Stepping Up To Primary With Crafts

Family Learning courses are engagement courses, helping families move back into learning.

This course is funded by the Education and Skills Funding Agency and FREE to eligible learners*. Priority for places is given to new learners.

*To be eligible you must be able to answer ’yes’ to BOTH questions below:

1. Have been living in the UK or an EEA country continuously for at least 3 years prior to their learning start date?
And
2. Are you one of the following: A UK national OR An Irish national OR and EEA national with pre-settled or settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme?

If you are unable to answer yes to both questions, you may still be eligible. Please speak to a member of our team.


Learners can attend up to TWO Family Learning courses per academic year. Funding allows for one Parenting OR craft course AND one Family English, maths or Language course.


This course is for mothers and fathers (carers) and children aged 3/4 years. Adults can only attend with a child, will participate fully in the activity and supervise their children throughout.
Group size not to exceed 24, with no more than 2 children per adult.
Contact Partnership Manager/ Curriculum Leader if group exceeds specified sizes.

It is designed to:
Support interaction, provide quality time for families to have fun and learn together, strengthen relationships, build confidence and extend communication. Enable parents/carers to support their children to be school ready.

The families will extend their knowledge of the skills required for starting school.