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Inclusion And Support

Our dedicated Inclusion & Support team works across all of our campuses to provide tailored support to students who need it.

If you are a further education student, Our Inclusion & Support team can provide help with planning assignments, research, essay writing, exam techniques, literacy, numeracy and specialist support for students with specific learning difficulties. In order to access support, it is very important that we speak to you and carry out a detailed assessment of your needs.

If you have a specific learning difficulty or disability which may present you with barriers to your learning, you should discuss this with us before you start your course. We will invite you to a meeting to discuss your needs and if, following assessment, we confirm that you will need additional learning support our Inclusion & Support team Team will work closely with you to ensure you achieve your full potential.

If you are a higher education student, please see the section below regarding Disabled Student’s Allowance (DSA) and other support available to you.

Download our Roadmap to College which outlines the process of transitioning to college. Our Inclusion & Support Managers will be happy to offer advice and guidance and you can contact them below.

Student Transition Sessions

We are inviting students considering the College to join them for transition sessions. This is an opportunity to learn more about the campus where they will be studying and what support is available to them.

The team aim to:

They have skills and experience in supporting:

The Support Team also includes:

Emotional Literacy Support Assistants (ELSA)

ELSAs are support assistants who have received specific additional training from educational psychologists, then continue to receive supervision following training. Their role is to support young people in college to understand and regulate their own emotions whilst also respecting the feelings of those around them.

Youth Mental Health First Aiders (YMHFA)

YMHFA have:

Book An Appointment

For a formal EHCP consultation with our team, email: EHCPConsultations@wiltshire.ac.uk

For more information or to visit our Transition team at the College, email: Transition@wiltshire.ac.uk

Discover Our EHCP And SEND Support

Are you starting a course with us in September? Download the flyer below to find out what support is available before you join us.

Skills For Life

This programme provides for the needs of individuals with moderate learning difficulties who want to continue to build on essential skills for living, employment and community it may also be appropriate for those with profound and complex learning difficulties including sensory impairment, physical disabilities, and severe medical conditions.

Exam Access Arrangements (EAA)

Access Arrangements allow candidates/learners with special educational needs, disabilities or temporary injuries to access the assessment without changing the demands of the assessment. For example, readers, scribes and Braille question papers. In this way Awarding Bodies will comply with the duty of the Equality Act 2010 to make reasonable adjustments.

Disabled Students Allowance

If you are a higher education student and have a learning difficulty, sensory impairment or a physical disability and would like individual learning support, you are eligible to apply for Disabled Students Allowance (DSA) via Student Finance England.

The DSA can authorise access to certain software, technology and learning support. Students must have applied for the standard student finance package online prior to applying for DSA via paper application DSA1. https://www.gov.uk/disabled-students-allowances-dsas

Any DSA correspondence please send: DSASupport@wiltshire.ac.uk

If you have not been previously assessed for support and believe that you may have a learning difficulty, talk to us about the assessment process.

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