Guidance

Residential Bursary Fund 2023 to 2024

Information for institutions with 16 to 18 Residential Bursary Fund allocations in the 2023 to 2024 academic year.

Applies to England

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This guide is for institutions with Residential Bursary Fund (RBF) allocations in the 2023 to 2024 academic year.

The guide sets out the funding rules for RBF and forms part of institutions’ ESFA funding agreements. Institutions must comply with the rules, within the context of the RBF policies they set, to manage the funds and must be able to show they comply with this guide at any audit.

When we refer to ‘we’ in this guide, we mean ‘Education and Skills Funding Agency’ (ESFA).

Residential Bursary Fund (RBF) data collection guidance

Read the guidance to find out how to access and complete the digital form to report use of your RBF allocation provided by the ESFA in the 2023 to 2024 academic year.

Updates to this page

Published 28 March 2023
Last updated 14 October 2024 + show all updates
  1. We have added guidance for providers on how to complete the digital form to confirm how they used their RBF allocation for 2023 to 2024.

  2. First published.

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