As part of our Student Support service, we support students with learning difficulties and differences, disabilities and medical conditions. The college supports:
- Young people who are in or leaving the care system.
- Students who are carers
- Students who are experiencing estrangement from their families.
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:
- identify skills;
- assess support needs;
- ensure that the college is the most appropriate place for your particular support needs, as well as your interests and chosen career path.
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:
A learning support worker to provide in class 1 to 1 or group support
A daily ‘triage’ drop in for pastoral care or learning support
Support in your English and maths lessons
Further assessments for Exam Access Arrangements
We can create individual support packages for higher-needs learners in consultation with your Local Authority. This will be based on any existing documentation, such as an Educational Health and Care Plan.
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.
Applications for Bursary Support opened to our returning learners 3rd July 2023 and are now open to our new learners.
Welcome to Access Creative College. Please see the below criteria to establish whether you may be eligible for Bursary Support, which may be able to assist you financially with travel, Free Meals, etc.
Please use your college email address to log in to the below portal. Access Creative College uses Google accounts and you must use your college email address to apply.
https://accesscreative.paymystudent.com/portal/
If you are not sure about what evidence you may be asked for, or we have advised that you have evidence outstanding, please see the evidence guide below to assist you.
Bursary Support receives hundreds of applications in September. We work in date order and you will receive a response via your email. Due to prioritising applications and monitoring the Inbox, telephone support is not a service that we are able to offer. Please direct all queries to [email protected] Our Central Admissions Team will not advise on Bursaries, so please do not call them. You will receive a response via email from the team in due course.
In September we do also have weekly payment runs, the details of which will be on your Approval letter. Learners must ensure that they have funds for travel and meals for a minimum of one week at the start of term before the initial Bursary payment clears. Any costs for the first week will be reimbursed as per the eligibility guidelines.
Please ensure that as our learner you also have your own bank account. Your application will not be considered until you submit it with your own details.
As part of our Student Support service, we support apprentices with learning difficulties and differences, disabilities and medical conditions.
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:
- identify skills
- assess support needs
- ensure that the workplace and delivery is appropriate for your particular support needs, as well as your interests and chosen career path.
You can tell us about your support needs during Onboarding. 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:
- A learning support worker to provide one to one support
- Support in your English and maths lessons
- Further assessments for Exam Access Arrangements
- Individual support packages for higher-needs learners in consultation with your Local Authority (this will be based on any existing documentation, such as an Educational Health and Care Plan).
Once you have begun your apprenticeship, you will have a series of one-to-one tutorials which will support your progress, feeding into an Individual Learning Plan (ILP) and scheduled one to ones with the ALS team.
For more information on support available, contact [email protected]