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Look no further than our DofE Approved 13 Week Touch Typing Courses.
What makes our courses the best? Firstly, they are designed specifically for DofE students, so you won’t find them anywhere else and with our state-of-the-art tracking system, our dedicated tutors will be able to give you detailed insights into your typing every week. Our course has been DofE Approved for over 5 years, so you know you can trust it.
We offer 4 DofE courses all designed to suit your busy timetable.
• You can choose our 13 Week Flexi Time Remote Course where you get to choose how much you do each day and you’ll be supported by our friendly, experienced tutors every week by email.
• Or you can choose our 13 Week Remote Course Plus+ where you will begin your typing course with two x 1 hour sessions live on Zoom with one of our friendly typing tutors.
• How about joining our Saturday Morning Group Class to learn your DofE skill where you will join other DofE participants learning touch typing for their skill.
• We also offer a School Course live on Zoom. Ask your school for details. The choice is yours!
Our students love our courses, and with our 100% pass rate, we’re confident you will too.
There’s never been a better time than to choose us for your DofE skill!
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This DofE-approved typing course starts with two live Zoom lessons with a tutor helping them to get off to a flying start. Followed by eight weeks of flexible remote learning.
Looking to learn a worthwhile skill for your DofE? DofE Approved Course – Type Faster – up to 60wpm! Get through your work in double time! Easy and fun to learn! Great for UCAS and C.V. 100% pass rate
We will find the best course option for your child’s needs and modify and tailor lessons to help them progress with ease.
We will match you to an expert typing tutor who will provide advice and encouragement throughout the course helping your child to enjoy their learning and stay on track.
By the end of the course your child will have passed their DofE skill and be typing with confidence. We will upload their report directly with the DofE, so we do it all for you.
Yes, it sounds cliche, but it’s so true! You’re probably typing more than ever before but if you could type even faster, without looking or even thinking about what your fingers are doing – it’s going to save you so much time at school, university, and the workplace.
You don’t need to download anything – you just need an internet connection so you can do your 1- hour lesson on any device anywhere, anytime! You can even use an iPad with a Bluetooth keyboard. Do your 1- hour lesson whenever it suits you.
No need to upload or send us anything – we check your results remotely and even playback your actual keystrokes. We will upload your DofE Assessor Report directly to the DofE for you.
You will be mentored by a real person – an experienced and friendly touch-typing tutor. We are on hand 7 days a week to answer any questions.
Easy to learn – we are the only typing company in the UK to include video and audio instructions throughout the course so you can’t go wrong.
We adjust the lessons to your needs. So if you are dyslexic or dyspraxic, we can help you.
We add lots of games and fun stuff too and you can spread out your practice as much as you like in the week.
We will be encouraging you all the way! With over 1500 students successfully completing the course so far!
Yes, it sounds cliche, but it’s so true! You’re probably typing more than ever before but if you could type even faster, without looking or even thinking about what your fingers are doing – it’s going to save you so much time at school, university, and the workplace.
No need to upload or send us anything – we check your results remotely and even playback your actual keystrokes.
Easy to learn – we are the only typing company in the UK to include video and audio instructions throughout the course so you can’t go wrong.
We add lots of games and fun stuff too!
You don’t need to download anything – you just need an internet connection so you can do your 1- hour lesson on any device anywhere, anytime! You can even use an iPad with a Bluetooth keyboard. Do your 1- hour lesson whenever it suits you.
You will be mentored by a real person – an experienced and friendly touch-typing tutor. We are on hand 7 days a week to answer any questions.
We adjust the lessons to your needs. So if you are dyslexic or dyspraxic, we can help you.
We will be encouraging you all the way! With over 1500 students successfully completing the course so far!
Our students won't be learning on their own. Our experienced tutors will offer support and guidance throughout.
Your tutor will adapt the lessons individually for you or your child so they can progress and feel confident.
With our remote courses, lessons can be completed on any day at any time. Our tutors will check your results remotely and give detailed feedback each week.
Our typing program uses real words and spellings using UK English. Arcade-style games for fun learning. We write our own content too!
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Yes, absolutely! We are an Approved Activity Provider with the DofE, which means our remote touch-typing course has been assessed and accredited by the DofE. It’s a fantastic skill to learn for DofE, because it’s a life skill that your child can use for the rest of their lives!
