financial support for 16-19 students
Students whose household income is less than £70,000 per year or have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) can apply to receive a bursary which could include support for travel, free school meals and kit for courses where this is a compulsory requirement.
Students who qualified for free meals at school can apply for a meal deal card to use at College. You will also be eligible if parent/carers are in receipt of various means-tested benefits as set out in the 'Free Meals in Further Education' guidance. If you are aged over 16 and under 19 on 31 August you will not normally be charged fees for tuition. Further information on subsidised travel will be made available soon. You can view our Financial Support Policy on our Policy & Procedures page here.
Bursary applications are made online via PayMyStudent. Applications for 2025/26 are not currently open. More information will be available soon.
FAQs
Full-time students who don’t pay tuition fees wouldn’t normally be asked to pay fees for examinations taken as part of the course with the College’s approval. However, if you need to retake an exam, you’ll be asked to pay the fees to do so. If you pay your own tuition fees, you will need to pay your own examination fees. More details are available on application.
Quick links
Pay my student - portal
Pay my student - guide
Free meals guidance
Student Services can help with funding
Truro College telephone: 01872 305718
Penwith College telephone: 01736 809407
Truro College email: studentservices@truro-penwith.ac.uk
Penwith College email: penwithstudentservices@truro-penwith.ac.uk
