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Financial support for eligible students aged 16–18 (as of 31 August 2025)
If you are studying with us and need financial support to stay in education, the 16–19 Bursary Fund could help with travel, meals, equipment, and more.
Learners aged 16–18 on 31 August 2025.
Aged 19+? You may still qualify if:
You are continuing a course started at 16–18 (19+ continuer), or you have an Education, Health, and Care Plan (EHCP)
Applications open early August and you can apply by clicking on the link below (please ensure you keep a note of your username and password as you will be required to activate your registration via your email before you can complete the application).
Includes:
Household income under £37,000 (salary, UC, ESA for example).
If your household receives one of the following, you will be eligible for free meals:
Still eligible under transitional protection? Please upload a letter from your school or entitlement notice to your application portal.
You may qualify for up to £1,200 per year* if you are:
Support includes:
*If your allocated support exceeds £1200, we will consider supporting the remaining costs from the discretionary bursary. It is important you consider from the options what support you require and that this may not exceed the maximum depending on your individual needs.
In line with Department for Education guidance 2025 to 2026 (published 23rd July 2025) both discretionary and vulnerable bursaries will be paid ‘in kind’ with cash payments being made only in exceptional circumstances.
Section 7.1 paying bursary funding and providing support to eligible students:
We encourage you to pay both defined vulnerable group and discretionary bursary funding to students in-kind rather than cash as far as possible. This helps ensure that the bursary is spent for the reasons it was awarded. In-kind payments can include travel passes, vouchers or credits for meals, required books and required equipment.
For leaners under twenty with childcare needs:
Required Documents:
If you have been supported through C2L before, please note, applications are now made directly through Hull College via pay my student portal.
Receipt of bursary funding does not affect receipt of other means-tested benefits paid to families, such as IS, Jobseeker’s Allowance, Child Benefit, Working Tax Credit, Housing Benefit or UC.
If a student is in receipt of DLA (or PIP) and ESA, parents can no longer receive certain household/family benefits for that child, such as child benefit.
Please be aware that we cannot make bursary fund payments as payments for living costs. This is out of scope of the bursary fund and any such payments would be subject to the Social Security Amendment (Students and Income-related Benefits) Regulations 2000.
Was your application rejected?
You can appeal within 10 days by contacting our Customer Service Manager (details will be sent with your outcome).
You will be asked to provide supporting evidence for any appeal made to identify a financial need.
Our Customer Service Team/ Student Finance Team are here to support you.
Call us: 01482 329943
Email studentfinance@hull-college.ac.uk
Visit our Customer Service Advisors at Chester’s Reception
It is important that you read the guidance below before completing the application as we cannot be responsible for any errors made by you whilst applying. The guidance will help you understand what support you may be eligible for. We do not offer blanket payments (in kind), so it is important that you only request the specific support you need.
At the same time, please ensure that you include everything you do need in your application. We can only provide support for items or costs that have been clearly requested, as your submitted application confirms your needs.
Please ensure that all evidence is uploaded as missing information will result in a delay in processing and therefore an outcome.
Depending on your personal circumstances, you may be eligible for financial support through the 19+ Learner Support Fund, designed to help learners facing financial hardship. Before completing the application if you are in receipt of benefits, we recommend that you approach JCP or the DWP as support may be available from them. It is also important to note that if you are claiming, it is your responsibility to inform the DWP that you are receiving support from us if approved, as this may affect your eligibility to the benefits you are receiving.
If your household income is below £37,000 and you are enrolled with us, you may qualify for support in the following areas:
We offer several travel options depending on where you live:
If you study part time and travel via EYMS or Stagecoach, we will reimburse your ticket on a pro rata basis if you purchase a weekly ticket i.e. if you study one day we will refund 1/7 of the ticket cost on production of a screen shot of your purchase into your bank account. If you purchase a day ticket, we will reimburse the full cost. If you cannot purchase a ticket upfront, please see a member of the customer service team.
Rail Reimbursement - Submit your rail receipts and receive reimbursement into your bank account.
If you are aged twenty or over by 31 August 2025, you may apply for childcare assistance through the bursary fund.
To qualify:
Register with our on-site nursery first instance. If places are unavailable, we may approve another OFSTED-registered provider, subject to our contract and the provider being agreeable to out terms and conditions.
