Whatever your background or circumstances, we believe that any student studying at Kirklees College deserves a rewarding educational experience. An experience that can create opportunities, change lives and can lead to an exciting future.
Whatever your background or circumstances, we believe that any student studying at Kirklees College deserves a rewarding educational experience. An experience that can create opportunities, change lives and can lead to an exciting future.
Contact us below regarding any support related queries by email or telephone; we are here to help you achieve the very best during your time at Kirklees College.
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). Kirklees College is committed to delivering the provisions of the Children and Families Act 2014. We embrace our statutory duty to fulfil our obligations under the SEND Code of Practice for those aged up to 25 and are committed to making every effort to meet your support needs.
Safeguarding is our highest priority at Kirklees College and we take every possible action to make sure all students, staff and the wider college community are kept safe and protected from harm.
All students, staff and visitors must wear a visible ID at all times in college.
If you are concerned about your own or someone else’s safety or wellbeing, please contact any member of college staff or the Safeguarding team.
Telephone: 01484 437000
Email: safeguarding@kirkleescollege.ac.uk
Click here to see information about local services to contact when the college is closed:
You will have access to a huge range of internal support including:
Your progression, achievement and development are important to us. We work with employers, parents and carers to ensure you get the support you need to attend, behave and commit in line with our high expectations.
We believe in the importance of a person’s health and wellbeing which is why we actively support and promote this to all our students.
Students have access to our free counselling service. We employ an excellent team of skilled professionals who can help you get back on track should you need support to deal with difficult and challenging times in your life.
Financial Support
Once you are enrolled you will have access to the KC Student Community where you will get the free access code for the app and the helpline.
Young parents are considered to be mothers, fathers or those that are due to give birth and are under 25 years old.
You can disclose whether you are a young parent/pregnant prior to joining college, or at any point during your study programme.
We guarantee that any disclosure of your pregnancy will be treated with respect and confidentiality, especially regarding your wishes about informing parents and/or support agencies, except if there are concerns around safeguarding.
We are not here to judge you, but for us to be able to support appropriately, we will ask following questions such as:
Pastoral Mentors will work with personal tutors, lecturers, and other relevant staff to ensure that you are fully supported in the following areas:
Young carers are young people up to 25 who have caring responsibility in their personal life.
As a young carer, you will carry out tasks and responsibilities that are additional to those appropriate for someone of your age.
Tell your Pastoral Mentor if you care for a family member or friend with one or more of the following:
Pastoral Mentors can provide you with support throughout your study programme, and you can meet them before starting your course.
They will work with personal tutors, lecturers, and other relevant staff to ensure you are fully supported and can access the following:
We will endeavour to ensure that parents/guardians can access college for open evenings and progression days. If this is not possible, we will consider how alternative arrangements can be made to keep a communication link.
Please contact support@kirkleescollege.ac.uk to find out more.
If you are living without the support of a family, we understand how difficult this can be. We can help support you whilst you are studying with us.
Pastoral Mentors can provide you with support throughout your study programme, and you can meet them before starting your course.
They will work with personal tutors, lecturers and other relevant staff to ensure you are fully supported and can access the following:
Please contact support@kirkleescollege.ac.uk to find out more.
Kirklees College is committed to supporting all of our students wherever we can, regardless of their background or situation. We offer a wide range of specialist support which is carefully allocated to ensure help is accessible to those who may need it.
