Our students are at the heart of who we are and what we do. We strive to deliver a fun, safe and inspirational learning environment for everyone, students, teachers and parents/carers, by working together to build a supportive partnership that create opportunities and changes lives.
We appreciate that as parent/carers, helping to make decisions about career choices and further study can be daunting and you may have questions. We are here to support you through the process, enabling you to help make the right choices at the right time.
We pride ourselves in being a college of opportunity and we offer a wide range of vocational courses not readily available at school sixth forms. Our courses are underpinned by strong links with employers, providing students with work experience opportunities to help prepare them for work.
We offer an inclusive learning environment where we celebrate diversity, embrace challenge, encourage success and enable opportunity, all positive stepping stones for our students as they work towards building a rewarding future.
As a parent/carer, you can always see how your young person is doing via the parent portal. If you have any concerns then you can contact their Pastoral Mentor or tutors.
We work very closely with parents/carers to support our students to achieve the best results they can.
You will be invited to two parent/carer evenings which take place either face to face or online.
When a young person enrols as a student at Kirklees College, they are agreeing to uphold our values and meet the expectations of the behaviour for learning.
Taster sessions are an excellent way for you to try a subject area before you enrol on the course. Our taster sessions are available to years 9 – 13, and would normally take place in college either during the school day or in a twilight session after school.
As a parent/carer you can review the progress of your young person through the parent portal. To gain access to this, you need to be the first next of kin contact registered on our system and have provided an email address so we can send you your unique log in details. If you wish to enable a second parent access please contact us.
We hold parent/carer evenings twice a year and you can contact the programme lead at any time to discuss progress over the phone.
Please go to the report an absence page here.
Please contact the Personal Development Tutor or Pastoral Mentor if a student wants to discuss changing courses. The college careers service is also available by appointment, students can book an appointment at college.
Students that are aged 16-18 without a grade 4 or above in their GCSE English and maths must continue to study these subjects as part of their study programme.
This is government legislation and applies to all students irrespective of which institution they study at.
As a parent/carer of a Kirklees College student, it’s important that you are kept up-to-date with your child’s progress and development, all of which we discuss at our parents’ evening. You’ll receive a letter inviting you to attend, and when and where the evening will be.
The college’s Designated Safeguarding Lead is Carlie Smith, Safeguarding and Behaviour Manager. Deputy Designated Safeguarding leads are Rory Hillas (07850 104 155) and Amie McGowan (07866 795 073). You can also email safeguarding@kirkleescollege.ac.uk to contact the Safeguarding team. Alternatively, if a student feels they or someone else is at risk they can speak to any member of staff who will help them.
Any student can apply for the college bursary for support with travel costs, equipment, childcare, trips and free meals. This is means tested – find out more at Financial Support.
Quite often a complaint can be resolved at an informal level. If you email your complaint to the college or telephone you will be advised about the formal and informal complaints process.
Should wish to make a formal complaint, please download the complaints form and policy here and Email us here.
It’s important that our students have access to wide range of support should they feel they need it, including additional support from learning assistants and mentors. We also offer a confidential counselling service.
Go our support page here.
Find out about our enrolment process and when the next enrolment dates are go to our enrolment page.
