How Your Application will be Assessed
Find out how we check your course application and what additional assessments may be needed.
If you don’t find the answer you are looking for, please take a look at our FAQs.
How We Check Your Application
Every application is checked for eligibility on the course you’ve applied for. It is the applicant’s responsibility to apply for a course they are eligible to study however we understand this can sometimes be a little confusing.
Therefore, we check if you meet the below criteria.
Age Criteria
Some of our courses will have age restrictions due to government funding or appropriate learning environments.
Home Student Status
We don’t provide student visas for international students. If you have been in the UK for less than three years, we will ask to see your UK residency status and your right to study in the UK.
Practical and Technical Knowledge
Some of our Level 3 courses will require you to complete a Level 2 qualification first. This will be stated in the course entry criteria.
Student Conduct Criteria
If you’ve studied with us before we may take a look at your student record and refer to a previous Head of School or safeguarding team.
Additional Assessments
In some cases, additional assessments are required.
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The majority of our full-time further education courses do not require any further assessment, meaning if you are leaving school, you’ll be sent a conditional offer to study your chosen course.
However, there are some exceptions which we’ve outlined below.
Supporting the Adult Nursing Team T level
Due to the nature of this course and the work placement involved we hold selective interviews to determine an applicant’s suitability and aptitude for the course. You’ll need to complete an online pre-interview activity before we can invite you to interview. The interview itself will be virtual via Microsoft Teams with the course lead and a member of our employability team.
Popular Courses
We’ll check our application numbers once our recommended application date (31 March) has passed.
If we have received an exceptionally high number of applications for a course/s and are reaching capacity we may add a mandatory assessment day for applicants to attend and/or remove this course from the website to prevent further applications. If this is the case for the course you have applied for, we will send you an email and text with further instructions and information.
Please be reassured this may only impact a small number of courses.
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We can provide offers to the majority of applicants for our university level courses based on your achieved or predicted grades. We use the UCAS tariff calculator to compare your qualifications to our entry requirements (as listed on every course page). This is used to ensure that our assessments are fair, consistent and meet the national standard.
We’ll refer to your personal statement if we cannot make an offer based on your achieved or predicted grades. We’ll look for relevant experience, industry knowledge and the ability to work at the required level.
However, there are some exceptions:
- AAT Diploma in Professional Accounting (Level 4)
- Early Years Studies Foundation Degree (Level 5)
- Therapeutic Counselling Diploma (Level 4)
- Therapeutic Counselling Foundation Degree (Level 5)
- University Diploma in Education and Training (Level 5)
You’ll be invited to attend a briefing session or interview with the course lead to determine your suitability for your chosen course. We’ll send you an email and text with further information relating to your chosen course.
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Following a successful application, our Employer Training and Apprenticeships Team will book you in for an interview.
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We will send you an online Professional Course Assessment to complete, this will ask for further information on your previous qualifications, experience and why you want to study your chosen course.
For Hair, Beauty and Catering courses we can give offers following successful completion of this assessment.
For all other part-time professional courses, you’ll be invited to a mandatory briefing session with the course lead to determine your suitability for your chosen course.
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For English and maths, you’ll be asked to complete an online BKSB assessment to determine your current learning level and most suitable course level.
For all other subject specific online courses, you will be sent a link to our training partners sign up form.
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You’ll be asked to complete both an online assessment form and an online BKSB assessment, that you can complete at home or on campus, to determine your current learning level and most suitable course level.
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We’ll assess each application on a case-by-case basis on its own merit. At our discretion, we are happy to review your application and work with you to find the most suitable and best level of course for you. Please get in contact with the Admissions team on applications@gloscol.ac.uk or call 0345 155 2020 (option 3).