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Disabled Students' Allowance application forms and notes for 2024 to 2025 full-time students

Included are the DSA1 and the DSASL application forms, the Claim DSA Expenses form, the Disability Evidence form and guidance notes to help complete these forms.

From:
Student Loans Company
Published
13 March 2024
Last updated
11 November 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

DSA1 - full form

PDF, 831 KB, 40 pages

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DSA1 - guidance notes

PDF, 165 KB, 19 pages

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DSA Slim - Disabled Students' Allowance application form for 2024 to 2025

PDF, 145 KB, 8 pages

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DSA Expenses Claim form for 2024 to 2025

PDF, 73.4 KB, 2 pages

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DSA Disability Evidence form for 2024 to 2025

PDF, 103 KB, 5 pages

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Details

If you’ve already applied for student finance

Sign in to your student finance account to start your DSA application.

If you do not have an online account because you applied for student finance by post, fill in a DSA1 form.

If you have not applied for student finance

If you do not need student finance, you can fill in a DSA1 form to apply just for DSA.

If you need to reclaim expenses

Use the claim form for the academic year the expenses relate to. You can reclaim expenses at any point in the academic year.

If you do not have the evidence to prove your eligibility for DSA

A medical professional needs to provide information about your disability on the evidence form. This cannot be used to confirm a specific learning difficulty.

Updates to this page

Published 13 March 2024
Last updated 11 November 2024 + show all updates

  1. DSA1 form updated terms for reforms.

  2. Added DSA1 form for HODS.

  3. DSA terms and conditions update for reforms.

  4. Updated forms for Home Office data checks

  5. updated for policy change

  6. First published.

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