Adult Courses Available at the RNN Group

The RNN Group delivers courses for adults on a full time, part time and evening basis covering a variety of areas at Rotherham College, North Notts College and Dearne Valley College.

We have many new courses starting in January 2026 to support a New You in the New Year with new opportunities, choices, chances to re skill, upskill and find your dream career.

Adult courses offered at the RNN Group

Maths and English support

As a Group, we offer maths and English support for adults too with ESOL lessons. English and maths skills are essential for work and everyday life, that’s why we offer a wide variety of courses in English and maths, enabling you to move on to higher levels of Further Education, have better job prospects and more job security.

We will fully support you to build your confidence in order to achieve your full potential and will to personalise our programmes to suit your needs. You’ll be taught by our experienced team who will support you to build your knowledge in a way that best suits you, within our innovative and purposefully designed learning spaces.

Distance Learning courses

We also offer Distance Learning courses. Distance learning allows you to do just that – study at a distance, wherever you want, whenever you want – you don’t have to be based locally to us or travel to any of our campuses, you simply plug in and progress with your chosen course with support from our Distance Learning team. Study in the comfort of your own home and flexibly around your existing commitments, at a pace that suits you.

With a variety of subject areas for you to choose from including health and social care, mental health, education and training, nutrition and health and business management, we can help you gain the skills that matter the most to you. Whether you’re looking to update or upskill for an existing job, or take a first step towards a new career, these courses can help you, whatever your needs.

Adult skills courses

We have a variety of adult skills courses that can allow you to progress in a chosen area such as plastering, bricklaying, beauty therapy and motor vehicle to name a few.

This year we launched our Logistics Hub which offers courses in Forklift Truck qualifications and CSCS testing options.

Higher Technical Qualifications (HTQs)

We launched Higher Technical Qualifications (HTQs) last year in Digital, Construction and Health. Higher Technical Qualifications (HTQs) are specialist technical courses developed with employers and delivered by industry experts.

HTQs have been developed in partnership with employers and are delivered by industry experts and focus on the skills, knowledge and behaviours that are in-demand by employers. They can also act as a stepping stone to further study, such as an apprenticeship or undergraduate degree.

By completing an HTQ you will also achieve a Level 4 or 5 qualification in your subject area.

HNCs, HNDs and HN Flex courses

We also offer HNCs and HNDs which can be done on a part time basis alongside our newly launched HN Flex offering, a study option that allows you to undertake selected modules of a university-level course on an individual basis.

Community courses

We also offer community courses both at our College locations and via distance/online learning. We develop and roll out our courses with our local partners to ensure we are responsive to the needs of our local communities and courses range from building self-esteem to improving creativity, British sign language to flower arranging, cookery to hand sewing and much, much more.

Commercial courses

Finally, we also support employers with a range of commercial courses after listening to the needs of these local employers with regard to training courses that employers would like to see offered for their staff. These include courses such as IOSH, NEBOSH, Warehousing, First Aid at Work, Manual Handling, Team Leading, Equality and Diversity, CAD, Care Planning, Counselling Skills and Customer Service.

Further information

You can view and download our brand new Adult Course Guide which lists courses for 2025/26 and 2026/27 to find out more.

So have a think over the upcoming Christmas period when you have a little time to consider your options for 2026 and how you can get that dream job through checking out our courses for a New Year, New You.

Adult Courses at our Colleges
Further information for adult learning courses