GCSE and Functional Skills Maths
Applications for GCSE Maths and Functional Skills courses are now closed. Thank you to everyone who has applied. For any additional queries, please reach out to us at adultskills@surreycc.gov.uk.
Page contents
- About this subject
- Course levels
- Preparation for functional skills
- Functional skills courses
- GCSE Maths courses
- Eligibility criteria
About this subject
Build your confidence with maths at work or home.
Improve your numeracy skills so that you can study or find work.
If you have struggled at school or new to the UK, our supportive tutors and small class sizes will help you succeed. Our courses are face-to-face and online so your education can fit in with your busy life.
We offer Entry to Functional Skills maths, and the qualifications Functional Skills maths, and GCSE maths.
In 2023, we had a maths GCSE pass rate of 100%.
Get the qualification you need for your future.
Course levels
- Preparation for Functional Skills Maths - will help you progress to a functional skills course
- Entry 3/Level 1 - Functional Skills Maths will help you progress to GCSE Maths
- GCSE maths - develop the skills you need to gain up to a grade 5. This the level which most employers and academic institutions require.
Preparation for Functional Skills Maths
This is a free course for people with basic numeracy skills. Courses start in September and run for 12 weeks to December.
You can progress to Maths Functional Skills then to GCSE Maths.
We hold courses online and in person at one of our centres. The centres are in: Woking, Camberley, and Sunbury. To ensure you can attend exams, we advise you live within a 30 to 40 minute travel distance from one of our centres.
You can find more information about the Preparation for Functional Skills qualification on the Preparation for Functional Skills course descriptions
For information about our centres and parking, visit our centre information page
Complete a Functional Skills Expression of interest form
Functional Skills
Functional Skills is a free qualification for people with basic numeracy skills. The courses are 22 weeks long which run from January to July.
You can progress to GCSE maths.
We hold courses online and in person at one of our centres. The centres are in: Woking, Camberley, and Sunbury. To ensure you can attend exams, we advise you live within a 30 to 40 minute travel distance from one of our centres.
For information about our centres and parking, visit our centre information page
Complete a Functional Skills Expression of interest form
GCSE Maths
For a Maths GCSE, you will develop skills over one year. We will motivate and inspire our learners and enable them to develop the skills they need to gain up to a grade 5 which is the level which most employers and academic institutions require.
We hold courses online and in person at one of our centres. The centres are in: Guildford, Woking, Camberley, and Sunbury. To ensure you can attend exams, we advise you live within a 30 to 40 minute travel distance from one of our centres.
For information about our centres and parking, visit our centre information page
We offer GCSE Maths Foundation and you will sit three exams at the end of the academic year in June. You can find more information about GCSE Maths on the GCSE Maths course descriptions
Complete a GCSE Maths Expression of interest form
Eligibility criteria
Maths courses are free for adults aged 19 and over on 31 August 2024 who do not already hold a GCSE qualification (grades A to C, 4 to 9) and who meet the following eligibility criteria.
If you are not eligible for a free course under the above criteria, you may need to pay a fee. For more information and advice please email: adultskills@surreycc.gov.uk