Enrolments are open for our Autumn courses!

Autumn term 2026

Starting from Monday 7 September 2026, we have a new term packed with hundreds of courses and workshops that run both online and at our seven centres: Camberley, Esher, Farnham, Guildford, Molesey, Sunbury, and Woking.

Whether you are looking to improve your essential skills, start a new career, explore a favourite subject, keep active support your child or plan some 'me-time' into your busy life, Surrey Adult Learning is here for you.

A wide range of subjects are available from half day workshops to one-year courses covering a variety of levels from beginner through to advanced. Courses are in the daytime, evening and on Saturdays both face to face and through 'live' online classes.

Our tutors are highly skilled, qualified and passionate about the subjects they teach. They create a supportive classroom environment to enable you to develop your skills, knowledge and confidence.

Find out more about some of the courses on offer on the adult learning course web page.

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English courses Entry 3 to GCSE

Build your confidence with English for work or home. We can help you improve your English language skills so that you can study or find work. If you have struggled at school or new to the UK, our supportive tutors and small class sizes will help you succeed. Our free courses are face-to-face and online so your education can fit in with your busy life.

We offer qualifications from Entry 3 to GCSE. They include Functional Skills and GCSE English.

In 2025, we had an English Language GCSE pass rate of 100%.

English courses

Maths courses Entry 3 to GCSE

Improve your numeracy skills so that you can study or find work. If you have struggled at school or new to the UK, our supportive tutors and small class sizes will help you succeed. Our courses are face-to-face and online so your education can fit in with your busy life.

We offer Entry to Functional Skills maths, and the qualifications Functional Skills maths, and GCSE maths.

In 2025, we had a maths GCSE pass rate of 98.6%.

Get the qualification you need for your future.

Maths courses

Boost your employment prospects and digital skills

Start your learning journey and unlock your potential with our wide range of courses in Microsoft, web design, bookkeeping, business, finance, and digital skills for work and home. It doesn't matter if you're a beginner or an expert, we have courses for everyone.

If you're new to Digital Skills, we have courses that cover the basics. You'll learn important skills like email, shopping online, protecting data, and navigating social media safely. Our experienced tutors will help you get comfortable and independent with different devices like computers, laptops, Macs, iPads, and tablets.

Computer courses

Work skills and Business courses

Vocational Courses

Surrey Adult Learning offers a wide range of vocational skills courses designed to help adults build confidence, gain practical experience and progress towards new opportunities. Learners can upskill for their current role, retrain for a new career, or develop the essential skills employers value. Our courses provide supportive, hands‑on learning led by experienced tutors. With flexible options, recognised qualifications and pathways into further training or employment.

Counselling

Gain a Counselling Skills qualification. Designed to give learners the underpinning knowledge, skills and competencies to use counselling skills ethically and safely in a variety of contexts and roles. If you are interested in helping others and bringing relief to people of any walks of life, this course is for you.

Counselling courses

Health and Social Care

Preparing to work in Health and Social Care is a great starting point for a role in the health or social care sector, as an employee or as a volunteer. Improve your learning skills and build your vocational knowledge, skills and confidence to support the health and well-being of individuals in your care and gain a Level 1 Award.

Health and social care course

Work in Schools

Preparing to work in Schools course is perfect for those who want to work or volunteer within school settings and want to boost their career prospects. Learn how to support children at school both in and outside of the classroom and gain a Level 1 ‘Award in
Preparing to Work in Schools’ qualification.

Work in schools course

Get crafty

Discover new and exciting interests from our inspiring range of art and craft courses and develop a passion for a new discipline. A creative class will build skills and understanding whilst improving your sense of wellbeing.

Courses include pottery, drawing, painting, creative writing, calligraphy, clock repair, hand embroidery, sewing, flower arranging, stained glass and glass fusing, jewellery and silverwork and upholstery, just to name a few.

Arts and photography courses

Craft courses

Learn a new language

With seven languages to choose from you could even learn Spanish in your lunch break. Learn online from home, or face-to-face and choose from Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, or Spanish.

Language courses

Look after your health, mind and body

Keep your mind active and body well, there are a variety of courses that can help including cookery, dance, exercise, bridge and mindfulness courses.

Taking part in physical activity and maintaining a healthy diet can offer real health benefits for mind and body. Whether you're feeling the strain of modern day living or just want to improve and maintain your health and fitness levels and stay stronger for longer, we have the course for you.

Dance courses

Exercise and wellbeing courses

Cookery courses

Explore the past and the human mind

Our wide variety of courses cover topics in Royal History and Psychology. Choose the course to suit you, from a short lecture, right up to a full term's course.

Humanities courses

Family Learning

Free courses and workshops for parents and carers to help create a better family life. Including Family Learning, English as an Additional Language (EAL).

Family Learning courses

Lipreading

Develop confidence and skills to communicate effectively both socially and at work by lipreading.

Within a supportive group you will practise and develop your lipreading skills and strategies for face-to-face communication. Learn about trickier lip shapes and tactics to help you manage difficult listening situations.

Lipreading courses

Pathway to Wellbeing

Creative and wellbeing courses for people whose mild-moderate mental health conditions are affecting their day-to-day lives.

Pathway to Wellbeing courses

Courses for adults with learning disabilities

Our Supported Learning courses are for adults with learning disabilities. We help our learners build and maintain independent skills, grow in confidence, improve wellbeing, and take an active role in their community.

Supported Learning Courses

Summer Short Courses

We are offering a range of short courses and workshops across our centres this summer.

Whether you want to try something creative, develop a new skill, or simply learn something different, our Summer short courses are a great way to get started.

Summer Short Courses

Support with fees

If financial difficulties are making it hard for you to enrol, please check whether one of our discounts or financial support options could help. These apply to most courses and workshops, except short courses and workshops of two days or fewer. To apply a discount or financial support, you will need to enrol by phone or in person at one of our centres. Our learner support team is here to help you find the best option for your circumstances.

Do something for you and enrol now for courses starting from 7 September 2026.