Level 1 British Sign Language Group 1 (Part One) is aimed at learners who have no previous knowledge of the language.

Course aims: This course is designed to teach learners to communicate using British Sign Language (BSL) on a range of topics that involve simple, everyday language use. 

Class work emphasises watching and practice of BSL skills learned to reinforce vocabulary and sentence structure; self- study consists of reviewing and practising work done in class.   

**Please note** The full course is 30 weeks. The cost of the course is split into three instalments of £200. Payable before the start of each term.

Duration 

• 30 weeks  

Day and Time 

• Group 1: Monday 6.30-8.30pm  

Term Dates:

Term 1: Starts week commencing 2 October 2023 - Ends week commencing 11 December 2023 (11 weeks) 

Term 2: Starts week commencing 15 January 2024 - Ends week commencing 25 March 2024 (11 weeks) 

Term 3: Starts week commencing 22 April 2024 - Ends week commencing 24 June 2024 (8 weeks)

Please note there are no classes held on Bank Holidays. 

Course fees

• £600 total (£200 per instalment - payable before the start of each term) 

 
This course fee includes registration and all exam entry fees for the Signature qualification in BSL Level 1.

There are three assessments during the course. The first assessment, 101, is internally marked.  Units 102 and 103 are externally marked by the awarding body.  All three units need to be passed to get the full Level 1 BSL Certificate. 

More information about the Signature exams can be found at https://www.signature.org.uk/ 

Level 1 British Sign Language Group 2 (Part One) is aimed at learners who have no previous knowledge of the language.

Course aims: This course is designed to teach learners to communicate using British Sign Language (BSL) on a range of topics that involve simple, everyday language use. 

Class work emphasises watching and practice of BSL skills learned to reinforce vocabulary and sentence structure; self- study consists of reviewing and practising work done in class.   

**Please note** The full course is 30 weeks. The cost of the course is split into three instalments of £200. Payable before the start of each term.

Duration 

• 30 weeks  

Day and Time 

• Group 2: Tuesday 6.30-8.30pm  

Term Dates:

Term 1: Starts week commencing 2 October 2023 - Ends week commencing 11 December 2023 (11 weeks) 

Term 2: Starts week commencing 15 January 2024 - Ends week commencing 25 March 2024 (11 weeks) 

Term 3: Starts week commencing 22 April 2024 - Ends week commencing 10 June 2024 (8 weeks)

Course fees

• £600 total (£200 per instalment - payable before the start of each term) 

 
This course fee includes registration and all exam entry fees for the Signature qualification in BSL Level 1.

There are three assessments during the course. The first assessment, 101, is internally marked.  Units 102 and 103 are externally marked by the awarding body.  All three units need to be passed to get the full Level 1 BSL Certificate. 

More information about the Signature exams can be found at https://www.signature.org.uk/ 

Level 2 British Sign Language Part One is aimed at students who have completed British Sign Language Level 1 

This course is designed to enable learners to communicate with deaf people in BSL on a range of topics using everyday language, participating in longer and more open- ended exchanges than at level one. The course will develop functional communication in BSL about a range of real life, routine and daily experiences. The learner will be able to deal with most routine language tasks and have sufficient grasp of grammar to cope with non-routine tasks. Learners will be taught a number of regional variations in sign language. The qualification is divided into 3 units.  

**Please note** The full course is 32 weeks. The cost of the course is split into three instalments of £270, payable before the start of each term.

Duration 

• 32 weeks  

Day and Time 

• Thursdays 6 - 8.30pm  

Term Dates:

Term 1: Starts week commencing 2 October 2023 - Ends week commencing 11 December 2023 (11 weeks) 

Term 2: Starts week commencing 15 January 2024 - Ends week commencing 25 March 2024 (11 weeks) 

Term 3: Starts week commencing 22 April 2024 - Ends week commencing 24 June 2024 (10 weeks)

Course fees

• £810 total (£270 per instalment - payable before the start of each term) 

 
This course fee includes registration and all exam entry fees for the Signature qualification in BSL Level 2.

There are three assessments during the course.  To achieve the full Level 2 Award in British Sign Language, candidates must pass all units. 

More information about the Signature exams can be found at https://www.signature.org.uk/