Croydon Centre of Excellence
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Your ticket to a new world of opportunity

Welcome to the Croydon Centre of Excellence – your home for improving your abilities, building confidence, and getting ready for employment. The qualifications we offer at the Centre of Excellence are designed to improve your fundamental skills and provide stepping stones to success. Our Work-Ready courses are the foundations of every job opportunity. Build confidence in your maths, English and digital skills, as well as essential employability skills – all while gaining nationally recognized qualifications. Whatever you choose to do, these free short courses are your ticket to the future you want.

At Strive Training, we pride ourselves on creating a friendly, supportive classroom environment that’s conducive to learning success. From one-on-one support from our amazing tutors to opportunities to connect with our employer partners, there are plenty of reasons to come learn with us in Croydon.

Why Learn with Us in Croydon

Come learn with us in Croydon and discover how to reach your full potential.

New Opportunities

Discover new opportunities to gain essential skills, meet new people, and connect with employers.

Supportive Environment

Find the support you need to succeed from our tutors, employment team, and your peers.

Engaging Learning

Our classroom-based learning environment offers a fun, engaging, and interactive way to develop your skills.

Community Culture

We foster a learning culture that’s fun to be part of - not to mention, free biscuits and tea!

Free classroom-based courses to enable job success

Earn a nationally accredited qualification to boost your career prospects.

Not sure which course is right for you? Feel free to stop by our centre and speak with our team.

Keep an eye out for more courses in the coming months!

How to enrol

Ready to enrol in your course? Great - we’ve made it easy for you with two different enrolment options.

Online FastTrack

You can complete your enrolment online by directly enrolling via the course page. Simply click on the course you’re interested in above, and complete the section where it says “Enrol Now.” You’ll then be guided through the enrolment process.

Come to the Centre

Stop by the Croydon centre and our team will help you complete your enrolment. The whole process should take under an hour. Don’t forget, you’ll need to bring the following:

  • One of the following identification documents: UK passport; EU ID; UK birth certificate; UK Residence Permit.
  • Recent proof of benefit (must have been issued within the last 3 months): either a DWP Benefit; Award Letter; or Universal Credit statement.

Get in touch

Have questions? Our Croydon team would love to hear from you.

Call 020 8686 1099

Email croydon@strivetraining.co.uk

(Please note that this is not a 24 hour service.)

Find us

Strive Training - Croydon Centre

Suffolk House 2nd Floor East Suites 23 & 21 George Street, CR0 0YN

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What our past learners say

Josette

I would definitely recommend Strive. It is a great opportunity to gain valuable skills and interact with likeminded people for free. The team are all very supportive and continue to provide guidance even after the course has been completed.

Kevin

I would have no hesitation in recommending Strive to anyone who wants to achieve better prospects. One of the main benefits has been enriching my knowledge and it will benefit me as I hopefully start a new job in the next few weeks.

Hayley

Joining Strive was the best thing I have ever done, it gave me amazing opportunities and great confidence!

Marcia

My experience with Strive Training has been extremely positive and I would not hesitate to recommend them, in fact, I have recommended Strive Training to a couple of people already!