Part-time and adult courses in the Staffordshire Moorlands
- Want a change of direction?
- Perhaps add another string to your bow?
- Or do something you've always wanted?
Adults come to Leek College to study for a variety of reasons.
- Whatever YOUR reason you'll find a relaxed learning environment with all the support you need.
- Once you've got a taste for learning, you'll come back time and time again.
Qualifications for work
A wide variety of vocational courses are offered by
Leek College that are work related. Vocational courses
tend to be the more traditional classes where you can
work towards a qualification including GCSE Maths and
English, complementary therapies, welding, hairdressing,
beauty therapy and teaching assistants.
Courses for hobbies and interest
Leek College offers a wide variety of Adult and
Community Learning programmes across the
Staffordshire Moorlands. These are delivered in a
variety of venues including local schools and village
halls and all courses take place in a comfortable and
relaxed environment.
These courses can help guide you back into education,
training and employment, or just help you develop
personal skills and knowledge. You can join one of
a wide range of courses offered during the day and
evening. Tutors are friendly and supportive and there is
something for everyone and you can choose from a wide
range of topics to meet your individual needs.
We offer a range of ever popular courses.
Craft courses include woodwork, painting and drawing,
sugar craft, pottery and photography. Language courses
include: Russian, Spanish and Italian. Complementary
Therapies include: Aromatherapy and Indian Head
massage. There are also many more to choose from!
Learning can be life changing
Endon mum of two Diane Leopard is a perfect example
of how adult learning can prove a life changing choice
after she decided to delve into family history two years
ago, prompted by her husband, retired hospital surgeon
Peter Leopard.
Diane joined him on a Leek College course and soon
became fascinated by her own ancestors, including
William Large, one of North Staffordshire’s first
centenarians. She discovered old photographs of her
ancestor and made him the focus of an Open University
study on Writing the History of Families.
Diane’s own life changed after she was diagnosed
with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) eighteen months ago. But,
thanks to her passion for learning, new opportunities
have followed the diagnosis and she decided to start
her own business in Family History Research. Spurred
on by treatments to manage her own MS, Diane has
also completed Level 3 qualifications in alternative
therapies including Aromatherapy, Indian Head
Massage and Ear Candle Therapy and aims to offer
relaxing treatments in clients’ own homes.