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We work with businesses and industry partners to find our students work placements and graduate employment 3,000 over

study (Hartpury College 2024) 97%

of our students progress onto employment, university or further

student satisfaction with teaching (Hartpury College 2024) 96.6%

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Contents 3. Ofsted Outstanding 4. Hartpury College Certificate Plus 5. Student finance

6. International students 7. Your next steps checklist 10. Feel supported 11. Our accommodation 13. Bring your horse 14. Sports Academies 15. Get your kit 16. Coming to Hartpury 17. Travel and transport

CONGRATULATIONS

You’ve received your offer

You’ve chosen one of the leading specialist institutions in the UK. Now you can look forward to a fantastic student experience and an Ofsted Outstanding education. This booklet will guide you through your next steps. Check the timeline on pages 8-10 for your key dates – including applying for accommodation, transport, and bursaries. Keep reading for essential information about support, finance, and joining us from outside the UK. This is the first of three booklets that you’ll get from us between now and when you enrol. If you have any further questions, please contact us using the details on the back cover.

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WE’RE AN OUTSTANDING INSTITUTION

We’re proud to achieve Ofsted Outstanding in all areas (March 2024), a rating we’ve held since 2018. It’s a sign that a provider is at the top of their field, and that our students can be reassured they’ll receive an exceptional level of care and education throughout their time with us. Our overall effectiveness rating of “Outstanding” in all key areas includes the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, education programmes for young people, adult learning programmes, apprenticeships, and provision for students with high needs. Inspectors also concluded that the college makes a ‘strong contribution’ to meeting skills needs, which is the top grade possible.

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HARTPURY COLLEGE CERTIFICATE

CAREER PLAN Clarify your career goals and how to achieve them

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE Gain external experience with one of 3,000 employers CAMPUS ENTERPRISES Enhance your skills through our on-site businesses EMPLOYABILITY PORTFOLIO Develop your expertise and get real employer endorsements on your CV MATHS AND ENGLISH Improve your numeracy and literacy skills LIFE SKILLS Become independent, resilient and confident

We’re committed to our students’ academic and personal development. That’s why we’ve developed our unique Hartpury Certificate – a full enrichment programme of activities, designed to help our students with key employability skills. You’ll gain work experience, strengthen your numeracy and literacy skills, and create and work towards a career plan which you’ll be able to evidence to employers and universities. Hartpury College Certificate Plus Our Hartpury Certificate Plus provides extra opportunities for A-level, T Level, diploma, and Access to HE students to prepare for work or further training, alongside their core qualification. Develop your confidence through a range of extracurricular activities, which have previously included our Student Ambassador scheme, as well as workshops on setting up a business or creating a personal brand .

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YOUR MONEY MATTERS

There’s no charge for tuition if you’re a student from the UK, Republic of Ireland, Crown Dependencies, or have settled EU status, joining us to study a full-time course and you’re under 19 years of age on 31 August 2025. Registration and examination fees for your main qualification are also free. However, there are other costs associated with going to college, such as transport, equipment and meals. There are a range of financial support packages to help make studying affordable for you and your family. These include; • •

Accommodation bursaries: means tested support to help with the cost of living on campus. Discretionary bursary: to help with the cost of books and equipment, educational visits, meals, and travel. Vulnerable learner bursary: students in one of the defined vulnerable groups (see our finance web page) will be eligible. Principal’s International Scholarship: to support students from outside the UK to join Hartpury College. Guyll-Leng bursary: for students studying agriculture – particularly if you’re new to the field – animal and equine courses. Joe Henson bursary: for students in Gloucestershire, Herefordshire or Worcestershire, on agriculture or related courses.

Martin Baber award: for international work experience in the agricultural sector. Sports Scholarships: for students with the potential to excel in their chosen field of sport, to help cover the cost of residential fees. Apply directly to the appropriate Sports Academy manager. www.hartpury.ac.uk/college-academies Advanced Learner Loan: for those aged 19 or over at the start of their course www.gov.uk/advanced-learner-loan

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Bursaries Applications for bursaries open on 1 April 2025. Full details are available via our website. www.hartpury.ac.uk/college-finance

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Free school meals If you’re aged 16 to 18, you could be eligible for free school meals if your parents or those supporting you receive one of the qualifying benefits.

