Carlisle College

One star is too good! Motor vehicle course absolute shambles, various issues over the course then finally the correct information NOT been submitted to City & Guilds therefore cannot get the certificate or end point assessment, no contact to advise what is happening apart from when I email them first. For this reason I would never have a apprentice mechanic if they are training with Carlisle College, definitely adding difficulties to an already hard industry!

The receptionists are totally unprofessional. I went to register for a course and one told me to come back next week, OK, it was half term. The other one phoned Rachel, (after asking how to spell her name) the lady who deals with admissions, then told me to take some forms. I already had them filled out. She also told me to come back next week. When I arrived for the course, I was told which room, but the receptionist had no idea where it was as he hadn't had a tour of the college! Yesterday a student collected her visitor lanyard from a pile at reception and said, 'It' s all wet. ' A receptionist told her a previous student had dropped it down the toilet. Words fail me.

Don't send children here if you need bursary they have out sorted it to new castle and currently I can not even apply due to personal reasons for my daughter like I don't have a printer or computer just a phone which can't complete forms. No help given. Complaints are not taken seriously either from her first year awhole load of stress. Go to kendal

It is in a convenient location but limited parking spaces. Caters for many subject including evening classes. The staff are helpful.Highly recommended.

Did a 2 year course here and failed my final exam. Resat the exam in january and was told i only needed 10-11 marks to pass. Scored 14 and still failed as it turned out i needed 21 to pass. Very misleading wouldn’t recommend this college

Facilities are nice but was a bit let down by my tutor, gave me a lecture about how I am immature and should me “embarrassed” by behaviour I didn’t even get told about/ corrected on. I was so upset I left and unenrolled that day, then the tutor has the cheek to ring my parent for the next 2 weeks asking where I was and why I wasn’t attending. Tell students if they are wrong instead of letting it go on, how are we supposed to know?

My daughter completed a Teaching Assistant Course NVQ 3 because she suffers from anxiety and struggles with exams. Her work that she delivered was complimented by tutor. As soon as she was questioned for 2 hrs by a tutor which she didn't expect she fell to pieces and failed. FURIOUS Where is the further support you should not fail and NVQ.

Through my course I had two tutors, one was helpful and the other left me in the dark about my final grades. They can be quite bias about the students they want to help. Not very helpful when you leave to move onto better things.