Fees and funding for college students

Here’s how funding works

• If you’re aged 16, 17 or 18 on 31 August 2025 and enrolling on an eligible further education course, you will not have to pay tuition fees.
• If you’re aged 19 or over on 31 August 2025, you may be eligible for funding if:
• you’re aged 19-23 and studying your first Level 2 or Level 3 qualification; unemployed; or earning less than £20,319 (gross salary per annum). We’ll ask for evidence of salary or employment status as part of the application process
• you’re aged 24+ and unemployed; or earning less than £20,319 (gross salary per annum). We’ll ask for evidence of salary or employment status as part of the application process
• you’re aged 19-24 and have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP)
• you’re aged 24+ and studying a Level 3 qualification. You may be eligible for an Advanced Learner Loan, regardless of income, employment status or if you have previously studied another Level 3 qualification. You can apply online for this loan using the Gov.UK website. You won't start repaying your Advanced Learner Loan until you've finished your course and are earning more than £25,000 a year (for those who started a course after 1 August 2023).

If you don’t fit into any of the groups above, the full course fee will be payable.

*We offer a small number of ‘full cost courses’. With these courses, all students pay the stated tuition fees. Please check individual course pages to see if the course you’re interested in is a full cost course.

This information is correct for the 2025-26 academic year, but may be subject to change in the future.

Tuition fees

Funding is available for most of our further education courses, with the exception of a small number of ‘full cost’ courses. If you’re eligible for funding, your tuition fees are paid for you.

See the ‘Funding’ section on this page for details.

If you’re not eligible for funding, visit our Tuition fees page for an overview of all further education course fees, or see individual course pages.