Scottish Residents

The term Scottish residents carries no legal definition. However, there are a number of eligibility criteria, currently used in Scotland, for access to funding for learning. These are set out in the Scottish Government's guide to learner funding, Helping you meet the costs of learning: your guide to funding, and on the Scottish Government's website.

General advice about funding for ESOL classes can be found here.

Adult ESOL literacy learners, ie those who have little or no literacy in their own mother-tongue and who have little or no literacy in English and whose spoken English may range from basic to fluent, are eligible for free ESOL with literacies courses, funded under adult literacy and numeracy streams.

Return to Adult Strategy section.