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16 to 19 payment data for Care to Learn and 16 to 19 Bursary Fund for students in defined vulnerable groups schemes

Department for Education (DfE) data showing aggregate payments made to childcare providers and education institutions for both Care to Learn and the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund for students in defined vulnerable groups.

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Department for Education
Published
7 June 2018
Last updated
14 October 2025 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Care to learn and bursaries for students in defined vulnerable groups payments

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This document shows aggregate payments made to childcare providers and education institutions for both Care to Learn and the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund for students in defined vulnerable groups.

Care to Learn

Care to Learn is intended to help young parents (defined as those aged under 20) to continue in education after the birth of a child. It provides funding towards childcare while the young parent is engaged in a study programme and is not able to provide care for their child. Care to Learn can also help with travel costs involved in taking the child to the childcare provider.

16 to 19 Bursary Fund

The 16 to 19 Bursary Fund provides financial support to help students overcome specific barriers to participation so they can remain in education. Education institutions receive an allocation to provide discretionary bursary support to students. In addition, students who meet the criteria, and who have a financial need, can apply for a bursary for students in defined vulnerable groups of up to £1,200 per year.

Updates to this page

Published 7 June 2018
Last updated 14 October 2025 show all updates

  1. We have published data showing aggregate payments made to childcare providers and education institutions, for both Care to Learn and the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund for students in defined vulnerable groups. The existing dataset has been extended to show take-up and payments for the academic years 2023 to 2024 and 2024 to 2025.

  2. We have published updated data showing aggregate payments made from 1 September 2022 to 31 August 2023 to childcare providers and education institutions, for both Care to Learn and the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund for students in defined vulnerable groups.

  3. We have published data showing aggregate payments made from 1 September 2021 to 31 August 2022.

  4. Updated to include data showing aggregate payments made from 1 September 2020 to 31 August 2021.

  5. We have updated the attachment to include data for academic year 2019 to 2020.

  6. We have updated the attachment to include data for academic year 2018 to 2019

  7. First published.

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