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This guidance is for:聽

• maintained school and academy sixth forms聽
• 16 to 19 academies聽
• 16 to 19 schools鈥�鈥���
• sixth-form colleges鈥���
• general further education colleges聽聽
• designated institutions (including the new designated institutions that form part of higher education provider group structures)聽聽
• local authorities

We are making approximately 拢155 million available in financial year 2025 to 2026 to support institutions with the increase to employers鈥� National Insurance contributions arising from their post-16 education from April 2025.

Additional funding for pre-16 provision will be allocated through the聽National Insurance contributions (NICs) grant.

Funding for high needs settings is being allocated via the聽core schools budget grant (CSBG) 2025 to 2026.

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This document sets out the methodology for the post-16 NICs grant. This includes guidance on how we will allocate funding for financial year 2025 to 2026 for eligible institutions. There are 3 components to the post-16 NICs 驳谤补苍迟:听

• 16 to 19聽聽
• non 16 to 19 funded students and apprentices聽(in eligible settings)
• local authority centrally employed teachers (CETs) and centrally employed support staff聽

Settings will only receive the components that apply to their situation. The components are based on the most current data DfE holds to calculate the share of the grant.聽聽

Conditions of grant聽

We expect to publish the conditions of grant in May 2025.聽

Allocations聽and payment

We expect to publish allocations in May 2025 and pay the grant as a single payment in September 2025.