GCSE English Language - Online Courses - Adult Learning

Online Courses, Nottingham

Date	6 October 2026 - 15 June 2027
Sessions	Tuesdays: 9:30am - 1pm
No. sessions	29
Venue	Online Courses, Nottingham View venue details View on Google Maps
For ages	19+
Group size	5 - 10
Cost	Free

About this course

This course is suitable for adults aged 19+ years that wish to gain a qualification to help them progress in their education and/or career.

Successful completion of the course will lead to a GCSE English Language qualification with Edexcel.

Entry Requirements: Level 1 Functional Skills English or completion of an initial assessment showing you are working at this level or higher.

This course will be delivered over 29 weeks and the final exams will take place on two dates in May and June 2026 at our learning centre in Sutton In Ashfield.

This course will allow you to draw upon a range of texts as reading stimulus and engage with creative as well as real and relevant contexts. You will have opportunities to develop higher-order reading and critical thinking skills that encourage genuine enquiry into different topics and themes. The course will teach you to be able to demonstrate a confident control of Standard English and write grammatically correct sentences, deploying figurative language and analysing texts. The texts used on this course include literature and extended literary non-fiction, and other writing such as essays, reviews and journalism (both printed and online).

Your application will be checked to confirm you qualify for a funded place on the course and do not already hold an English GCSE at grade C / Level 4. You will then be asked to complete an online English initial assessment, and we will contact you to discuss the outcome of this. You will be offered a place on the course if you are working at Level 1 or higher. If the outcome of this shows that you are not yet working at Level 1 or above, it will be recommended that you complete an English Functional Skills course first.

As this course is delivered online, a suitable device such as laptop, tablet or computer will be required to access the course. The link for you to join the live sessions will be sent to you once your enrolment has been completed.

Booking your place and fee information

Funding and Fees

If you receive certain benefits, you may be able to take the course for free.
If money is stopping you from enrolling, please visit our funding page to see what help is available.

Living in England

To book and join one of our courses, you must live in England permanently and either:

Live inside the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) area (Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire)

Live outside the devolved areas listed below

You cannot enrol if you live in these devolved areas:

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA)
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
North East Combined Authority
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
Tees Valley Combined Authority
West Midlands Combined Authority
West of England Combined Authority
West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority
York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority
Hull and East Yorkshire
Greater Lincolnshire
Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority
Cornwall Council
Lancashire Combined County Authority
Buckinghamshire Council

Residency Requirements (Additional Information)

If you live in the UK on a visa, we’ll need evidence of your visa to confirm funding. You can upload this when applying, and you’ll need to complete a short questionnaire.

Some exceptions include:

Your visa must last until after your course ends.
Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for at least 6 months while their claim is being processed.
You are supported by your local authority under Section 23C or 23CA of the Children Act 1989, or under the Care Act 2014.

Anyone who does not meet the funding criteria would need to pay full course fees.