Funding education for 16 to 19 year olds
Information for schools, colleges, local authorities and independent learning providers about 16 to 19 funding arrangements.
Overview
Colleges, providers, schools and academies receive annual funding allocations from Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) for the provision of 16 to 19 education.
On this page, you will find the guidance that all education institutions receiving 16 to 19 formula funding must comply with.
16 to 19 funding formula
These pages explain how we calculate elements (conditions) of the 16 to 19 funding formula.
16 to 19 funding in 2024 to 2025
This page details the main changes for academic year 2024 to 2025.
16 to 19 funding in 2023 to 2024
This page details the main changes for academic year 2023 to 2024.
T Levels and industry placements
High needs funding arrangements
Funding allocations guidance
These pages detail information about 16 to 19 funding allocations, including the current allocation timeline, and further guidance on understanding your allocation statement.
Published allocations
These pages detail the funding allocations from each academic year published on GOV.UK. You can view older, archived funding allocations on the National Archives website.
Funding guidance and regulations
The funding regulations and rates pages contain the guidance for the previous 3 years. You can access the guidance for academic year 2018 to 2019 – 2014 to 2015 and academic year 2013 to 2014 – 2011 to 2012 on the National Archives website.
Applying for 16 to 19 funding
16 to 19 funding agreements and contracts
Financial support guidance for students
Last updated 15 May 2024 + show all updates
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We have added a 'Published allocations' section and included links to all of the previously published allocations transparency data.
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We've updated this page for academic year 2024 to 2025
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We've removed outdated links and added links for 2023 to 2024, including qualifications affected by programme cost weighting changes.
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We have updated the page for information on funding for academic year 2022 to 2023.
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We have added the high needs funding arrangements for 2021 to 2022.
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We have added the 16 to 19 funding allocations supporting documents for the 2020 to 2021 academic year.
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We have restructured this page to make it easier to find the information you need. We have also added information for 2020 to 2021 academic year.
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We have added the high needs funding arrangements for 2020 to 2021
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