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Life & Living Skills

Qualification: Extended Certificate
Entry Level

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About this course

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Our Life and Living courses support students with learning difficulties and disabilities who would like to develop their personal and social development skills as well as their work skills. The courses are delivered by a dedicated team of specialist and experienced staff.

We offer study programmes which help students develop maths, English, ICT as well as life, personal and communication skills. These courses offer practical and classroom based activities as well as supported trips, visits and work experience to help develop independent living skills.

This course is suitable for students, aged 16-24, with moderate learning difficulties and/or disabilities who want to develop their life, personal and communication skills.

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Subjects which may include:

  • Cooking
  • Shopping
  • Life skills
  • Community responsibilities
  • Recycling
  • Art
  • Healthy lifestyles
  • Preparation for work
  • Office skills
  • Communication
  • Personal skills
  • Emotional wellbeing
  • ICT
  • Leisure time
  • Enterprise
  • Maths and English

Our students have access to a dedicated kitchen area and art room as well as computer rooms and classrooms.

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Course assessed by:

  • 100% coursework / practical

It is important that you provide us with your Education, Health & Care Plan (EHCP) and/or transition plan from school upon making your application. If we can meet your needs we will invite you for an interview to discuss the course in more detail and to establish the most suitable level of study.

Start Date Course Times Duration Campus Fees
02/09/24 TBC 1 year Main campus

On completion you may be able to move onto the next level of these courses if appropriate or to the full cost leisure course at City College, or a Supported Internship.

Trips, visits & activities

  • Library
  • Art gallery
  • Shopping for cookery ingredients
  • Sporting activities
  • Meal out
  • Trips around local community