PN1Form Application for student finance

for new students

2025/26 You can also apply online at www.gov.uk/studentfinance

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You can apply in 5 easy steps
Depending on your circumstances you may not need to complete all of the steps.

1
For all students
• Complete sections 2-6.
• You do not need to complete section 6 if you are only applying for a Tuition Fee Loan.
• If you are applying for a Maintenance Loan, Special Support Loan and/or a Tuition Fee
Loan you need to tell us how much you want by completing the loan request section on
pages 32 and 33.

If you only want to apply for a Tuition Fee Loan and/or a Maintenance Loan that is not based
on household income you can go to Step 5.

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For students who want student finance based on household income
• Complete sections 7 and 8.
• If you want to apply for a Special Support Loan complete section 9.
• If you’re aged 60 or over on the first day of the first academic year of your course and
are applying for student finance based on your household income, you’ll be assessed
for a Special Support Loan instead of a Maintenance Loan. You do not need to complete
section 9.

3
For students who have dependants
• Complete section 10.
• You should complete this section if you have any children or adult dependants and want
to apply for financial help in relation to them.

If you are a single independent student go directly to Step 5.

4
For students who want student finance based on household income
• Complete section 11.
• Depending on your answers in section 11 you may need to ask your parent(s) or partner
to provide details about their income in section 12 so we can work out what your full
entitlement to student finance will be.

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For all students
• Make sure that you have signed the terms and conditions on pages 41 and 42.
Your application may be delayed if the terms and conditions are not signed.
• If you asked someone to complete section 12, make sure that they have signed their
declaration(s) on page 51.

Where you see this you should check the notes for specific information to help you complete a
question or section.
Where you see this you need to send us evidence to support your application. Use the notes to
find out exactly what you need to send.

Before completing this form, you should read the Privacy Notice on page 25 of the accompanying notes.
You may be eligible for a bursary or scholarship. In order for a university or college to determine and pay
any bursary or scholarship to which you may be entitled, we will share some of your personal, financial
and course details as well as information about your eligibility for student finance with them. For more
information about this, read our Privacy Notice.
Please contact the university or college if you require further information about their bursaries
and scholarships.

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 Section 1 Available student finance
If you started your course on or after If you started your course on or after
1 August 2016 you could get: 1 September 2012 and before
• Tuition Fee Loan 1 August 2016 you could get:
• Maintenance Loan • Tuition Fee Loan
• Special Support Loan • Maintenance Loan
• Maintenance Grant
• Special Support Grant

Extra help
You can also apply for additional student finance:
• Childcare Grant • Parents’ Learning Allowance • Bursaries and Scholarships
• Adult Dependants’ Grant • Disabled Students’ Allowance • Travel Grant

Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA)

If you want to apply for DSA you’ll need to:
• complete and return this form and
• complete a Disabled Students’ Allowance Application Form (DSA slim).
You can download the DSA slim form at: www.gov.uk/studentfinance
Tick the box below if you want us to send you a DSA slim form instead.

Send me a DSA slim form

Go to www.gov.uk/studentfinance to find out more about what student finance is available.

What if I have further questions?

If you have further questions you can:
• visit www.gov.uk/studentfinance
• call us on 0300 100 0607
When do I need to send you my form?
To make sure you receive your first payment at the start of term, you must return this form and all of
the evidence we need by 16 May 2025. We will do our best to process your application as soon as
possible, however if the deadline date has passed, your first payment may not be ready for the start
of term.
If your application form is returned more than 9 months after the start of your academic year it won’t
be processed, and you may lose your full entitlement to student finance for this academic year.
Where do I send my form?
We cannot accept this application form if it is uploaded to your online student finance account.
Return this form to us at: S
 tudent Finance England
PO Box 210
Darlington
DL1 9HJ

Please remember to pay the correct postage.

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Personal details

a Title Mr Mrs Miss Ms Mx

Forename(s)

Surname

Any other names you may be known by

Sex Male Female

Date of birth (DDMMYYYY)

Please complete the following questions with the details
exactly as stated on your birth certificate or passport.

Place of birth (the name of the town

or village)

Nationality

National Insurance number

We will share the National Insurance number you provide
with the Department for Work and Pensions to confirm that
it’s valid, and with HM Revenue and Customs to allow us to
collect your repayments.

