Maths & English

Maths and English skills are an important part of education, employment and everyday life. Employers are looking for people with these skills and most employers expect candidates to have GCSEs in Maths and English at Grade 4 or above.

You should work hard and try your best to achieve the grade 4 or above while at school as ideally, you will leave school with these qualifications.  If you do not achieve a grade 4, then it is a government requirement that you continue your studies in these subjects while at college and English and Maths will be built into your study programme. You will be expected to attend classes for three hours per subject per week.

Your tutors will support you throughout and teach you how to apply what you learn into the workplace, from planning your time effectively through to being able to talk to colleagues and customers using appropriate language and behaviours. Wherever possible, your tutors will also try to contextualise your learning to the subject you are studying as your main study programme. This might be covering trigonometry in joinery when working on roofs or working out square footage. In hairdressing you need to understand ratios to mix colours correctly or angles for cutting in styles.