Eligibility for up to Level 3

Further education courses up to Level 3 (subject to course eligibility)
If you are aged 19 or over on the 31 August of each academic year then you may have to pay tuition fees for your course. However for some courses if you meet one or more of the criteria below you may not have to pay your tuition fees (other fees such as equipment, uniform etc will still be payable):

• Unemployed, need the course to gain skills to get employment and in receipt of Job Seekers’ Allowance, Employment Support Allowance, or Universal Credit*
• In receipt of any other benefit*, and the course you are undertaking is relevant to your employment prospects
• Living in a London borough and earning less than £28,860 gross per year
• Living in an out of London borough and earning less than £25,750 gross per year
• Not working or claiming benefits, want to be employed and course is directly relevant to your employment prospects
• 19 to 23-year-olds without a full Level 2 or above qualification.

*Take-home pay must be less than £952 per month (single person), £1,534 per month (household).

Eligibility for Level 3

Further education courses at Level 3 (subject to course eligibility)
If you are aged 19 or over on the 31 August of each academic year then you may have to pay tuition fees for your course. However for some courses if you meet one or more of the criteria below you may not have to pay your tuition fees (other fees such as equipment, uniform etc will still be payable):

• 19-23 year olds without a full Level 3 or above qualification. (“Level 3 entitlement”)
• 19 years old and over, without a full Level 3 qualification and the course is on Free Courses for Jobs List (“Free Courses for Jobs”)
• 19+ years, with a full Level 3 qualification, living in a London borough, unemployed and on benefits or earning less than £28,860 gross per year and the course is on the Free Courses for Jobs List (“Free Courses for Jobs”)
• 19+ years, with a full level 3 qualification, living in an out of London borough, unemployed and on benefits or earning less than £25,750 gross per year and course is on the Free Courses for Jobs List. (“Free Courses for Jobs”)