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Additional Learning Support

Ensuring every learner feels supported

Our Commitment to Support

At GLP Training, we are committed to ensuring every learner feels supported, confident, and able to achieve their goals. Our Additional Learning Support (ALS) service is designed to help learners overcome barriers to learning, progress successfully through their training, and develop the independence needed for long-term career success.

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Why Additional Learning Support Matters

Our Learning Support provision plays a key role in learner success by:
  • Maximising potential: helping learners build confidence, skills, and achievement
  • Reducing disengagement: supporting retention and progression throughout the programme
  • Promoting inclusion: creating a diverse, supportive, and empowered workforce

Support is personalised and flexible, and learners do not need a formal diagnosis to access our additional learning support.

How We Identify Support Needs

We recognise that every learner is unique. How we identify and provide access to Additional Learning Support

Learners can access Additional Learning Support by:

  • Disclosing support needs at enrolment
  • Speaking to their tutor at  any stage of the programme
  • Tutor observations and feedback
  • Requesting support directly from ALS team.

Support needs are discussed sensitively and confidentially, and learners are fully involved in decisions about their support.

No. A formal diagnosis or formal identification is not required to access Additional Learning Support. Support is identified through discussion and assessment of individual need, focusing on any barriers to learning that may be present. These barriers may arise from a range of factors, and support is put in place to promote inclusion, participation, and progress. 

What Our Support Looks Like
1:1 Support

We have a dedicated and specialist Additional Learning Support tutor who will schedule regular 1:1’s to support learners. 

Small group sessions in English, Maths, or vocational learning. 

Practical strategies for planning, organisation, and time management

Task breakdowns to make learning manageable and achievable

Support with exams, including access arrangements where appropriate

Guidance to help learners advocate for themselves and grow in independence.

Specialist Support & Resources

Our experienced ALS team provides access to specialist resources, including:

  • Assistive technology and training on how to use them
  • Online learning tools tailored to individual needs
  • Dictation and read‑aloud software
  • Colour overlays and visual support aids
  • Advice on reasonable adjustments for assessments and exams

Support is regularly reviewed in collaboration with learners, tutors, and relevant professionals to ensure it remains effective and appropriate.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

GLP Training is committed in creating a culture of equality, diversity, and inclusion.

We ensure that all learners and staff are treated with dignity and respect, and that no one is disadvantaged due to disability, background, or personal circumstance.

We believe everyone has the right to access education, training, and career opportunities, and we make reasonable adjustments to support success for all.

Useful Resources and Links

Support Directory

Advice Now – is an independent, not-for-profit website run by the charity Law for Life.

They provide accurate and practical information on rights and the law in England and Wales including guidance on: special educational needs , the provision of educational facilities for children with specific needs, details of assessments, statements and your right of appeal.

Afasic – Afasic is a UK charity which supports families and professionals working with children and young people with speech, language and communication impairments.

Association of Apprentices – General help and advice on all things related to your apprenticeship learning.

ChatterPack – offers a range of information relating to ADHD, Autism, Speech and Language and SEND related issues.

Contact – provide direct advice and support services to families with disabled children.

They also host a free national helpline where you can contact them by phone, web form, email or on social media.

IPSEA –  help children and young people with SEND get the appropriate education, training and support which they are entitled to under the law.

PDA Society – Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) is widely understood to be a profile on the autism spectrum, involving the avoidance of everyday demands and the use of ‘social’ strategies as part of this avoidance.

The PDA Society provide information, support and training about PDA for individuals, families and professionals.

Positive About Down Syndrome –  A website by parents for parents and parents-to-be with a child with Down Syndrome.

SOS!SEN – A free, friendly, independent and confidential telephone helpline for parents and others looking for information and advice on Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND).

Thomas Pocklington Trust – If you’re a professional working with blind and partially sighted students in secondary, further or higher education then this website is for you.

ADHD UK – offer information and support for those with ADHD and those close to them.

ADHD Girls is a platform that offers neurodiversity, ADHD and autism education and support through keynote speeches, training programmes, and community events.

ADHDadultUK – is a charity for ADHD adults run by adults with ADHD, offering guides, tools and resources, including a

National Autistic Society – provides a wide range of support, guidance and resources to support those who with autism and their families.

Ambitious about Autism – focuses on support for children and young people and their families

Autism Central offer guidance to families, carers and personal assistants of autistic people.

British Dyslexia Association -offer advice, support and assessments for those with Dyslexia.

Dyslexia Association of London offers information, resources and events for dyslexic individuals.

Made by Dyslexia – offers resources and support to help dyslexic individuals thrive, providing tools, training, and insights for educators, parents, and employers to understand and empower dyslexic thinking.

Groops – provide 1-1 counselling, coaching, groupwork, supervision and training addressing dyslexia related issues.

Dyspraxia Collective – is made up of researchers, educators and legal professionals, the majority of whom identify as dyspraxic.

Dyspraxia UK – is a charity offering assessments, coaching and resources for people with dyspraxia.

Young Epilepsy –  a UK charity working exclusively on behalf of children and young people with epilepsy.

Tourette’s Action– is a charity supporting those with Tourette’s and their families with information support, and community.

Worcestershire County Council – For those local to Worcestershire, the county council offer