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English for Work
Funding area Essential Skills
Book your place
To enrol on this course please enter your course enrolment password into the box below.
Check your eligibility to enrol online
You must meet the below requirements to be able to enrol through the online portal:
- You must be ordinary resident in the UK at the start date of the course - Ordinary resident means you live in the UK and have chosen to live here for a settled purpose
- You must be a British citizen
- You must be aged 19 or over as at the 31st August 2025 for courses in the 2025/26 academic year
- You must agree to commit to and complete an Individual Learning Plan in agreement with your course tutor
If you do not meet these criteria you may still be able to enrol on one of our courses but you will need to contact us to support you to do so. Details of how to get in contact will be provided by clicking "I confirm I DO NOT meet all the criteria above".
Who can join this course
Functional Skills English courses are funded by the Department for Education (DFE) and are FREE to eligible learners.
To be eligible to enrol and attend our courses you must have lawful permission to reside in the UK and be ordinarily resident in the UK at the course start date.
Dependant on your individual circumstances, you may be required to show evidence of your residency status before you can enrol and attend courses with us.
Acceptance on a KAE Skills Functional Skills English course does not constitute an immigration sponsorship and no Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) certificate will be issued.
Is this course for me
Would you like to improve your English skills for work? Then this course is for you!
Whether you already have a job or are looking, this course will help.
During the course you will learn effective language for communication in work places such as customer service, retail and in an office.
The course also includes practical learning on the following areas:
Admininstration i.e.
• lexicon related to invoices, quotes and budgets
• Taking minutes
• Writing short reports
Learning how to structure and create a digital presentation
Learning about negotiation
Job searching and career advice
Plus much more!
Please note - your current level of English needs to be intermediate or higher - or a native speaker