Student Bursary Fund
Student Financial Support
Bursary 2026-2027 applications are now open, please apply here. The deadline is Wednesday 30 September. You will need to sign in to your College Microsoft account to apply.
For further information on what evidence may be required during the application process, please download our Bursary Evidence Guide 2026.
The Bursary is designed to help students who are experiencing financial difficulty in accessing or completing their course. Funds can be provided to help towards the cost of travel, meals, books, equipment, and essential materials needed for your courses.
You must be under 19 in the current academic year to apply for a Bursary. Please click on the drop-down arrow to see if you are eligible. There are two categories of Financial Support – Priority Bursary or Income Assessed Bursary.
If you have any queries, please contact the Student Bursary Office at: bursary@greenhead.ac.uk.
You may be eligible for a Priority Bursary of up to £1,200 a year. To receive a Priority Bursary, you must have evidence of one or more of the qualifying elements below:
- In care or a care leaver
- Receiving Income Support or Universal Credit because you are financially supporting yourself, or because you are financially supporting yourself and someone who is dependent on you and living with you, such as a child or partner
- Receiving Disability Living Allowance or Personal Independence Payment in your own right, as well as Employment and Support Allowance or Universal Credit in your own right
College will provide an income-assessed Bursary for students whose living at home parents/carers household income is below £35,000 (this amount is excluding any benefits).
We will consider any applications with household income to £35,000 if funding allows, and providing an application has been made in full, before the deadline date of 30 September.
Your application will be means tested and there are four main types of income evidence. You will need to provide evidence of the following:
- Final Tax Credit Award Notice (TC602): this is a document detailing entitlement to Working Tax Credits or Child Tax Credits. The income figure required is shown as ‘Total Income for the year from 6th April to 5th April for the current financial year. The Final Tax Credit Award Notice must be dated from April of the current year.
- P60 and 3-months of most recent payslips: this is a statement of earnings from an employer and the income will be shown as either; total pay for year, total income received or gross Income. This must be dated this current year and will relate to the previous year’s earnings.
- Other Benefits: entitlement or award letter showing evidence of any benefits received, including Universal Credit monthly statements as requested in the application.
- Self-assessment tax calculation form (SA302): this form is sent by the Inland Revenue to self-employed people and is the equivalent of the P60. The income will be shown under ‘Total Income’ for the most recent year end. We may require further evidence in the form of bank statements.
Please note:
- If your household annual income is just over £35,000, we advise you complete an online application for the Bursary. We will be considering such applications once we have assessed those under the £35,000 threshold.
- In respect of the above, approval will be subject to what funds remain.
In both instances, funds are designed to help students who are experiencing financial difficulty and need support to access or complete their A Level courses.
See below examples of what support is available if approved.
To qualify for the Meals Bursary, you will be assessed on one of the following household benefits:
- Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- Universal Credit
Care to Learn can help you with childcare costs while you study. Students may be eligible for support for childcare costs through the Care to Learn scheme and could receive up to £160 per week for each child.
Students are entitled to help if:
- They are under the age of 20 and have a young child
- Are studying at College
- Have an Ofsted registered child Carer
Further information on Care to Learn is available from their website: https://www.gov.uk/care-to-learn
College understands that family circumstances may change throughout the year. However, once the Bursary application deadline date has passed, applications will close. We have a small amount of funds for students who experience the following over the academic year:
- A short-term emergency
- A change in circumstances
Please note, funding is limited. The student can make a request for support via the Student Portal Login. They will need to give details of the short-term emergency or change in circumstance. Details will need to be provided including what support is needed, along with evidence of cost. This must relate to their A Level course and be essential.
We do not provide funding to help with home emergencies such as rent, or other household bills from the Fund. Once the request has been received, you will hear back within 3 – 5 working days.
If the student would prefer to discuss this in private, please contact the Student Bursary Office to arrange an appointment.