for life or the workplace

Community learning

Enrol on one of our short courses to improve your wellbeing, stay active or expand your knowledge

Our local education partners

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Barking and Dagenham School Improvement Partnership

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Adult College Barking and Dagenham

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Coventry University Group London

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Barking and Dagenham Further Education College

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