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STUDENTS FROM OUTSIDE THE UK

As an international student, you’re joining a vibrant community of students and staff from over 60 countries. We understand that financing to study in the UK is a big consideration, that’s why we’re pleased to offer an all-inclusive study fee package for our international college students. This includes tuition fees, accommodation, three meals per day/seven days a week, all bed linen (including pillows and duvet), crockery and cutlery pack, gym membership and airport transfers at the start of the year and at term breaks. Our International team can help advise on funding packages available in your own country. They’re available to make sure your journey to the UK goes as smoothly as possible and give you all the advice and guidance you need. You should already be in contact with our team, but if not, please email international@hartpury.ac.uk

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YOUR NEXT STEPS

Stay ahead of the game. Now that you’ve received your offer for September 2025, it’s time to think about what happens next. Refer back to this checklist over the coming months and tick off items as you go.

International students only (all other items relate to all students)

Now Accept your offer

When you know we’re right for you, email admissions@hartpury.ac.uk to accept your offer, if you haven’t already. You’ll need to do this before applying for accommodation, transport, or livery. Make sure you complete our Additional Information Form. www.hartpury.ac.uk/college-support-form

Now Book your Applicant Day Get a taste of your course* and start making friends. www.hartpury.ac.uk/college-applicant-events March 2025 Your Student Life guide via email and post Find out more about being a Hartpury College student.

From March 2025 Book your transport Find out more on page 11, and via our website. www.hartpury.ac.uk/college-transport

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1 April 2025 Apply for financial support View our bursaries and scholarships and check if you’re eligible via our website. www.hartpury.ac.uk/college-finance April 2025 Pay your deposit As an international fee-paying student, you’ll receive an invoice for your deposit (50% of your first-year tuition fees). If you need a Student visa, you won’t be able to apply for your Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) until you’ve paid your deposit. www.hartpury.ac.uk/college-student-visa

Sports Academies If you’re interested in playing sport or joining one of our Academies, and haven’t already spoken to a member of our team, you can find out more on page 14.

April 2025 Apply for your Student visa

If you’re not a British or Irish citizen, it’s likely you’ll require a visa to study in the UK. We’ll be in touch with details on how to join our international Student visa webinar. Please visit our website or email our team for more information. www.hartpury.ac.uk/college-student-visa international@hartpury.ac.uk Spring 2025 Apply for accommodation and/livery Find out more on pages 12 and 13 of this guide, and via our website. www.hartpury.ac.uk/college-accommodation www.hartpury.ac.uk/college-livery June 2025 Your Enrolment Pack arrives via email and post Essential information on preparing to join us.* International students will also receive our Passport to Hartpury guide, explaining how to prepare to live and learn in the UK.

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July 2025 International pre-departure briefing For details about making travel arrangements and coming to the UK. We’ll invite you via email and provide the webinar recording afterwards.

21 August 2025 Get your results – good luck!

GCSE results are released in the UK. Send us your results right away so we can confirm your place – we’ll advise you in advance on how to tell us your results. If you’re an international student and receive your results earlier than this date, please email us as soon as you have them. admissions@hartpury.ac.uk

31 August 2025 Move-in – Residential Students

All first-year students who have been allocated residential accommodation will move in together. If you’ve been allocated accommodation, you’ll be sent further details in advance.

1 September 2025 Your enrolment

Arrive at Hartpury College.* You’ll enrol and complete important paperwork. Once complete, you’ll start your induction activities, meet your lecturers, support staff, and new friends.

Your Enrolment Pack (June) will contain all of the information you need. We’ll also be in touch via email to make sure you’re well-prepared.

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ASPiRE

SUPPORT Our Aspire learning support team are available to make sure you feel supported with everything you need from day one. If you need any extra help, we’ll work with you to create a plan that suits you. Just let us know what you need, and we’ll start putting your support in place ready for when you arrive. How we can help If you have received extra support during your school exams, for example if you’ve had extra time, a reader or scribe, please ask your school for a copy of your JCQ Form 8 and send this to us. This form allows our Aspire team to arrange support for when you sit your college exams. If you have an Educational Health Care Plan (EHCP), please make sure you send a copy to us. You may also want to invite us to your EHCP annual review at school. This will give us time to get to know you and make sure we start planning all your support before you start. www.hartpury.ac.uk/college-support-form

Tell us about any support needs before you arrive www.hartpury.ac.uk/college-support-form

Get in Touch You’ll find Aspire’s contact details on the back cover. We can’t wait to hear from you! For full details of the support available, read our Student Support guide. www.hartpury.ac.uk/aspire

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EXPLORE CAMPUS ACCOMMODATION

Living on our beautiful campus means you’re never more than a few minutes from your lectures, practical sessions or favourite hang-outs in a secure and vibrant environment. Your offer doesn’t include accommodation, so you’ll need to apply when booking opens.

