Financial Support

Thank you for visiting the Financial Support page.

DUE TO THE DELAY IN THE ONLINE APPLICATION PORTAL GOING LIVE, YOU CAN CONTINUE TO SUBMIT PAPER BASED APPLICATION FORMS.

APPLICATION FORMS CAN BE SUBMITTED VIA EMAIL AT studentfinance@grantham.ac.uk OR HANDED IN AT THE COLLEGE.

WE APOLOGISE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE.

Please be advised that bursary funds are limited but we understand that studying at college may cause financial problems and our Student Finance department may be able to provide both existing and prospective students with financial support to students studying at Grantham College.

IMPORTANT: Bursary applications will be processed once you have fully enrolled at Grantham College, however, due to the high volume of applications the college receives we do require time to process these, and applications received should be processed within 28 days.  

Please note that you must be fully enrolled for the application process to commence.

Successful and non-successful applicants will be notified via letter to their personal email address (if supplied) or their student email address, and we request that you wait the required number of days stated above before contacting Student Finance if you have not received any notification.

Student Finance can be contacted via email on studentfinance@grantham.ac.uk. 

REGISTERING FOR ONLINE PORTAL

Although the portal is not currently live for online applications to be submitted you will be able to register in readiness for the system going live once you have enrolled and received your student email address. (student number@student.grantham.ac.uk)

The following document explains on how this is done – please only follow Step 1 & Step 2.

The different funds available to us, depending on your age and personal circumstances are as follows:

Eligible students may be able to receive support with essential course-related costs. This may include: meal vouchers, uniform, equipment, books, trips, stationery and more.

See our Financial Support Student Eligibility Guide.

• 16 – 18 Bursary Fund
• 19+ Further Education Discretionary Support Fund
• Advanced Learner Loan
• Childcare Costs

If you are aged 16–19 and are in care, a care leaver or receive income support in your own right, you may be entitled to a bursary, please complete the 16-18 Bursary Fund Application. Please email completed application and the relevant information to Student Finance via email on studentfinance@grantham.ac.uk.

Travel Assistance

If you are applying for Further Education programmes, you must firstly apply to your Local Education Authority (LEA) for assistance with travel. If your LEA is unable to help, there may be support available from the college.

Please get in touch with our Student Finance via email on studentfinance@grantham.ac.uk to find out how they may be able to help you get to college.

Higher Education Funding

You can apply to Student Finance England for a Tuition Fee Loan and Maintenance Loan. You can do this even if you have not had your place on the course confirmed. You can apply online directly with Student Finance England at www.gov.uk/apply-online-for-student-finance