One of the most exciting – and scary – days of all is when you receive your exam results.
Learners studying GCSEs will receive their results on Thursday 21st August 2025. Applicants will receive an email communication from the College on Thursday 21st August with your enrolment information. We have also recreated the email on our website here as well.
Dear Applicant
STAGE 1
Welcome to stage 1 of your enrolment to Colchester Institute. To start you must sign in to your application account using the link below and upload these important items:
- Evidence of your exam results, This will include any results you are getting today, as well as any from previous years.
If you are getting exams results today please wait until you have got them and then take a photo or screenshot of all the information, subjects and grades. You may need to take more than one photo/screenshot and make sure that your name and your grades are clearly visible.
Even if you have been a student with us in the past you must upload your exam results. Your application will not be reviewed unless this is done.
IMPORTANT NOTE: To complete your enrolment you must be able to sign into your application account – we recommend that you try to log in now.
You must complete stage 1 by 2pm Friday 22nd August to meet the priority deadline. (If you miss this time you may not secure your place on your preferred course.)
Note: If you have studied with us before, or you have already uploaded your ID photo and evidence of your Identity, you do not need to do items B and C again, but you will need to upload exam results.
- Upload a photograph of yourself for your ID card (if not already provided)
You are strongly advised to prepare for this by selecting a suitable photo now and saving it on the phone/device that you will use to start your enrolment.
This photo must show your face looking into the camera, with no face covering, hat or hood, and close enough to take up most of the image, see the examples below:
3 Upload a photograph of yourself for your ID card (if not already provided)
This should be a photograph of one of the following documents:
- Passport (please take a photo of the photo page)
- Driving Licence
- National Insurance Card/Official Letter confirming NI number
- National ID card
- Birth/Adoption Certificate
This link will take you to guidance notes on how to upload your information:
https://www.colchester.ac.uk/enrolment/online-enrolment-upload-guidance/
When you have successfully uploaded all of the above, a member of the teaching team will review these against the published entry criteria for your course and you will receive notification of their decision and your next steps by email. In some cases, teaching staff may need to call you to discuss your grades, so please keep your phone with you and be ready to answer any calls (this may come from a withheld number, or No Caller ID or it will start with 01206 712***).
This might not be on the same day as your grades are uploaded as it will be very busy with lots of results coming in for staff to look at, so please don’t worry if you don’t hear straight away – keep checking this email account. If you have met the priority deadline this will be done on or by Tuesday 26th August. Later uploads will be checked on or by Friday 29th August.
What if you haven’t met the entry criteria for your chosen course?
Firstly, please do not panic! You are strongly advised to still upload your results by the guaranteed deadline of 2pm on Friday 22nd August as some courses have different levels available. These will still be reviewed by teaching staff who will email you with information about your next steps.
Good luck and we look forward to receiving your results, ID photo and proof of Identity. Please remember to keep checking this email address, including in spam or other folders (such as Promotions/Important) for your next steps.
For learners looking to study a further education qualification with an A-level pre-requisite with us, the results day for A Level exams is on Thursday 14th August 2025. Applicants for the UAL Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design will receive an email communication from the College on Thursday 14th August with your enrolment information. We have also recreated the email on our website here as well.
Dear Applicant
STAGE 1
Welcome to stage 1 of your enrolment to Colchester Institute. To start you must sign in to your application account using the link below and upload these important items:
- Evidence of your exam results, This will include any results you are getting today, as well as any from previous years. Please don’t forget to include GCSE results as well as any A Level or Level 3 results.
If you are getting exams results today please wait until you have got them and then take a photo or screenshot of all the information, subjects and grades. You may need to take more than one photo/screenshot and make sure that your name and your grades are clearly visible.
Even if you have been a student with us in the past you must upload your exam results. Your application will not be reviewed unless this is done.
https://apply.colchester.ac.uk/Page/U_UploadResults
IMPORTANT NOTE: To complete your enrolment you must be able to sign into your application account – we recommend that you try to log in now.
You must complete stage 1 by 2pm Friday 15th August to meet the priority deadline.
Note: If you have studied with us before, or you have already uploaded your ID photo and evidence of your Identity, you do not need to do items B and C again, but you will need to upload exam results.
- Upload a photograph of yourself for your ID card (if not already provided)
You are strongly advised to prepare for this by selecting a suitable photo now and saving it on the phone/device that you will use to start your enrolment.
This photo must show your face looking into the camera, with no face covering, hat or hood, and close enough to take up most of the image, see the examples below:
3 Upload a photograph of yourself for your ID card (if not already provided)
This should be a photograph of one of the following documents:
- Passport (please take a photo of the photo page)
- Driving Licence
- National Insurance Card/Official Letter confirming NI number
- National ID card
- Birth/Adoption Certificate
This link will take you to guidance notes on how to upload your information:
https://www.colchester.ac.uk/enrolment/online-enrolment-upload-guidance/
When you have successfully uploaded all of the above, a member of the teaching team will review these against the published entry criteria for your course and you will receive notification of their decision and your next steps by email. In some cases, teaching staff may need to call you to discuss your grades, so please keep your phone with you and be ready to answer any calls (this may come from a withheld number, or No Caller ID or it will start with 01206 712***).
This might not be on the same day as your grades are uploaded as it will be very busy with lots of results coming in for staff to look at, so please don’t worry if you don’t hear straight away – keep checking this email account.
What if you haven’t met the entry criteria for your chosen course?
Firstly, please do not panic! You are strongly advised to still upload your results, which will still be reviewed by teaching staff who will email you with information about your next steps.
Good luck and we look forward to receiving your results, ID photo and proof of Identity. Please remember to keep checking this email address, including in spam or other folders (such as Promotions/Important) for your next steps.