Stay up to date Find out where you could be living on campus, as well as opening dates for applications.

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We welcome applications from all students, but demand is high and we have a limited amount of accommodation. We give priority to applications from students based on our allocation policy. This includes, but is not limited to, students who: • live too far away from campus to travel in every day;* • are classified as international students; • study agriculture, animal, or equine courses; • play for one of our sports academies - a limited number are available for sport students not part of an academy; • perform well at their interview, have strong academic performance/attitude as shown in their school report; • keep their horse in our livery on campus; • are on a recognised two-year course and are returning for year two. Allocation criteria is subject to change and meeting allocation criteria does not guarantee a place. Please visit our website for the latest information. www.hartpury.ac.uk/college-accommodation When you’ll have your room Your room is your place to call home during term time. You’ll be asked to leave your room for the Christmas holidays and may be asked to take your belongings with you. Applications for accommodation open spring 2025 (check our website for the latest information). For more details on our range of halls, visit our website, get in touch using the details on the back cover of this guide, or take a virtual tour. www.hartpury.ac.uk/college-virtual-tour

*Students who are able to travel on public or Hartpury transport (see our website for details) won’t be allocated accommodation unless there are rooms available after 31 August 2025.

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BRING YOUR HORSE If you want to bring your horse on livery while you study with us, you can rest assured they’ll be in a safe and secure environment. American-style barns and outdoor stabling, all with rubber mat flooring; four indoor, two outdoor, and a covered arena; two horse walkers and a lungeing area; all-weather, off-road hacking route on campus; limited turnout, minimal across winter months, dependent on weather due to clay soil; access to the Equine Therapy Centre: water treadmill, high-speed treadmill, weighbridge, solarium and our Rider Performance Centre. Livery students have the opportunity to compete at a variety of affiliated and unaffiliated shows run by Hartpury, as well as a number of student-only clinics and competitions throughout the year. There are also a number of livery yards in the area, many of which are smaller and offer additional grazing. This might be an option if our large yard isn’t quite what you’re looking for. Applications for livery open spring 2025 (check our website for the latest information) View our prices and livery guide at www.hartpury.ac.uk/college-livery Get in touch with our Livery team using the details on the back cover. Demand is high so apply as soon as you can. We’ll let you know if you’ve secured a place for September 2025, in line with accommodation. We have a waiting list with stables becoming available throughout the year. • • • • • Our world-class facilities include: •

Become part of the Riding School or join one of our student-run equine societies, such as the Equestrian Club, to get involved with fun equestrian activities with your friends.*

*Riding at Hartpury is subject to a riding assessment and weight limit. Additional cost applies for riding and related activities. Please check our college livery webpage for the most up-to-date information.

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SPORTS ACADEMIES If you’re serious about sport, you’ve come to the right place. We have an outstanding track record for supporting talented athletes. Our dedicated Sports Academies develop raw talent in athletes. Membership includes: • eligibility to participate in Association of Colleges (AOC) competitions; • payment of AOC competition entry fees; • access to kit, equipment and facilities for academy training with qualified coaches; access to our Sports Academy Performance Hub – an online resource for our support services. Visit our website for the latest information on fees, and to register your interest if you haven’t already spoken to a member of our team. www.hartpury.ac.uk/college-academies Find out about funding We offer Hartpury Sports Academy scholarships. Please contact the relevant Sports Academy manager to discuss further, or visit our website. www.hartpury.ac.uk/scholarships Our world-class sports facilities We’ve invested over £10 million into our modern sports facilities in recent years. You’ll hone your skills using the very latest in sports technology. •

