Haringey Adult Learning
Haringey Adult Learning Service (HALS)
HALS has been offering high quality local learning opportunities for over 20 years. We offer courses across a range of locations with a choice of day, evening and weekend hours, many of which are still free of charge. Our two main HALS Learning Centres are located in Wood Green & White Hart Lane, offering modern, well-equipped, supportive learning environments.
We work in close partnership with the Learning & Skills Council, local schools, libraries, employers, other local learning organisations and voluntary/community organisations to ensure that we constantly improve standards of provision.
HALS courses are offered at a variety of venues around the borough and at different times of the day and week. You have the opportunity to discuss your learning needs before, during or after attending a HALS course, and you will be given support in order to find out what else you can do and progress onto.
Day, evening and Saturday courses are available for people 19 and over and include:
- Computing courses
- Counselling, yoga and aromatherapy
- Courses for new/small businesses
- Creative writing and journalism
- Desktop publishing, digital photography, video and web design
- Family Learning
- Fashion and sewing
- French and Spanish
- Finance (book-keeping, money management, Sage Payroll and Accounts)
- IELTS (International English Language Testing System)
- Reading, writing, maths and ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages)
Other provisions includes
- IAG (Careers) Services for adults
- learndirect - online literacy, numeracy and computer courses
- Programmes for young people (Apprenticeships, Entry to Employment)
HALS Main Venues
| Wood Green Learning Centre | White Hart Lane Learning Centre |
|---|---|
2nd Floor, Central Library Tel 020 8489 2500 | White Hart Lane Tel 020 8489 8781 |
Map links are available in the external links section below
Further Information

- HALS general enquiry online form
- HALS enrolment online form
- Tel 020 8489 2500
- Email hals@haringey.gov.uk.
- See the HALS programme.
Note: hals programme.pdf is over 2000K (2MB) in size and may take some time to download on slower Internet connections.
| Filename | Filetype | Size |
|---|---|---|
| hals programme.pdf | 2027K | |
| PDF documents require Adobe Acrobat reader. Please click here to download. | ||
Useful External Links
The following links are not part of the Haringey Council website. Please read our legal disclaimer before using these links
|Page Last Updated: 20 August 2008
This page belongs to the following categories :
- Education and learning > Adult and community education
- Education and learning > Job training and development




