Fee Concessions

CERTIFICATED COURSES Courses which lead to qualifications	NON CERTIFICATED COURSES Courses not leading to qualifications
1. The following are eligible for free tuition fees: 16 - 21 year olds Those in receipt of: Job Seekers Allowance Housing Benefit Council Tax Benefit Income Support Working Tax Credit (household income of less then £15,050) Guaranteed Pension Credits (plus the unwaged dependant of the above)   All learners attending Skills for Life classes.   2.       Full Fees All others	1.       The following are eligible for minimum fee:   16 - 21 year olds   Those in receipt of: Income Support Working Tax Credit Guaranteed Pension Credit  Job Seekers Allowance Housing Benefit (plus the unwaged dependants of the above)     2.       Full Fees All others

English for Speakers of Other Languages

You pay the E1 fee:

• If you are a British or EEA citizen or the spouse, civil partner or child of an EEA citizen and have been resident in the EEA for the last 3 years.
• If you have legally lived in the UK for the last 3 years, excluding holders of full time study permits.
• If you are a refugee (or granted exceptional leave or the equivalent ) or the child, spouse, civil partner of a refugee
• If you are an asylum seeker who has been living legally in the UK for at least 6 months and Home Office decision is still pending, or if you are an asylum seeker who has been refused asylum but granted support under section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• If you have been married at least one year to someone with settled status and have lived in the UK for the last year
• Some 16-18 year olds

 

You will be asked for evidence.  Times of residency backdated to the beginning of the term.

Further information on request.

If you do not qualify you must pay the N1 fee.

The requirement to meet 'eligibility status for funding' applies across all programmes provided by the Service.

 

Childcare

The Adult Community Learning Service provides creche facilities at a number of its Learning Centres. Learners attending courses have access to this service at a subsided rate of £2.50 per session.

Learners are advised to book their childcare at enrolment to ensure a place is available

 

Outreach Learning Centres

The Service provides a range of courses in a number of centres selected for their location to Wards identified as being high in deprivation and need. Any learner that is a resident of these wards who chooses to attend these centres may claim fee remission and certification/examination costs.

Charges to all other users of these centres are as stated in the main fee concessions

 

LEARNER SUPPORT FUNDS

Support Funds are available for learners who are in receipt of means tested benefit towards payment for childcare, examination and registration costs. Learners experiencing difficulties completing their course because of financial constraints may also be eligible for help with learning resources etc.

Learners claiming reimbursement for examination, registration and certification are required to pay the standard administration charge. Further reimbursement may be available for the costs of books, resources, equipment and transport. Applications will need to demonstrate mitigating circumstances and confirm that without this extra support the learning programme could not be completed.

Learners wishing to claim learner support funds are required to register their claim, provide evidence of their benefit and sign a declaration form.

 

• For full information on eligibility criteria for financial support contact your local Community Learning Centre where the staff will be happy to provide further information.
• Learners wishing to appeal against any decisions made against any of the above may do so in writing. All appeals will be independently considered on their own merit and outcomes will be notified as soon as possible.

Data Protection

Information you provide us at enrolment will be passed to the Further Education Funding Council, which is registered under the DATA PROTECTION ACT 1984. The registration is primarily for the collection and analysis of statistical data but it also allows the Council to share information with other organisations for the purpose of detecting fraud.  Further information about data confidentiality is available upon request from the institution at which you are enrolling.

Refund of Fees

A full refund will be given where:

• a class does not run;
• the learner decides after the initial induction period that the learning programme is not suitable;

A part refund of tuition fees may be given where:

• the learner has reasonable medical evidence for not completing. A Doctor's note may be required.
• In extreme cases, the Local Organiser may use discretion to agree a refund for other reasons.

Refunds will not include admin charges, examination and certification costs.

All refunds need to be approved by the Local Organiser.

A cheque will be sent to the learner as soon as practicable

Terms and Conditions

• North East Lincolnshire Council reserves the right to cancel any of the courses listed for any reason due to circumstances outside the Council's control
• Fees quoted are correct at the time of publication but North East Lincolnshire Council reserves the right to alter fees during the year 2008/9.
• Classes may be closed or combined if enrolments or attendances do not reach reasonable levels.
• Every possible effort will be made to ensure that any class closure, for whatever reason, should not disrupt the successful completion of a learners learning programme. In respect of staff illness every possible effort will be made to provide a substitute tutor or for the tutor to make up the contact time with the learner however the service reserves the right to cancel any sessions for reasons which are due to circumstances outside the services control and cannot be held responsible for any refund of course fees.
• Fees do not include books, stationery materials and in some cases, entry to examinations. See Learner Support policy for cases of hardship.
• No responsibility is accepted for loss, or damage to, clothing or other property left on the premises