Our Sports Academies

Athlete Performance Equine Golf Men’s Football Men’s Rugby

Netball Rowing Women’s Football Women’s Rugby

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GET KITTED OUT Our students wear their Hartpury kit with pride. You’ll see lots of them in our iconic Hartpury hoody, even if kit isn’t a compulsory part of their course. You’ll have the option of buying branded kit. You can choose a special student bundle to help keep the cost down. Depending on which course you study, you may need to buy specific Hartpury kit or equipment. Athletes in our Sports Academies are required to buy kit packages for their sport. Our kit suppliers We’ve put over 70 years of sporting history into our sport and leisure range. Designed in partnership with our kit supplier, Elite Pro Sports, we’ve produced products designed for everyone. www.hartpury.ac.uk/eps Our clothing partners JS Teamwear add that personal touch to everything they produce. They don’t sub-contract their work, so have very high quality-control standards. www.hartpury.ac.uk/jst Your Enrolment Pack, arriving June 2025, will include details of any kit you need for your course or the Sports Academy

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START PREPARING

Plan your time Think about how you might balance your study and leisure time. What will help you keep your studies on track whilst still enjoying everything else there is to do on campus? Think about creating a timetable with your friends when you get here. Begin budgeting Make a list of what you might spend while you’re here and how you’ll ensure that you stay within budget. We find spreadsheets really help our students to keep track of their money. You could always get a part-time job while you’re studying here, or perhaps over the summer months, to give you some pocket money for when you arrive. Become laundry savvy If you’re moving away for the first time, you might want to get laundry savvy. Offer to do your laundry at home (this will help your family too). You don’t want to be shrinking your best top

when you arrive. Learn to cook

If you’re living on campus, you’ll have your meals in our eatery but you might like to make a few simple things in the microwave – how about trying a delicious mug cake or whipping up some budget friendly and filling scrambled eggs?

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GETTING AROUND

By bus The Hartpury Shuttle bus from Gloucester comes onto campus. This service is for Hartpury students and staff only and operates via the Zeelo Smart Bus Platform. You can buy tickets via the Zeelo App for this service. Outside term times, at Easter, and over the summer we operate a free minibus shuttle service. Stagecoach 351 – Tewkesbury to Gloucester and stops on the A417 outside campus By car If you’d like to park on campus, you’ll need to register your vehicle via a simple online form, which will be made available via your Enrolment Pack. There is currently no charge for parking a registered vehicle.* By minibus or coach We run daily minibus and coach services across Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, and Worcestershire. Routes vary each year, dependent upon demand. Bookings for transport open via the College website by the end of March 2025, closing during the last week of August. Minibus and coach services are based on three zones. There is also a pass available for students on apprenticeship courses. If you live near Hartpury, there are plenty of transport options to and from campus. You may be eligible to travel on a Hartpury bus, if you live on one of our many bus routes.

Find out more Visit our website for more details or get in touch using the contact details on the back cover of this guide. www.hartpury.ac.uk/college-transport

*2024/25 academic year. Subject to change. Please visit our website for the latest information.

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We’ll be in touch over the coming months with more information via email and post. Your next guide, Your Student Life, will be available from March 2025, and include more insights into life as a Hartpury College student.

Find out more about the campus facilities available to our students

Hear from our Students’ Union on social activities and what to do in the local area

Discover more about work experience, field trip, and extracurricular opportunities

Read up on our students’ success stories

In June 2025, you’ll receive your Enrolment Pack*, containing essential information about your enrolment and how to prepare.

If you have any questions in the meantime, you can visit your Coming to Hartpury hub via our website, or contact our teams using the details on the back cover of this guide. www.hartpury.ac.uk/comingtohartpury

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Useful contacts

Admissions admissions@hartpury.ac.uk +44 (0) 1452 702244 Accommodation accommodation@hartpury.ac.uk +44 (0) 1452 702352 Student Finance collegebursaries@hartpury.ac.uk +44 (0) 1452 702103 Learning support (Aspire) aspire@hartpury.ac.uk +44 (0) 1452 702478 Livery livery@hartpury.ac.uk +44 (0) 1452 702126 International international@hartpury.ac.uk +44 (0) 1452 702344 Transport transport@hartpury.ac.uk +44 (0) 1452 702628 www.hartpury.ac.uk

This guide was produced in November 2024, and the information was correct at that time. For the most up-to-date information please visit our website.