Identity evidence details

b1 Do you hold a UK passport? if no go to b3
Yes No

b2 Provide the following details from your UK passport, which must be currently valid and not
expired (this is the easiest way for you to verify your identity and means you do not need to send
us your passport).
We will share the passport details you provide with HM Passport Office to confirm that they’re valid.
If your passport is not valid or has expired go to b3

Passport number

Forename(s)

Surname

Date of issue (DDMMYYYY)

Date of expiry (DDMMYYYY) go to c

b3 If you don’t have a valid UK passport you can send us a photocopy of your UK birth or adoption
certificate.
If you’re a non-UK national, we’ll ask you for some identity information at section 3.

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Previous loans
c Have you ever had any other loans from
the Student Loans Company Ltd (SLC)? if no go to d1
Yes No

If ‘Yes’, are you behind with the repayments? Yes No

Armed Forces
d1 Are you a member of the Armed Forces
serving outside England? Yes No

d2 Are you a family member of someone

in the Armed Forces serving outside Yes No
England? (For example: spouse or
child)
Contact details
e All correspondence we issue will be sent to your contact address. You can update your address at
any time by logging into your online account or by calling us.

Contact address

Postcode

Contact phone number

Mobile phone number

Email address

Check you've given us the correct details to make sure we can contact you.

Relationship status
Single
f What is your current relationship status?
Living with a partner
If you’re under 25 and have been married/in a civil partnership
before, you should also tick the box for the relevant marital
status below.

Separated
Divorced/dissolved civil partnership
Widowed/surviving civil partner

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a1 Where do you normally live when you’re

Address
not studying?
If you have a British Forces Post Office
address, you should give this. We use this
address to make sure you’re completing
the correct student finance application.

Postcode
if no go to a2

a2 Are you a UK national?

If you have been granted a status under the No if no go to a3
EU Settlement Scheme, answer no to this
question and complete question a4. Yes if yes go to c1

a3 Are you an Irish citizen?

No if no go to a4

Yes – h
 ave you been resident in the UK and
Islands for the three years prior to the
first day of the first academic year of your
course?

No if no go to a4

Yes you need to provide your

address history - go to c2

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a4 
Are you the family member of a UK
national, and both you and your family
No if no go to a5
member were living:
• in the UK on 31 December 2020, after Yes – h
 ave both you and your family member
moving to the UK from the EEA or been resident in the UK, Gibraltar, EEA or
Switzerland on or after Switzerland for the three years prior to the
1 January 2018; or first day of the first academic year of your
• in the EEA or Switzerland on 31 course?
December 2020?
No if no go to a5

Yes now go to b1

a5 
Have you been granted settled status
or pre-settled status under the EU No – a
 re you an Irish citizen or a frontier
Settlement Scheme? worker?
No if no go to a8

Yes if yes go to a6

Yes – I have been granted settled status

now go to b1

Yes – I have been granted

pre-settled status now go to a6

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a6 Are you the child of a Swiss national? No if no go to a7

If you have lived in the UK, the EEA, Switzerland or the
Overseas Territories for the three years prior to the first day
of the first academic year of your course, where at least part Yes – have you been resident in the UK,
of that period has been spent in an Overseas Territory other Gibraltar, EEA or Switzerland for the three
than Gibraltar, you can only apply for tuition fee funding.
years prior to the first day of the first
You should complete this question then the remainder of the
form. academic year of your course?

No – have you been resident in the

UK, the EEA, Switzerland, or the
Overseas Territories for three
years prior to the first day of
the first academic year of your
course?

No if no go to a7

Yes – y ou will only be eligible

for tuition fee funding.
Provide your information
below.

Yes – provide your:

Expiry date of pre-settled status
(DDMMYYYY)

Provide your parent’s or step-parent’s:

Expiry date of pre-settled status
(DDMMYYYY)

now go to b2

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a7  re you or your family member an EEA
A
or Swiss national who is working, has No if no go to a8
worked, or is looking for work in the
Yes – I have been working or looking
UK?
for work in the UK.
If you or your family member are a frontier worker, see
notes before completing this question.
For a list of family members see notes.
Yes – m
 y family member has been working or
If you have lived in the UK, the EEA, Switzerland or the looking for work in the UK. My family
Overseas Territories for the three years prior to the first member is my:
day of the first academic year of your course, where at
least part of that period has been spent in an Overseas
Territory other than Gibraltar, you can only apply for
husband/wife/civil partner
tuition fee funding. You should complete this question,
then continue to question b2. parent(s)/step-parent

child/step-child - only applicable to

EEA worker family members

other direct ascending or descending

line family member - only applicable
to EEA worker family members.


