Redbridge Institute of Adult Education
Redbridge Institute of Adult Education is located in centres across the London Borough of Redbridge, with the main site in Gaysham Avenue in Gants Hill, Ilford. It is partly funded by the Skills Funding Agency.
The school offers over 800 courses per year for adults from 19 years and older. The Institute runs predominantly part-time courses.
Over 1500 individuals are enrolled on the Institute's Adult Skills courses, which are mainly formal QCF vocational Awards, Certificates or Diplomas in Childcare, Health and Social Care, Complementary Therapies, Counselling, IT, Beauty Therapy, Fitness Instructing, Teaching Assistants, Book-keeping, Business Enterprise, Accounting, SAGE Computerised Accounts and Business Administration; GCSE qualifications in Maths, English, Science and Spanish, and Functional Skills qualifications in Maths and English.
Over 4000 individuals are enrolled on our part-time community learning programmes, which include non qualification courses in Art, Crafts, Psychology, Flower Arranging, Gardening, Basic DIY, IT, Beauty Therapy and Make-Up, Fitness, Yoga, Pilates, Zumba, Dance, Photography, Spanish, Italian, French, Community Interpreting, Family Learning, Business Start Up.
The Institute runs courses throughout the London Borough of Redbridge, working with a variety of local community partners. Its main centres are in Gaysham Avenue in Gants Hill, The Mildmay Centre in Central Ilford, and Wanstead House Community Association.