Course Costs

Course Costs

Did you know that Joseph Priestley College has offered competitively priced courses for over 50 years?

The following fee concessions may be available to you:

Courses are completely free if you are:

· under 19 years old on 31/08/09

· enrolling on your first full Level 2 course

· aged 19-25 and enrolling on your first full Level 3 course

· a learner with Severe Learning Difficulties and /or Disabilities and under 25 years old

· are on a Skills for Life course in literacy and numeracy

Course tuition fees are free, but you have to pay Exam and Registration fees if you:

· receive pension guarantee credit

· receive job seeker’s allowance

· receive disabled person’s tax credit

· receive working tax credit (households with an income less than £15,276)

· receive income support, housing or council tax benefit

· receive income-related Employment and support Allowance (ESA) – a new allowance from 27 October 2008.

· Are the unwaged dependant of one of the above as defined by the Benefits Agency

· An asylum seeker receiving income based benefits

· are an offender serving your sentence in the community

· are participating in LSC-funded projects

· are a Level 3 jumper (you are taking a full Level 3 without having a full Level 2 qualification)

(You must bring current proof of benefits when you enrol. If you don’t bring proof you will be expected to pay the full fee.)

You are entitled to 50% off tuition fees but have to pay full Exam and Registration fees if you:

· are a pensioner, not working, and in receipt of the state pension

· receive disability allowance

(and can provide current evidence).