Our Student Support service aims to offer the very best advice and guidance for students with support needs who are making the move into further education.
Applications from Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) holders: We need to receive an official consultation from your local authority to process your application. Once we have this, we will review your EHCP alongside your application. If you are unsure of how to request a consultation, please check your local council website for their SEND department contact details.
Our Student Support service aims to offer the very best advice and guidance for students with support needs who are making the move into further education.
Applications from Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) holders: We need to receive an official consultation from your local authority to process your application. Once we have this, we will review your EHCP alongside your application. If you are unsure of how to request a consultation, please check your local council website for their SEND department contact details.
As part of our Student Support service, we support students with learning difficulties and differences, disabilities and medical conditions.
The college supports:
We also provide support relating to any issues that may be perceived as disadvantages or potential barriers to success.
The Learning Support Team will provide guidance before you start and during your induction in order to:
You can tell us about your support needs on your application form, when you talk to our Admissions Team to confirm your interview slot and at your interview. Please tell us as much as you can so that we can fully understand your needs.
If you can bring any supporting documents, such as an Educational Health Care Plan, Educational Psychologist reports, or medical diagnosis letters with you to your interview, that would be really helpful. We may arrange a support review as a follow up to your interview, talk to your school about support you have received to date, and to your local authority about funding arrangements. We may also talk to your Social Worker, Key Worker, any health professionals you regularly engage with and parents/carers.
We will endeavour to provide appropriate support for you, with needs assessed on an individual basis.
The type of support we can offer may include:
PLEASE NOTE: The support on offer can differ for each campus.
Once on the course, you will have a series of one-to-one tutorials which will support your progress, feeding into an Individual Learning Plan (ILP).
Midway through you will have a key Progress Tutorial and at the end you will attend a Next Steps Meeting to discuss your progression.
You must be enrolled before submitting an application.
Please review the Eligibility Criteria below to determine whether you may qualify for Bursary Support, which can provide financial assistance towards travel costs, meals, childcare, and essential kit/equipment.
You should also read the Terms and Conditions of Bursary Support carefully before applying.
Please review the Evidence Guide and begin gathering the required documentation. This will help us assess your application and, where eligible, approve your support as quickly as possible.
Please note that learners must be able to cover their own travel and meal costs until their Bursary Support application has been approved. Where support is approved, eligible costs will be reimbursed.
As part of the application process, you must have a bank account in your own name. Applications cannot be considered until they are submitted with the applicant’s own bank account details.
Bursary payments are conditional upon meeting the College’s expectations regarding attendance and behaviour. In particular:
Please note that the Central Admissions Team cannot provide advice on bursary-related matters. Please do not contact them with bursary enquiries.
To access and complete your application, log in to the Pay My Student Portal using your college email address, which is linked to your Google account.
If you have any questions, please contact the Bursary Support Team at bursary.support@accesscreative.ac.uk
The full Access Further Education Bursary Policy can be found on our website.