Learning to touch type is a life skill that every child should learn. If your child can type up to 5 times faster, without looking or thinking about what their fingers are doing, it’s going to save them so much time and energy. These are benefits that will help them at school and university but also once they enter the world of work. These days, touch typing is a digital skill that all employers expect their workforce to have.
Our 12-week Remote DofE Course is easy to follow with just one hour of practice each week. We offer lots of on-screen videos and instructions, so your child really can’t go wrong. Together with weekly feedback from their tutor, they will find the course manageable and enjoyable.
We can proudly say that 100% of our students that complete the 12 week course, pass their DofE skill with us. Occasionally we have had some students that have had to put their course on hold for personal reasons.
This course runs for 12 weeks. As part of DofE requirements, our course is designed to so that students practice their typing for one hour per week. This course cannot be fast tracked. DofE Participants have to demonstrate that they are dedicating one hour a week of practice. We will be using our online system to track timings. The course is continuous, so lessons shouldn’t be missed unless away on holiday or because of illness. At the end of the 12 weeks we will submit their Assessor Report directly to the DofE for you.
With the 12 week DofE remote course, lessons can be completed from home on any day at any time, allowing your child to fit in their lessons around their busy schedule. They just need to ensure they have their lessons completed before their feedback day, which will be given to you in advance.
If your child needs to take a break, just let us know in advance. Obviously, taking a break in the middle of the course may mean that your child is a little bit rusty coming back so we may have to set some refresher lessons. Always check with your DofE Manager at school with regards to deadlines.
It’s really important that they read the starter pack carefully so they know what to do. It also includes information about how to make a box cover and order Velcro stickers. We would advise that parents also read the pack and help their child get started.
Our aim is that your child finishes the course with a great accuracy and speed and also enjoys their touch typing journey. We hope that they can use their wonderful new skill to help them get through their work faster at school and also use this skill for their future careers.
Final speed will depend on a number of factors, the main ones being natural ability, age and also how much practice your child does. Speed will increase naturally the more a person practices and so we see speeds go up towards the end of the course. We do set certain speed exercises throughout the course, and we hope that most students finish the course with at least a speed of 30wpm. Many of our students finish with speeds in excess of this.
It’s really important that your child completes all of their assigned lessons each week and your child’s tutor will be checking this. The lessons are carefully set to ensure that your child is practicing for approximately one hour each week, and if they are not completing all of their lessons, it means that they are not adhering to the requirements of the DofE. We will notify you if this happens and we like to work together with parents to ensure that students stay on track. Missed lessons without notice will count as a paid feedback which means your child may not finish the course in 12 weeks. Additional weeks can be purchased at the end of the course.
With the DofE course, you shouldn’t need to directly help your child unless you feel they need some assistance. It is helpful to read the starter pack together with your child so they understand how the course works and what they need to do each week. For safeguarding reasons, we do not communicate directly with students under the age of 18. However, we are happy to copy them into any emails that we send to the parent. Just let us know their email address when you make a booking. As many of our tutors have secondary roles working in schools, we do not pass on direct telephone numbers for our tutors. However, we have a very helpful support team on hand to answer any of your questions or concerns and you can call us Monday – Friday during normal office hours.
We give a summary of their journey over the 12 weeks. We discuss what their starting point was (their baseline test), what outcome they wanted to achieve and whether they have reached their goal. We talk about how they have progressed with their touch typing, discussing any difficulties they had to overcome. We will then submit this to the DofE Assessor Report for you online.
Yes, as well as our 12-week course, we also offer a 3-month extension/advanced course, so they can complete their skill over 6 months. Just sign up and pay for the 12-week course to start with, and indicate that you would like them to do this for 6 months. There will be an additionaal fee of £99 for the extension course.
Sometimes students don’t quite finish in 12 weeks, so many decide to carry on learning with us after this. Extra lessons can be paid for on a pro-rata basis. It won’t affect the outcome of their DofE if they choose not to carry on. The Assessor Report is written based upon their journey so far, not their final results.
We also have other students that wish to carry on touch typing to try and increase their speed. We encourage all of our students to carry on touch typing with us. We know from experience that once the course has finished, students may forget to carry on practicing. For students that have finished the course but would like to increase their speed further, we recommend our ‘Carry on Course’. This is a 3 month lesson plan, focusing on speed work, dictation, symbols, numbers, with tutor feedback once a month.
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