Financial Support
16-19 BURSARY
The 16 to 19 Bursary Fund provides financial support to help students overcome the specific financial barriers to participation they face so they can remain in education, i.e. to help with the cost of essential books or equipment or with the cost of travelling to school, for example.
Students must meet the age and residency criteria to be eligible for help from the bursary fund.
There are various levels of eligibility and we encourage those that may be eligible to submit an application.
Please note that the bursary is awarded annually so application is on an annual basis. Students can apply more than once in a year if their circumstances change.
Please note the following important information:
- The 2024/25 16-19 Bursary Guidelines are available to view and download HERE.
- The application form can be accessed HERE. Please complete and submit the form as soon as possible.
- Funding is limited and we cannot guarantee that we will be able to meet all of your financial support requirements.
- Payment of bursary funds is dependent on the student maintaining a good level of attendance, including morning form times, SMSC and assembly, plus their subject lessons.
- It is essential that the application form is completed in full and the evidence is provided as necessary.
Enhanced Bursary: Are you eligible?
The following students are eligible to apply for an enhanced bursary:
- Students who are in local authority care or who have recently left local authority care (also known as ‘Children in Care’ and ‘Care Leavers’).
- Students who receive Universal Credit in their own name (because they are financially supporting themselves, or financially supporting themselves and someone who is dependent on them and living with them, such as a child or partner)
- Students receiving Disability Living Allowance or Personal Independence Payments in their own name as well as Employment and Support Allowance or Universal Credit in their own name
- Students who live in a household where they, or a parent or carer, are in receipt of one or more of the following benefits*:
* Income Support, Income Based Job Seekers Allowance, or Income Related Employment and Support Allowance
* Child Tax Credits (whilst not receiving Working Tax Credits) with a gross annual household income of no more than £16,190, as assessed by HMRC
* Universal Credit (with net earnings not exceeding the equivalent of £7,400 per annum).
* Working Tax Credit Run On (paid for the 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for WTC)
* Guarantee Element of State Pension Credit
* Support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
* Students who are Young Adult Carers and live in a household with a gross income of no more than £30,000 per annum*.
Discretionary Bursary: Are you eligible?
The Discretionary Bursary can help students who are not eligible for an Enhanced Bursary, but whose gross household income is no more than £30,000 per annum.
To be eligible to apply:
- You, or your parent(s)/carer(s), are in receipt of one or more of the following benefits*:
* Universal Credit with a gross income of no more than £30,000 per annum (as per the guideance from the Education & Skills Funding Agency we use the take-home pay figure in addition to the amount of UC after all deductions to calculate the total monthly income. This amount across three monthly statements is used to work out the approximate annual household income).
* Working Tax Credit or Child Tax Credit with a gross income of no more than £30,000 per annum
* Housing Benefit or Local Housing Allowance
* Council Tax Reduction Scheme
* Carer’s Allowance
* Pension Credit
OR
- You, or you parent(s)/carer(s) are not in receipt of one of the benefits listed above, but are employed or self-employed with a gross income of no more than £30,000ar