Essential Skills
Build your confidence and improve your job prospects with our Essential Skills courses.
DEVELOP YOUR SKILLS
Our range of essential skills courses, such as GCSEs & Functional Skills and ESOL can help build your confidence, help you succeed in the workplace, improve your job prospects and provide you with skills to aid your children with their schoolwork.
When you join our adult education courses, you'll learn within small, friendly groups where you can work at a pace to suit your ability and individual aims.
Whether you choose to improve your Maths and English, learn a new GCSE subject, or want to develop your skills so you can progress on to a degree course, your future starts here!
HELPING YOU
Our Essential Skills courses will help you develop essential skills for home and the workplace.
Qualifications available
Why Petroc should be your first choice
Petroc offers quality education and training across North and Mid Devon. We aim to provide outstanding learning, excellent facilities, strong connections to employers and a supportive environment to help you fulfil your education goals and set you on your path to the career of your dreams.
SUPPORTIVE
We offer a supportive and inclusive environment where you can flourish and feel a valued member of the college and wider community.Â
INSPIRING
Our teaching spaces and facilities are some of the best in the region, providing stimulating and true-to-life learning environments.Â
CONNECTED
We’ll provide you with the experiences you need to be ready for employment or the next step on your educational journey.