Guidance

16 to 19 Bursary Fund guide: 2024 to 2025

Funding guidance for all institutions that administer the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund. The fund provides financial support to help eligible students participate in education.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Published: 8 May 2024

Applies to England

Documents

16 to 19 Bursary Fund guide: 2024 to 2025 academic year

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16 to 19 Bursary Fund: checklist

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16 to 19 Bursary Fund: summary of key funding rules

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Details

Students, parents or carers should read our other information on the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund for support on eligibility and claiming funding.

Who this guide is for

This guide is for all institutions that administer the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund for the 2024 to 2025 academic year. This includes schools, academies, further education colleges, sixth-form colleges, training providers, specialist independent providers and local authorities. Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) refers to all these as ‘institutions’ throughout this guide.

The guide sets out the funding rules for the Bursary Fund and forms part of institutions’ ESFA funding agreements. Institutions must comply with the rules when setting their discretionary bursary policies, assessing individual student eligibility and actual need and making payments. They must be able to show they comply with these funding rules at any audit.

Published 8 May 2024