You can enrol to study at our colleges from GCSE results day. If you’ve already applied to study with us, please make sure you login to the Applicant Portal and enter all required information before you come and enrol. If you’ve already enrolled, find out more about your first day and other induction information on our Starting College pages.
Please check out our enrolment dates and document information depending on your chosen college. Please note: Enrolment will take approximately 2 hours to complete.
In order to enrol with us, you will need to bring certain documents to ensure you are able to study with us, such as your residency and income documents, as well as exam results and prior qualification certificates. If you have an overseas qualification we can translate this for you.
You will need to show you have 3 years residency in the EU and the UK prior to the start date of your course.
If you are an adult student (aged 19 or older) we will also need to check further documents, depending on the course you are planning to enrol on.
Please note: We are unable to sponsor students for a Student Route Visa (previously known as a Tier 4 General Student Visa) for 2022/23.
We will need to see evidence of your residency status in the UK along with proof of benefits and if you are working proof of your income. Please see the documents we can accept in the following paragraphs: Residency Documents and Evidence of Benefits or Low Wage. If you don’t have these documents please contact us to discuss.
Please have the original document that you applied for your EUSS status with you, so that you can access your Home Office account to generate a Share Code for us.
Please note: We are unable to sponsor students for a Student Route Visa (previously known as a Tier 4 General Student Visa) for 2022/23.
If you are aged 16-18 and are the Child of a Diplomat, we will need to see your visa and your parent’s visa and proof of employment as a Diplomat. Your visa and the Diplomatic visa of your parent must cover the duration of the course. Once this is established, you may be able to study for free on a Further Education course.
If you are aged 19+ and the child of a Diplomat, please contact us to discuss enrolling with us.
If you are aged 19 or older, and meet the residency requirements, you can study most of our Entry Level, Level 1 or Level 2 courses with us for free.
If you are employed, we will need to see evidence of your gross annual salary. This could be 4 weeks of wage slips, if you are paid weekly, or your current payslip, if you are paid monthly or a current employment contract, which states your gross monthly/annual salary.
However, if you are unemployed we will need to see evidence of JSA, ESA, IS and your full UC statement. We cannot accept bank statements for UC. You will need to show evidence of your benefits listed above, no older than 3 months prior to the start date of your course.
If you are aged 19+ and are unemployed and plan to study any course up to level 2 or one of the new *L3 pathways, further information on level 3 courses that fall into this category are available from our “contact us” page on our websites, you must bring proof of one of the benefits listed below, no older than 3 months from the start date of your course:
If you are working and earning a low wage and reside in London and earn less than £21,547.50 annual gross salary or outside London and earn less than £18,525 and intend to study a course up to level 2 or one of the new level 3 pathway courses, we will need to see your most recent wage slip or a current employment contract which states your gross monthly/annual wage.
*If you are offered a place on one of the new L3 pathway courses you must meet eligibility criteria along with being in receipt of one of the benefits above or working and earning a low wage.
If you aren’t eligible to study one of our Level 3 courses for free, you may be eligible to pay your fees with an Advanced Learner Loan (ALL). We need to issue you with a Learning and Funding Information Letter (LaFIL). You will receive this letter in person when you come and enrol, or the enrolment team may e-mail it to you. Please do not apply for an ALL until you receive this letter.
If your application for an Advanced Learner Loan has not yet been finalised you will need to show evidence that an application has been made.
Further information on Advanced Learner Loans is available at the GOV website.
If you intend to study a Higher Education course you may be eligible to apply for a Student Finance England (SFE) tuition and or maintenance loan.
Please click here to download our guide on applying and eligibility to Student Finance England or visit the Student Finance Website.
If your application for a Student Finance England loan has not yet been finalised you will need to show evidence that an application has been made.
If an employer/sponsor is paying some/all of your course fees please bring a letter of ‘confirmation of payment’ on company headed paper dated and signed, confirming the amount that will be paid by the organisation, your name, ID number, and the person/address to be invoiced.
Please note that you will not be able to enrol without this letter.
If you are paying your course fees, you will need to pay at enrolment; we accept payment by debit/credit card. You may also be eligible to pay your fees in instalments, which we will discuss with you at enrolment.