Skills for Life
HALS offer a range of ways to help you improve your Skills for Life - reading, writing, and number skills
- Reading, writing and math courses
- English for Speakers of Others Languages (ESOL/ IELTS)
- Family Learning Courses
- learndirect
- English Assessments for Citizenship Applications
- Further Information
Before you join our Skills for Life courses we will ask you to come and talk to us so that we can assess your skills and help you decide which class will be best for you.
|Back to topReading, Writing and Math Courses
These free courses are for adults who want to improve their maths or English. There are classes in numeracy (maths) and literacy (reading and writing). All these courses are for people who live permanently in the UK. You can join these courses and groups at any time during the year if places are available.
To apply for a HALS literacy or numeracy course, please fill in an enquiry form from one of our receptions or telephone 020 8489 2500 for more details. We will assess your skills before offering you a place on one of our courses. This is to make sure the course you are enrolled on is right for you.
|Back to topEnglish for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL/ IELTS)
Haringey Adult Learning Service (HALS) provides free part-time English courses at community venues in Haringey. The courses are for adults who live permanently in the UK, and who have UK and EU citizenship or leave to remain, or who are asylum seekers.
The courses are free and some have creche places available. Courses are at beginner (Entry 1), elementary (Entry 2), intermediate (Entry 3), and advanced (Level 1) levels. All HALS ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) courses cover citizenship topics, as required by the Home Office, and nationally recognised accreditation is offered.
To apply for a HALS ESOL course, fill in an ESOL enquiry form at reception on the 2nd floor of Wood Green Central Library, High Road, Wood Green, N22 6XD. ESOL courses are usually full, with long waiting lists, so we advise all applicants to apply to other providers as well as to HALS.
|Back to topFamily Learning Courses
Are you a parent or carer of a child in a Haringey school?
Family Learning courses are free and designed to help you develop the skills and confidence necessary to support your children's learning and develop your own literacy/numeracy and language skills.
These courses help parents and carers understand the jargon used in education and tell you more about school life and the national literacy and numeracy strategies. On family literacy and family numeracy courses parents and carers can become directly involved in their children learning through working together in a structured session using a range of different resources.The courses are fun and will involve you more in your children's education.
Taking part in these courses can help if you would like to improve your Information Communication Technology, basic skills and English language (ESOL). You can also gain a national qualification and get advice from our Employment and Learning Advisers about progressing to other courses and possible options if you want to return to work.
All Family Learning courses are free and there are free creche places on most courses. Courses in schools are open first to the parents/carers of children at the school. To find out if the course is right for you, check availability and get news of additional courses call the Family Learning Team on 020 8489 8781/2500 or
- Ask at your local school or Learning Centre.
- Come along to an advice and enrolment session.
learndirect
learndirect
has courses to help you check your reading, writing and number skills. You can then go on to improve these and towards a qualification if you want to.
These are some of the most popular courses:
- A way with words - covers reading, writing and listening
- Checkpoint - improve your spelling and avoid common spelling problems
- Numbers direct - covers all aspects of number skills, from weights and measures to fractions and decimals.
We understand that finding the right course is really important to you. We will help you get started with your course, provide you support to ensure that you get most from it and help you plan what you can do next. You can enrol onto the learndirect courses throughout the year.
learndirect courses are mainly online, using the Internet, so you can learn at one of our centres or anywhere else where you have access to the Internet (we can provide information on what you will need to check before starting your course). To find out more about our learndirect courses, contact us using the Further Information below.
IELTS Preparation Course
HALS will be offering an IELTS (International English Language Testing System) preparation course. IELTS test the complete range of English language skills which will commonly be used by students when studying or training in English. IELTS is accepted for admissions purposes by most Australian, British, Canadian, New Zealand academic institutions and many American academic institutions.
|Back to topEnglish Assessments for Citizenship Applications
New Home Office regulations require that any one who wants to become a British citizen must speak English to “Entry 3” level or above.
If you do not already hold a qualification in English, we can assess your language level.
The test is in speaking and listening to English and is conducted by a qualified teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages.
It takes up to half an hour. No preparation is necessary.
The test is graded after your appointment, and if your English is at the required level, we provide a letter, which you can use in your application to be naturalised.
If your English is not yet at “Entry 3” level, we will advise you about the ESOL courses available.
FEE £25 (Refundable if you join a HALS ESOL course)
Tel 0208 485 8781 for more details and an appointment.
|Back to topFurther Information
Wood Green Learning Centre
2nd Floor, Central Library
High Road, Wood Green
London N22 6XD
- HALS general enquiry online form
- HALS enrolment online form
- Tel 020 8489 2500
- Email hals@haringey.gov.uk.
- See the HALS programme.
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