Last year, we partnered with New College Lanarkshire to offer the National 5 Maths and National 5 Application of Maths courses to learners across North Lanarkshire.

The course took a hybrid approach, with learners attending an in-person session on the Coatbridge campus once per week and then adding an additional online evening in the New Year.

And an impressive eleven of the learners successfully passed - with seven of the cohort gaining A passes.

Students praised the courses for the life-changing opportunities it has presented: 

• Shannen said: “I couldn't have got into university without the course, thank you for all your help.  I got offered a space in the primary education course at Strathclyde which was my first choice!”
• Ellie, who did a Nat 5 maths, added: “The Nat 5 course has had a huge impact on my future as it will allow me to study a PDGE and start a career in teaching, which wouldn't have been available to me without a N5 maths qualification. The fact there were no tuition fees for the course also removed a huge barrier for me.”
• Kaitlin who studied the appliance  of maths, said: “From being a school refuser at 14 my journey hasn't been straightforward, to say the least. Then I finally got into university only to realise that I'd need to find a few hundred pounds to sit a maths exam. This program removed that hurdle for me.”

We are offering another FREE National 5 programme starting September 2024 and a FREE National 4 programme beginning November 2024.

For further details, please get in touch with Andy Jack (Development Officer – Multiply): JackAn@northlan.gov.uk