We have a very strong tutorial system. You will have the opportunity to meet your tutor regularly throughout the week. These sessions are positive and can support students both academically and personally. Your tutor is always there to talk to you about personal or study queries and at regular intervals your tutor, as well as your subject teachers, reviews your progress. Reports are issued and parents' evenings feature throughout the year.

The timetable for all students is very flexible. The day may start with a lesson at 8.45am, and ends no later than 4pm. Students are able to come and go between lessons, study in the Library or one of the study areas, use one of the two Flexi-Learning Centres, meet friends in the refectory or even go home. However, punctuality and full attendance are expected in all lessons.

It is important for student success that absences are kept to an absolute minimum, so it is our practice at Havant to follow up with a telephone call any unauthorised absences. We find that this helps to ensure regular attendance at all classes.

The Learning Support Centre at Havant College works to promote the Collegewide aims of inclusivity and support for all. We aim to help every student achieve his or her unique potential.

There is a wide range of help available from Learning Support staff and we are happy to work on your essential skills, from structuring basic organisation and time management to honing revision and memory techniques. We work with students in all areas: with A Level students aiming to raise their grades; with retake GCSE students determined to 'pass' this time; with BTEC National and First Diploma students, specialising in a vocational area for the first time; and with adults on daytime courses.

More information is available on leaflets in the Centre, via Moodle (VLE) or through discussions with the Centre staff. We are open daily between 8.45am – 4pm.

Visitors are always welcome!

Our service offers confidential, friendly and impartial advice and guidance in informal but private surroundings, for students who experience a range of personal problems.

We can support you by offering advice, simply listening or by making referrals to other agencies with your consent. We have a contract with Off The Record who are able to see students on site at their convenience and we also have the services of a Connexions Personal Adviser two days per week. Students need not struggle alone. We want you to enjoy College and get the most out of your time here. If you need support please contact Trisha Thorn, Student Welfare Officer by dropping into the Student Welfare Office opposite the Performing Arts corridor. Requests will be dealt with as soon as possible.

We have a prayer room available for our students of all faiths.

The College has an Equal Opportunities Policy, which is regularly monitored. We recognise that all people are of equal value, regardless of any perceived difference and are entitled to be treated equally and with respect in every aspect of College life. The College also has a Student Charter which forms part of the Student planner.

We welcome students with disabilities and undertake to make reasonable adjustments, wherever possible, to enable them to participate fully in the life of the College. We publish a Disability Statement: more information can be obtained from the Learning Support Centre.

We are able to support students whose families are on a low income or in receipt of benefits with assistance from our Access Funds. Help may be given with the costs of course materials, trips and travel.

If you live far away from the College you may be entitled to a subsidy.

If your household income falls below a certain threshold you may be eligible for weekly payments of up to £30. Payments are, however, subject to satisfactory attendance. There are also bonus payments of £100 for students who meet their academic targets. Application forms are available from schools in Year 11.

Havant College is committed to supporting every student achieve the best results they can in everything they do. In addition, those of you who have got a particular academic gift or a talent in music, the arts or sport will receive as much help as we can give you to develop your abilities and in a great many of cases build on the extension work you have already been involved in at school. This might involve constructing a personalised timetable or advising you about a suitable subject combination to aid you achieve your goal. There are also support programmes and specific help available if you want to apply for courses in medicine, veterinary science or law or are thinking of applying to the Universities of Oxford or Cambridge. The College also offers a number of AS courses and additional courses for high achievers, for instance, Critical Thinking, degree level modules and additional extension papers in Mathematics.

Whoever you are, Whatever you are, the Gay/Straight Alliance is a newly formed student group where everyone is welcome.