ASF funding will top up any Government childcare funding therefore, before requesting support this must be used as the main bulk of your childcare costs.
Childcare funding limits:
Only payable for timetabled college days (unless approved by tutor and Customer Services Manager)
All childcare invoices are paid in arrears. Any costs above the cap are your responsibility.
If you are studying a Level 3 or non-HE Level 4 course and are not eligible for 19/23 entitlement waiver or adult offer funding, you may apply for an Advanced Learner Loan through Student Finance England. This loan covers tuition fees only (no maintenance loan is available).
Learn more about the Advanced Learner Loan by visiting AdvancedLearner Loan: Overview - GOV.UK
To access the same support through the Advanced Learner Loan Bursary, you must provide evidence of your approved loan whilst uploading your income information.
Please note:
If you are not eligible for funding and do not apply for (or are not approved for) an Advanced Learner Loan, you will not be able to access any financial support.
Application rejected.
You can appeal within 10 days by contacting our Customer Service Manager (details will be sent with your outcome).
You will be asked to provide supporting evidence for any appeal made to identify a financial need.
Our Customer Service Team/ Student Finance Team are here to support you.
Call us: 01482 329943
Email studentfinance@hull-college.ac.uk .
Visit our Customer Service Advisors at Chester’s Reception.
Here are some of our most frequently asked questions, if you still have any questions that have not been answered here, please contact us or visit reception where the team will be happy to help.
Bursaries are non-repayable funds that are designed to support our students who are most in need so that they can stay in education.
Most of our learners aged 16+ can apply however there are some limitations due to courses with different funding, due to this the following learners are unfortunately unable to apply: Learners studying ‘full cost’ courses (this includes Level 3’s with no funding or loan), Apprentices, Higher Education Learners* and Learners studying certain short courses (unknown which at present).
*HE Bursaries may be available, please contact HERegistry@hull-college.ac.uk for more information.
Bursary funds are provided by the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA), as part of the funding we are required to check household income prior to allocating funds to ensure support goes to those who need it most. All information is subject to ESFA audits and is held securely for 7 years.
Due to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) rules we are not able to give anyone other than yourself information about your bursary claim. We have included the question so that you can inform us who you are happy for us to discuss your claim with, this allows your chosen contact to speak to us without you having to be present. Please ignore the question if you do not wish to provide a GDPR contact.
No, you can apply at any point until the end of the academic year, however, we encourage learners to apply as early as possible as funding is limited, especially if you require childcare support or kits for your courses. Please be aware there is a minimum 3 week turnaround due to the volume of applications being submitted around enrolment. You can log into your pay my student account at any time to check progress and for any updates.
IF I APPLY AFTER MY COURSE HAS STARTED, CAN I HAVE SUPPORT BACKDATED TO WHEN MY COURSE COMMENCED?
No, support can only be provided from the date of the application and not before.
If your household income is assessed as higher than the advertised threshold you will not be eligible for the bursary, however, we realise that whilst income may be higher than others, some families have higher outgoings as well. In this case you are more than welcome to appeal the decision, providing that you can evidence this. More information on the appeals process will be provided within the outcome letter.
As the college provides catering facilities and bus travel together with essential course costs, we are providing you with what you need to support your study with us and is in line with the government funding guidance. If there is a reason why you cannot travel by bus/rail and cannot eat onsite then you can appeal to the customer service manager with details as to why you need cash as an alternative.
In line with guidance and as we have catering facilities on site, we will be supporting in-kind therefore, all learners qualifying for meals (free and allowance) will now receive vouchers until we move over to cashless catering.
Yes, by completing an application form you are agreeing to our attendance and behaviour policies.
Please log into your pay my student account and you will be able to access your record and also see any communications that have been issued for example missing evidence.
Yes, providing that you are eligible to study with us. You must provide ID and proof of Section 95 (NASS) support. Support will be provided in-kind.
Yes, support will depend on your circumstances.
If you are an Unaccompanied Asylum Seeker receiving support from the Local Authority you can apply for the Vulnerable bursary.
If you are an Accompanied Asylum Seeker, living with parents or a relative, you may be eligible for in-kind support from the discretionary bursary.
You will still need to register your child at Queens Gardens Childcare Centre, but this is something that we can discuss and support with on a case-by-case basis.
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