Applying to Chichester College couldn’t be simpler. Just follow these four easy steps and be part of an incredible learning experience.
KEY DATES
October–November 2026
We hold open events during the autumn term, offering a great opportunity to explore your options, chat to our friendly staff and tour our facilities before submitting your application.
December 2026 onwards
After you’ve applied, we’ll invite you in for an interview. This is just to chat through your application and provide guidance to ensure the courses you’ve applied for are right for you – nothing to worry about. Interviews will take place throughout the year.
March 2027
We hold more open events in March, providing another opportunity to take a look around the college and talk to us about your options.
Early April 2027
We strongly encourage you to submit your application before April, while there are still spaces on our courses, to secure your college place before the summer holidays.
May–June 2027
You’re likely to be sitting your exams, so good luck! Remember to keep calm and know that we’ll be here to support you when you leave school.
June 2027
We’ll email you asking you to pre-enrol at the college. Don’t worry, this is a simple online form which will help us prepare for your arrival at the start of the Autumn Term.
August 2027
At the start of the month, we’ll email you with your enrolment appointment and start date.
You’ll receive your GCSE results this month. We very much hope you get the grades you want, but if you don’t – don’t panic! Contact us and we’ll support you in your next steps.
August–September 2027
You’ll be invited to attend enrolment, which is when you’ll officially sign up as a Chichester College student!
September 2027
Welcome to college and the next exciting chapter of your life!
Get in touch
If you have any questions or concerns, our admissions team will be happy to help you.
01243 786321
STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO APPLYING
You can apply online by searching for your course and clicking on the ‘apply now’ button found on each course page.
We’ll let you know when we’ve safely received your application with an acknowledgement letter, usually within two weeks.
We’ll need to arrange a meeting with you before we can formally accept you onto the course. We’ll contact you within four weeks of your acknowledgement letter to invite you into an interview, along with the time and the date.
Don’t worry – the interview is there to give you advice and guidance on any additional help you might need and to make sure that the course is right for you. It will usually be with your course tutor and there may be a short aptitude test involved, but nothing too scary!
We aim to arrange your interview within nine weeks of your acknowledgment letter.
Read our interview advice so you know what to expect.
Within two weeks of your interview, we’ll send you a letter to confirm that you’ve been offered a place. The offer will either be unconditional (you don’t have to do anything) or conditional (you’ll be told in your interview what the conditions are, e.g. the GCSE grades you need).
You will need to complete the acceptance slip found in your letter ASAP and return it to us.
Don’t forget to return this slip – it’s very important that we know you’re coming!
A few weeks before the start of your course we’ll contact you and let you know where to come on your first day and at what time, also where to find further information. It’s important the college has an up to date email address in order to send this information to you.
If you need any help, pop in and talk to our admissions team or call 01243 786321 and ask for Admissions.
Track your application
The application tracker allows students to log in and track the progress of an application.
When applying for the first time, students can log in at any time to review the status of an application, check course and entry requirements, dates for enrolment and more.
Students will receive login details for the application tracker in an email inviting them to pre-enrol.
Please note: to receive the invitation to pre-enrol, which includes login details for the application tracker, students:
- must have an accepted offer which is not withdrawn;
- must not be an International or Progression application (the tracker is currently unavailable for these students);
- must be 16 years of age or over on the 31 August in the year of enrolment.