Parents’ & Carers’ Information

At Guernsey College of Further Education, we are committed to working together with parents and carers to support our students on their journey through their studies.

We hope this information will help you to work alongside the College to enable us to provide the best possible experience for students.

Excellent attendance and punctuality are key employability skills. All elements of each course are important to our students’ future success and we ask for your support in ensuring they attend and work hard on their programme of study.

This includes personal development sessions and self study periods. If a student is going to be late or absent due to illness, please telephone our main reception on (01481) 227500.

We believe it is really important to ensure that students take away much more than simply knowledge from their courses.

In addition to timetabled classes we provide Personal Development sessions once a week for students to help develop their interpersonal skills before they enter the world of work.

These sessions include interview preparation/practice, employability skills, managing finances and a range of other topics.

Our campus cafés are open five days a week, serving hot and cold food to students and staff from 9am – 1.30pm.

Refrigerated vending machines on each campus will contain a range of food items once the cafes close. We are championing our healthy living campaign by offering a range of healthy foods.

Students joining us on a Level 2 or Level 3 course who have not already achieved a GCSE grade 4 in English or Maths will need to attend sessions in these subjects, which are held on their main campus.

Students needing extra assistance can be referred to our Progress Coach team.

These staff members work with students who require extra help and support in undertaking their course and keeping up-to-date with their work.

Details and key dates can be found in our Parents’/Carer’s brochure that you can download.