Course Fees

The course fees can be viewed on the course information pages of the website, showing the fees payable depending on age. Where courses include an exam fee, it is for one sitting only. If students need to re-take an exam, then they will have to pay an additional fee. All fees shown apply to people aged 19 or over, who have been resident in the UK or in another country in the EEA for the last three years or more.

For some courses, there are additional fees which are payable later or at enrolment and cover extra costs associated with the course, such as materials, trips etc. These will be discussed with you.

Fees are payable on enrolment and failure to pay the fees could result in the learner being withdrawn from the course and the fees being recovered through our External Debt Collection agency.

For courses marked with an asterisk, DTK College does not charge any compulsory fees if you are studying at Level 2 or below and you are aged 19 years or over and a student in one of the following categories:

• Students in receipt of Job Seeker’s Allowance (JSA) including NI Contributions Only
• Students in receipt of Employment Support Allowance (ESA)
• Students in receipt of Universal Credit whose take-home pay as recorded on their Universal Credit statement (disregarding benefits) is less than £345 a month (learner is sole adult in their benefit claim) or £552 a month (learner has a joint benefit claim with their partner). The learner wants to be employed and the College is satisfied that the learning directly relates to their employment prospects.
• Students who are in receipt of any state benefits not listed above and their whose income (disregarding benefits) is less than £345 a month (learner is sole adult in their benefit claim) or £552 a month (learner has a joint benefit claim with their partner) and who want to improve their prospects of employment. The College must be satisfied that the learning is directly related to both the individual’s employment prospects and the needs of the local labour market. Students must state the name of the benefit.
• Students in custody who are released on the temporary licence (RoTL) and studying outside a prison environment and not funded through OLASS.
• Students who are meet the criteria for ESFA co-funding earn less than £17,374.50 annual gross salary (£1,447.87 monthly or £334.12 weekly). This must be evidenced with a wage slip or contract of work dated within 3 months of the learning start date or a current employment contract that states gross monthly/annual wages.

From August 2019, funding decisions for education became devolved to local government in several counties of England. This transfer of funding from central government to combined authorities has created fundamental changes to areas that we as an education and training provider can operate in.

Students in the following categories also receive full funding for ESFA funded qualifications based on the qualifications they hold at entry:

• Students aged 19-23 who do not currently hold a full Level 2 taking an Entry Level or Level 1 course and wish to progress to a legal entitlement at Level 2 (not available in the workplace).
• Students aged 19-23 who do not currently hold a full Level 2 taking a legal entitlement qualification at Level 2 (classroom or workplace).
• Students aged 19-23 who do not currently hold a full Level 3 taking a legal entitlement qualification at Level 3 (classroom or workplace).
• Students aged 19+ who have not previously attained a GCSE grade A*-C or 4-9 in Maths or English taking Functional Skills or GCSE Maths or English, or other Maths and English qualifications which are part of the legal entitlements at Entry Level, Level 1, or Level 2, if they have been assessed to be at a lower level than the aim they are studying. Assessment will be carried out using an online tool or paper-based paperwork which meets the national literacy and numeracy standards.

These rates are for the National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage from April 2021. The rates change every April:

• 18 – 20-year-old: £6.56
• 21 – 24-year-old: £8.36
• National Living Wage: £8.91

Low Wage Definition:

You are defined as having a low wage if you earn less than £17,004.00 annual gross salary (£1,417.00 monthly / £327.00 weekly).

All course fees and additional fees are non-returnable from two weeks prior to the course start date unless it is later cancelled by DTK College or is oversubscribed. If any course is cancelled or already full, you will receive a full refund.

You will not be charged any course or additional compulsory fees if you are aged 19 to 23 and enrolling on a legal entitlement qualification at Level 2 or Level 3 and have not previously achieved a full qualification at this level or higher. You would also be eligible if you do not currently hold a full Level 2 qualification or above and are studying at Entry Level or Level 1 to progress to Level 2.

If you are applying through UCAS, you can apply for loans and grants via Student Finance England at www.gov.uk/student-finance