Get in Touch About Homestay
Do you need to contact our Homestay Advisor? Beth is here to answer your questions about staying with one of our hosts or to help you if you would like to offer accommodation to one of our international students.
Contact the CCG Accommodation Team
Chichester College Group Address:
Accommodation Department, Chichester College Group, Westgate Fields, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1SB, United Kingdom
Lead Contact:
Denise Moon: Head of Accommodation
Get in touch
If you have a question or would like to speak to someone from our accommodation team, please contact us by using the form below.
Homestay Accommodation
Staying with our Homestay Hosts provides a unique opportunity to stay in a local home where hosts and students learn from each other. You will experience British culture first-hand, and your host will also be delighted to learn about you. It's a great way to improve your English. Homestay means living in a house with a local host (this may be a single person, couple or family). Homestay is available to all students on full-time courses.
You can specify whether you wish to be in a smoking or non-smoking household and choose to stay in accommodation with or without pets or children.
Homestay Accommodation
Family Living
Live in the Community
Own Bedroom
Half Board or Self-Catering
Half Board
Half-board homestay accommodation means that your host will provide you with breakfast, an evening meal during the week, and breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the weekend. These meals are part of the package and are included in the accommodation price.
You'll share the facilities in your house with your host. Laundry is included once a week in the price of your accommodation. Please discuss any additional laundry requirements with your host.
Useful Homestay Documents
Please follow the link below for detailed information about staying with one of our homestay hosts.
Once you have reviewed the above document, students are asked to sign our Homestay Agreement below.
Homestay Links
Chichester Westgate Halls of Residence
Westgate Student accommodation halls comprise 160 student rooms with a shared kitchen and en-suite bathrooms for British and international students 18 years and older.
A thriving on-campus community
Westgate is an on-campus hall of residence offering full-board or self-catering accommodation for up to 160 residents. All rooms are single with en-suite facilities*. There are also rooms specifically designed to meet the needs of disabled students.
Westgate Halls are for students 18 and over at the time of admission.
All bedding is provided free of charge.
There are shared kitchens (six students), and residents provide crockery and kitchen utensils. Shared facilities include a social space with a TV, DVD player, and card-operated laundry room.
Westgate Hall of Residence is a secure and safe building with a swipe card entry system for each block, flat and individual room.
*Bedding is included. Please see the price list for details.
Westgate Halls for Students over the age of 18 years.
Independent self-catering student accommodation. Join us!
Westgate Halls Features
- 160 Rooms: Independent self-catering flats for students 18 years or older.
- Shared Kitchen: Each flat comprises six bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms and shares a kitchen
- Common Room: Relax in the common room lounge with TV, Games and vending machines
- Your Own Bebedoom: Single bedroom with cupboard, bathroom and desk space
Facilities on offer
We offer a choice of self-catering or full-board accommodation. Choose our full-board option and receive a daily allowance to use in our outlets around the campus, including Costa Coffee, the college shop, our campus restaurant, and Coasters. Supermarkets are nearby if you prefer to shop and cook yourself using our self-catering option. Each flat comprises six bedrooms and has a generously sized kitchen area. Communal areas are cleaned by staff every day. Stay in Westgate and learn independence- clean your room and en-suite facilities and jointly maintain your flat's kitchen.
We offer a variety of communal facilities, including a communal Common Room with a TV, DVD player, Xbox console and games. Wi-Fi is available throughout the halls. Beds are made up and ready for the arrival of students. Cooking utensils and crockery are NOT provided and should be brought by you. We offer basic or premium equipment packages that you can purchase in advance- these will be placed in your room in advance:
- Basic Homeware Pack
- £18 Order in advance!
- Plates & Mug
- Cutlery & Tea Towel
- Bowl & glass
- Sponge & washing up liquid
- Bath towel
- Chopping board
- Frying pan
- Oven tray
- 2 Saucepans
- Utensil Set
- Premium Homeware Pack
- £66 Order in advance!
- Plates & Mug
- Cutlery & Tea Towel
- Bowl & glass
- Sponge & washing up liquid
- Bath towel
- Chopping board
- Frying pan
- Oven tray
- 2 Saucepans
- Utensil set
Westgate Hall's accommodation includes membership to our gym located on campus and a gym induction session.
