Your enrolment journey

Your first full Level 1, 2, 3 or 4 (if you have not previously achieved a full Level 3 qualification) may be fully funded – you may not pay tuition or exam fees.

English & Maths courses (up to an including Level 2 / GCSE) are fully funded if you do not already have a GCSE Grade C / 4 or above.

A second Level 1 or 2 may require you to pay tuition and exam fees.

A second Level 3 may require you to pay tuition and exam fees or take out an Advanced Learner Loan

If you are on Job Seekers Allowance, Employment Support Allowance or Universal Credits or you have wage lower than £16,005.50 you may be eligible for fee remission. Individuals will be assessed at enrolment when evidence is produced. 

Your first full Level 1 or 2 may be fully funded if you are unemployed or co-funded if you are in employment.

English & Maths courses (up to an including Level 2 / GCSE) are fully funded if you do not already have a GCSE Grade C / 4 or above.

Level 3 may require you to pay tuition and exam fees or take out an Advanced Learner Loan

If you are on Job Seekers Allowance, Employment Support Allowance or Universal Credits or you have wage lower than £16,005.50 you may be eligible for fee remission. Individuals will be assessed at enrolment when evidence is produced.

Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)

You will need to scan/photograph and upload the original letter from the Job Centre, dated within the last three months* (see below)

Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and are in a work-related activity group (WRAG)  

A copy of latest letter from the Job Centre dated within the last three months. These are sent out every two years so you will either need a letter confirming that you are still receiving it or provide your two-year award letter and a current bank statement showing payments. This must be in your own name.

Universal Credit

Anyone Jobcentre Plus determine as being in a work-related activity group, work preparation group or work-focused interview group

Entitlement to Universal Credit or work related activity group (WRAG)

Working Tax Credit

(non-accredited courses only -those with codes starting VAB and VAE)(your total income should not exceed £17,500.00)

You will need to scan/photograph and upload all six pages of the Working Tax Credit Award 2020-2021. If you do not have this please provide a copy of your Provisional Working Tax Credit 2020-2021 and a current bank statement showing payments. This can be in your own name or part of a family claim (husband and wife)

Income Support

You will need to scan/photograph and upload a copy of an original letter dated within three months (this must be in your own name)* (see below) 

Housing Benefit

You will need to scan/photograph and upload a copy of a letter dated within last three months (this must be in your own name)* (see below) 

Asylum Seekers

You will need to scan/photograph and upload your Asylum Registration Card

Aspen Debit Card and current purchase receipts

All learners enrolling on a course below Level 3 who earn up to £16,005.50 per year are eligible for fee concessions 

You will need to scan/photograph and upload your Contract of Employment or a payslip dated within the last three months.

*If this letter is more than three months old, you must upload a confirmation letter or the original letter and a current bank statement showing payments in the last three months.

Please note: To obtain fee concessions, evidence must be in YOUR name. We cannot accept the evidence of dependants. If you do not have a British passport you will need to upload an up-to-date copy of the following:

– Your visa

– Your family/husband/wife’s passport if you have come on a family/spouse visa

– Residence permit (upload both sides)

– You should have lived here for one year; Asylum Seekers/Refugees for six months

– If you are on a Spouse/Family Visa and have been here for less than one year, you will be covered by your sponsor/husband who will need to have been resident in the UK for at least one year.