Fee Remission

Skills and qualifications can help to open up new options for work and further study – so you’ll reap the benefits in the long term! Remission of fees usually applies to vocational further education courses.

Non vocational leisure courses, short courses, and Teesside University courses do not qualify for remission of fees. Details of fees for all courses can be found on the individual course leaflets on our website www.darlington.ac.uk

You will be required to pay your fees at the point of enrolment or provide proof of employer sponsorship which may include a purchase order number.

Free vocational courses for 16–18’s:

• If you are 16 – 18 years old on 31 August, no fees apply to vocational further education courses

Essential clothing, equipment, and kits

You can receive a contribution for help towards essential kits, books or DBS checks if required. To qualify your household income must be below £45,000. Contact Student Finance on 01325 503037 for more information. Subject to eligibility

16-18 Eligibility

• Income Support; Income Based Jobseeker’s Allowance; Income Related Employment and Support Allowance;

• Child Tax Credit, provided you are not entitled to Working Tax Credit, and have an annual household income (as assessed by HM Revenue & Customs) that does not exce ed £16,190;

• Support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999

• Guarantee element of State Pension Credit;

• Working Tax Credit during a four week ‘run on’ period after they stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit;

• Universal Credit with net earnings not exceeding the equivalent of £7,400 pa

Students aged 16-18 who receive Universal Credit or Income Support in their own right are also entitled to free meals.

Your learning could be FREE if you study for a vocational further education course and meet certain criteria.

• If you are unemployed.

• You get state benefits such as Job Seeker’s Allowance (JSA), Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) or in the Work Related Activity Group (WRAG) or receive Universal Credits –you must be aged 19 or over and applying for a course up to level 2.

• You enrol on a full level 2 qualification, aged 19-23 (as at 31/08/2023) and don’t already hold a full level 2 qualification or higher.

• You enrol on a full level 3 qualification, aged 19-23 (as at 31/08/2023) and don’t already hold a full level 3 qualification or higher.

Alternatively there is a Payment plan. The college has a plan that allows you to pay 75% of course costs in monthly instalments after paying 25% when you enrol.