Applicants must be 18 years of age or over and must be in possession of:
(a) 5 GCSE passes at grades A, B or C, to include English Language, or
(b) 5 GCE passes 'O' Level, 5 CSE grade 1 or 5 CEE grade 1, 2 or 3, to include English Language, or
(c) A full GNVQ (Intermediate), BTEC (Intermediate) or BTEC (First Diploma), OCR National (Level II award), NVQ (Level II award) together with one GCSE passes at grade A, B or C, GCE 'O' Level, CSE grade 1 or CEE grades 1, 2 or 3 in English Language.