Our Curriculum Offer

Types and purpose
of our curriculum offer

Knowsley Family And Community Education (FACE) is Knowsley Council’s Adult and Community Education Service, and we provide a friendly service where adults can learn in supportive environments.

We offer affordable and accessible adult education courses throughout the Borough and want all learners to fulfil their learning potential.

We deliver a mix of remote learning classes and some classroom-based classes in a range of venues across Knowsley when possible.

Our classroom based accredited learning and our community learning courses are grouped in to Curriculum Clusters.  These clusters are described below:

Classroom Based Accredited Learning (CBL)

The purpose of this provision is to enhance skills and increase employability.

Community Learning (CL)

The purpose of this provision is to engage individuals for personal development and enjoyment.  It is learning to build skills, knowledge and understanding.

Community Learning Mental Health (CLMH)

The purpose of this provision is to develop individuals through learning in order to improve mental health, resilience and wellness.

Family Learning (FL)

The purpose of this provision is to support families by promoting and developing family learning, positive parenting and increasing parental engagement.

High Needs Learning (HNL)

The purpose of this provision is to prepare young people with high needs for adult life in the local community and ultimately develop their independence.  This provision is known as Flourish FE.

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Health Related Skills for Life and Work

All courses provide excellent opportunities for learner promotion at work, progression onto further learning and/or into employment.
If you have any enquiries in relation to the courses listed below please contact Vicky Powell on 07825 117 487 or email victoria.powell@knowsley.gov.uk

Psychology

GCSE – Level 2

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Mental Health

NCFE Level 1 & 2

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Work based Skills

NCFE Level 1 & 2

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Health & Social Care

NCFE Level 2 & Community Learning

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Counselling

NCFE Level 2

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Teaching Assistant & Mentoring

Level 2

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Essential Skills for Life and Work

If you have any enquiries in relation to the courses listed below please contact Michelle Daly on 07810 053 971 or email michelle.daly@knowsley.gov.uk

English & Maths

Functional Skills – GCSE Level

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GCSE

English, Maths & Psychology

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ICT

Digital Drop In & Essential Skills

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Photography

Functional Skills – GCSE Level

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Health & Safety at Work

Level 1 & 2

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Supporting Teaching & Learning, Support Work in Schools & Colleges, and Mentoring

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Spanish

Three courses

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British Sign Language

Level 1 & 2

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Creative Crafts and Skills for Life

FACE offers a wide range of Creative Craft courses. The work produced by our Creative Crafts learners is consistently rated as ‘outstanding’ by the awarding body (NCFE).

Most courses provide progression opportunities from non-accredited Community Learning up to accredited Level 2.

If you have any enquiries in relation to the courses listed below please contact Amanda Briscoe on 07881 267 605 or email amanda.briscoe@knowsley.gov.uk

Art and Design

Community Learning

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Cake Decorating

NCFE Level 1 & 2

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Sewing and Textiles

Community Learning – Level 1

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Floristry

Level 1 & 2, Advanced & Seasonal

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Horticulture

An introduction to…

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Therapies

Mixed Therapies

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Going Places 16-18 Study Programme

Knowsley Family And Community Education works in partnership with approved providers to deliver 16-18 Study Programmes. If you would like further information about opportunities available please email Sandra Feerick: sandra.feerick@knowsley.gov.uk

Study Programmes are individually tailored. The offer includes:

English and Maths for young people who have not yet achieved a GCSE Grade 4 or equivalent.

Work Experience providing young people with an opportunity to develop their career choices and to apply their skills in real working conditions.

Academic, applied or vocational qualifications that stretch young people and prepare them for education at the next level or to employment.

Family Learning

Knowsley FACE offers a range of courses that help parents/carers get more involved in their children’s education and healthy development and give them ideas for learning activities they can do at home.

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Community Learning Mental Health

A service that provides free health and wellbeing courses to residents of the Knowsley area and beyond. Since we started in 2015 we have welcomed over 1000 students through our doors.

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High Needs Learning – Flourish FE

Our overarching aim is the development and progression of your son or daughter, supporting and teaching them to successfully achieve their personal outcomes and aspirations.

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Blended Learning

Since Covid-19 the service has been delivering most of its courses remotely.
The service will continue this way of delivering including more face to face contact.
This will be a Blended Learning approach.

Some people in employment, for those with caring responsibilities or single parents often find it difficult to undertake learning activities on a regular basis, for example, due to non-regular working schedules. Knowsley FACE offers courses that can be delivered using a blended learning model. Blended learning is a way of learning remotely without being in regular face-to-face contact with a teacher in the classroom. Tutorial support is provided via a virtual learning environment (such as Zoom, Teams, Edmodo, Kahoots), by telephone, through email or other electronic means. There will be occasional classroom face-to-face meetings with tutors to monitor learning progress, provide feedback and offer in-class support and guidance.