FREE Essential Skills Literacy Classes


Our Essential Skills Literacy for Adults course is designed to help you strengthen your English skills in a supportive and friendly environment.

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Improve Your English and Boost Your Confidence!

Our Essential Skills Literacy for Adults course is designed to help you strengthen your English skills in a supportive and friendly environment.


Why study this course?

  • This course will help you improve your reading, writing, speaking and listening skills and if you successfully complete, you can gain an Essential Skills qualification in Literacy.
  • It will help you be more confident and open up more education and employment opportunities.
  • It's free, and class time is just two hours a week.  


Entry Requirements

You will need to sit an assessment test so we can decide what level you will be working towards, and then place you in a suitable group where possible.

Available Sessions

Bangor Campus
  • Start date: week commencing 19 October 2026
  • Mondays, 9.30am - 11.30am or Thursdays, 9.30am - 11.30am or 1.30pm - 3.30pm
    Downpatrick Campus
    • Start date: week commencing 19 October 2026
    • Mondays, 9.30am - 11.30am or Wednesdays, 12.30pm - 2.30pm

    Register your interest 

    Use the link below to register your interest.

    Register Your Interest

    For further information please contact:

    E: community@serc.ac.uk

    T: 079 7003 7971