Your tuition is FREE* if you are:

• Studying towards your first full Level 2 qualification or your first full Level 3 qualification (for Level 3 conditions please contact Client Services for details on 0800 092 6506)
• Aged 16 – 18 on the 31 August 2010 (19 for those enrolling for Year 2 of a course)
• Unemployed and in receipt of income based benefits eg Income Support, Job Seekers Allowance, Council Tax Benefit, Housing Benefits, Working Tax Credit with a household income of less than £15,276, Pension Credits (Guarantee Only), income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
• Unemployed and in receipt of contribution based Job-Seekers Allowance
• The unwaged dependants (as defined by Jobcentre Plus) of those listed above
• Attending a basic skills English or Maths course (Skills for Life)
• An asylum seeker eligible for Agency FE funding and in receipt of the equivalent of income based benefit and their dependants

Please check with Client Services for the latest fee policy on 0800 092 6506.

Bishop Auckland College will provide you with advice, guidance and support to help ensure you are on the right course at the right level.

* You will be required to show official documentary evidence, for example, WTC Award Notice, letter from Jobcentre Plus or Local Authority to qualify for free tuition.

Excludes Higher Education Programmes and Train to Gain courses.

20% payment required on enrolment for certain Higher Education programmes in partnership with the University of Sunderland refunded upon securing a Student Finance Award, if eligible.