Laundry facilities are available to all Westgate Hall residents. A card-operated laundry with washers and dryers is located on-premises. It provides the ability to check the availability of machines and monitor the progress of your wash from the comfort of your room via your online laundry account. Please note that towels are not included.
Your accommodation fees include the following:
- All bills (Gas, electric, water)
- Wi-Fi internet connection with a 24-hour support line
- 24-hour support and services
- 24-hour security
- Onsite gym membership
- Contents insurance
A safe place to learn and live
Westgate Halls of Residence is a secure and safe building with a swipe card entry system for each block, flat and individual room. There is a hall supervisor available between 8.30 am and 10.00 pm. After 10.00 pm, a Security Warden is on duty solely for the Halls of Residence.
The college nurse is onsite during the week
Holiday periods
Westgate Hall is open throughout the academic year (September-June), which means that Westgate student residents can stay in Westgate throughout holiday periods (including Christmas and Easter). If you intend to visit your home, you don't need to take all your belongings.
Meet the Accommodation Team
Chichester College Group: Chichester Accommodation Options
Studying in the UK is a big decision. You will want to be confident that you are choosing reputable and trusted partners to ensure an excellent educational journey. However, you will need somewhere safe, supportive, and comfortable to stay during your studies.
Chichester College Group offers three options for accommodation:
Residential halls accommodation is only available at our Chichester College Campus.
Quality assured accommodation
We want to support you, both academically and in your accommodation choices.
We will ensure you are placed in the most appropriate accommodation available, allowing you to focus on your studies. We will always give priority to those unable to travel to college daily.
We recognise that the environment in which you live and study is essential for achieving success at college. We are proud to be inspected by Ofsted Care Standards, accredited by the British Council, and signed up to the ANUK Code of Standards for Larger Developments.
Ofsted Care Standard 'Outstanding' Status
After our last inspection by Ofsted, Chichester College received a fourth consecutive 'Outstanding' inspection grade for care standards in 2018.
In the post-inspection report, Ofsted gave the college outstanding grades in every area, and the support and care provision offered to students received praise. The report stated: 'Students make exceptional progress educationally, socially and emotionally through access to a multi-disciplinary team which provides bespoke wraparound support'.
Link to Ofsted Care Standard Residential report
Contact Us
Chichester College finds quality-assured accommodation for national and international students. If you have any questions about what help we can offer you, please contact us.
Complaints procedure
We are confident in the excellence of our provision, but should anything go wrong with your accommodation during your stay, please read our Accommodation Complaints Procedure. The above complaints procedure is for students and members of the public.
Useful Documents
- CCG Accommodation Statement of Principles and Practice
- CCG Accommodation Complaints & Feedback
- CCG Admissions and Allocations Accommodation Policy
- CCG Policy: Care of Students under the age of 18
Accommodation office number (office hours)
+44 (0) 1243 812205
EMERGENCY out-of-hours contact number
+44 (0) 1243 773533
The emergency number is available to all current students in our accommodation and their families. Contact us 24 hours a day.
Private Accommodation
In addition to college accommodation, you can find accommodation privately.
We proudly offer outstanding student welfare to all students who come to study with us.
Prices from August 2024
- Woodlands Halls 16-17 years
- From £245 per week
- Full board and lodging. Prices are from September 2024.
- Single ensuite - £265 per week (£10,600 full year - 40 weeks)
- Single - £255 per week (£10,200 full year - 40 weeks)
- With ensuite - £255 per week (£10,200 full year - 40 weeks)
- Twin - £245 per week (£9,800 full year - 40 weeks)
- Read about Woodlands
- Westgate Hall 18+ years
- From £150 per week
- Self-catering. Prices are from September 2024; it is cheaper before then. Please enquire.
- Full Year Standard Room - 42 weeks - £6300
- Full Year Premium Room - 42 weeks - £7140
- Standard Room Short stay (anything less than 42 weeks) - £160 per week
- Premium Room Short stay (anything less than 42 weeks) - £180 per week
- Free Gym membership
- Read about Westgate
- Homestay
- from £160 per week
- Half-board or self-catering
- Homestay (Half Board) within the city 16+ £175 per week
- Homestay (Half Board) outside the city 16+ £160 per week
- Read about Homestay
