LEARNING IN SURBITON

We have an exciting range of courses at our Hillcroft campus in Surbiton. Open to all adults, these courses will enhance your career choices or allow you to meet new people while learning something new. Click below for the most up to date list of courses available at our Hillcroft campus.

ADULT SOCIAL CARE & CHILDCARE

Emergency First Aid at Work

Healthcare and Social Work Career Pathway -Level 2

Neil Griffiths So You Want to Tell A Story Workshop

Paediatric First Aid Training

Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care - Level 1

Skills for Professions in Health and Social Care - Level 2 Qualification

Reflective Listening Skills for Volunteers and Carers

Work in Adult Social Care

 

ART & DESIGN

Art and Design for Wellbeing - Introduction

Bike Mechanics - Level 1

Bicycle Repairs - Introduction

Creative Watercolour

Clothesmaking for Beginners

Complete Drawing and Painting

Fashion Jewellery

Fashion - Sustainability: How to make a Zero Waste Pattern

Fashion - Sustainability: Make do and Mend

Landscape and Nature Photography

Life Drawing All Levels

Making an A-line Skirt

Making a Pair of Elasticated Trousers

Making a Top

Mosaic - Taster

Mosaic - Beginners

Mosaics - Improvers

Painting and Drawing from Scratch

Photography for Beginners

Photography - Intermediate

Portrait and Life Drawing - Introduction

Portraiture - Introduction

Printmaking - Introduction to Japanese Woodcut

Seasonal Gardening What and When to Plant

Sewing & Clothesmaking for Beginners

Sewing Classes 

The Sewing Workshop - Beginners

 

BUSINESS STUDIES & DIGITAL

Accounting and Finance - Introduction

Bookkeeping - AAT Level 2 Certificate

Adobe Creative Web Design

Creative Web Design with Adobe Photoshop and WordPress

Digital Marketing and Social Media - Introduction

Digital Skills - Entry Level 

Digital Skills Taster and Advice Session

Managing Your Money - Household Budgeting

Microsoft Word - Level 1 (Women Only)

Microsoft Excel - Level 2

Office Skills - Level 2

Office Skills Word

 

COUNSELLING & MENTAL WELLBEING

Awareness of Mental Health and Wellbeing Level 1

Approaches to Counselling - CBT

Approaches to Counselling - Existential Therapy

Approaches to Counselling: Jungian Theory

Approaches to Counselling - Psychodynamic

Approaches to Counselling - Person-Centred

Counselling CPCAB Certificate - Level 2

Counselling Introduction

Counselling as a Career (Workshop)

Reflective Listening Skills for Volunteers and Carers

Understanding Children and Young People's Mental Health - Level 2 Certificate (NCFE)

Understanding Personal and Interpersonal Conflict

 

EMPLOYABILITY

Getting Into Volunteering Workshop

How To Ace Your Interview

How to Complete a Winning Job Application

How to Prepare for a Winning Interview

How to Write an Effective Cover Letter

How to Write a Winning CV

New Directions - Re-starting My Career

Volunteering Award - L1

Volunteering Award - L2

ENGLISH & MATHS

Introduction to GCSE Maths

Introduction to GCSE English

Introduction to Functional Skills Maths - Level 1

Introduction to Functional Skills Maths Entry - Level 3

Maths - Increasing Confidence (MULT)

Maths - Managing Money (MULT)

Maths - Support Your Children (MULT)

 

LANGUAGES

French Beginners - Stage 2

French Conversation - Intermediate - Taster

French for Holidays

French Conversation - Intermediate - Taster

Italian - Post Beginners Stage 2

Italian - Beginners Stage 2

Italian - Post-Intermediate Reading and Conversation

Italian Conversation - Intermediate - Taster

Italian for Holidays

Spanish - Beginners Stage 1

Spanish - Beginners Stage 2

 

LITERATURE & HISTORY

Creative Writing - Short Stories

Creative Writing for Wellbeing

From Romanticism to Existentialism

History of Art - Discovering Textiles

History of Art - Discovering Impressionism

History of Art - Portrait Miniatures

History of Art - Women Artists

Literature As Philosophy

Philosophy - An Introduction

Romantic Poets and their World

 

PERFORMING ARTS & MUSIC

Acoustic Guitar Beginners

Acoustic Guitar - Improvers

Drama Improvisation: Building Communication and Creativity

Drama - Musical Theatre for Adults

Hillcroft Singers

Songwriting

Songwriting Taster

 

TEACHING & TRAINING

Access to HE: Policing

Create the Puppet Workshop

Education and Training - Level 3 Award (TQUK)

CELTA - Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Makaton Level 1 and 2

Meeting the Needs of Learners with Autistic Spectrum Conditions Level 2  OCNLR

Preparing to Work in School - Level 1 Award (NCFE CACHE)

Singing Hands - Makaton Workshop

Taster - Teaching as a Career

 

WELLBEING

Saturday Kitchen - Baking Pizzas

Saturday Kitchen - Flavours of Japan

Saturday Kitchen - Italian filled Pasta

Taster: Asian Party Bites

 

WOMEN'S EDUCATION

Desktop Publishing (Microsoft Publisher) – Level 1

Developing Personal Confidence and Emotional Resilience

English Language – GCSE

ESOL Writing – Level 1

ESOL Writing – Entry Level 1

ESOL Writing – Level 2

Getting Ready for Functional Skills Maths – Level 1

Getting Ready for GCSE English

Introduction to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy – Skills for Everyday Life  

Introduction to Functional Skills English – Entry 3

Introduction to Functional Skills Maths – Entry Level 3

Introduction to Functional Skills Maths – Level 1

Microsoft Word – Level 1

 

 

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Information, Advice and Guidance

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Learning Support 

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