1. Find your course

Reading College offers part time courses in the following subject areas:

• Access
• A levels
• Apprenticeships
• Art, Grpahics and Fashion
• Business and Professional Studies
• Childcare, Teaching Assistants, Play Work
• Catering and Professional Cookery
• Computing and IT
• Construction and the Built Environment
• Engineering
• Foundation
• GCSEs
• Hairdressing and Therapies
• Health and Health and Social Care
• Literacy, Numeracy, ESOL and EFL
• Media and Photography
• Modern Foreign Languages
• Motor Vehicle
• Music and Performing Arts
• Plumbing, Gas and Heating
• Preparation for Life and Work
• Teaching and Training

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2. Check out the details

• Whatever your reasons for studying, we want to help you choose the right course.
• You’ll probably want to check the course details and make sure that the day, time, start dates and duration suit you.
• Visit our fees page to find out more information about some of the fees you may have to pay.
• We recommend that all students take up or offer of free information, advice and guidance before they finalise their decisions.

3. Apply or enrol

Apply first...
For most courses the application stage is optional and you can progress straight to the enrolment stage unless your course requires an interview.

Apply online by finding your course on our website course search area or ask us to send you an application form to return to us by post. On receipt of your application we will contact you with your enrolment details.

...or go straight to enrolment...

Enrol by telephone

• Phone 800 371 434 - 9.00am – 4.30pm
• Please remember to have your debit/credit card details if any payment is required.

You will not be able to enrol by phone if you are eligible for a concessionary fee or if you are not a Home/EU student.

Enrol in person

• Enrol at our Advice Centre at Kings Road, Reading. Opening times.
• You will be asked to complete an enrolment form, show any evidence of benefit if appropriate and/or pay any fee due.

Proof of Identity

Please note you will need to show us proof of your identity when you enrol (or at the start of the course if you are enrolling by telephone). We prefer to see a valid passport, but we also accept:

• photo driving licence
• EU ID card
• prove it card
• other documentation such as exam certificate, utility bill or birth certificate.