Have you been resident in the UK,
Gibraltar, the EEA and Switzerland for Yes – p
 rovide details of you/your family
the three years prior to the first day of member’s employment. You should also
the first academic year of your course? provide details of your previous study.

No – have you been resident in the UK, the EEA,

Switzerland, or the Overseas Territories for
three years prior to the first day of the first
academic year of your course?

No if no go to a8
Yes – you will only be eligible for tuition
fee funding. Provide details of you/
your family member’s employment.
You should also provide details of
your previous study.

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a7 continued

If you/your family member are currently

No if no go to a8
working, will you/your family member
continue to work during your studies?
Yes – provide details:

I have been working or looking for work

in the UK

Provide your:
Provide your/their status details
Expiry date of pre-settled status
(DDMMYYYY)

now go to b1

My family member has been working

or looking for work in the UK
Provide your:
Expiry date of pre-settled status
(DDMMYYYY)

Provide your family member’s:

Expiry date if pre-settled status
(DDMMYYYY)

now go to b2

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a8 
Are you the child of a Turkish worker
who is working in the UK? No if no go to a9
If you have lived in the UK, the EEA, Switzerland or
the Overseas Territories for the three years prior to the Yes – has your Turkish worker parent/step-parent
first day of the first academic year of your course, you been granted extended leave to remain in
can only apply for tuition fee funding, but you should
continue to complete this form. the UK beyond 31 December 2020 by the
Home Office?

No if no go to a9

Yes – w
 ere you and your Turkish
worker parent/step-parent
living in the UK by 31
December 2020?

if no go to a9
No

Yes now go to b2

a9 
Have you or your family member
been granted leave under the No if no go to a10
Afghan Relocations and Assistance
Policy (ARAP) or the Afghan Citizens Yes – I have been granted leave under
Resettlement Scheme (ACRS)? the ARAP or ACRS
Provide your:
Date latest status granted
(DDMMYYYY)

Date this status is due to expire - if

applicable (DDMMYYYY)

now go to b3
Yes – M
 y family member has been granted
leave under the ARAP or ACRS. My
family member is my:

husband/wife/civil partner

parent or step-parent
Date latest status granted
(DDMMYYYY)

Date this status is due to expire - if

applicable (DDMMYYYY)

now go to b4

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a10 
Do you have ‘settled status’ in
the UK not granted under the EU No if no go to a11
Settlement Scheme?
Yes – provide your:
• If you or your parent or step-parent have been
granted indefinite leave to enter or remain in the Date latest status granted
UK as a victim of domestic violence or abuse, (DDMMYYYY)
answer “No” to this question and go to a15.
• If you or your parent or step-parent have been
granted indefinite leave to enter or remain in the
UK as a bereaved partner, answer “no” to this
question and go to a18.
now go to b1

a11 Have you or your:

No if no go to a12
• husband, wife, civil partner; or
• parent(s), step-parent
Yes – I have been granted leave under a
been granted leave under a Ukraine Ukraine Scheme
Scheme? Provide your:
By Ukraine Scheme we mean: Date latest status granted
• the Ukraine Family Scheme; (DDMMYYYY)
• the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme;
• the Ukraine Extension Scheme; or
• the Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme
Date this status is due to expire - if
applicable (DDMMYYYY)

now go to b3
Yes – My family member has been granted
leave under a Ukraine Scheme. My
family member is my:

husband/wife/civil partner

parent or step-parent
Date latest status granted
(DDMMYYYY)

Date this status is due to expire - if

applicable (DDMMYYYY)

now go to b4

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a12 
Have you or your:
• husband, wife, civil partner; or No if no go to a13
• parent(s), step-parent
Yes – I have been granted refugee
been granted refugee status by the
status in the UK
UK government? Provide your:
Date latest status granted
(DDMMYYYY)

Date this status is due to expire - if

applicable (DDMMYYYY)

now go to b3
Yes – My family member has been granted
refugee status in the UK
Date latest status granted
(DDMMYYYY)

Date this status is due to expire - if

applicable (DDMMYYYY)

now go to b4

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a13 
Have you or your:
No if no go to a14
• husband, wife, civil partner; or
• parent(s), step-parent Yes – I have been granted Humanitarian
been granted Humanitarian Protection
Protection? Provide your:
Date latest status granted (DDMMYYYY)

Date this status is due to expire - if

applicable (DDMMYYYY)

now go to b3
Yes – M
 y family member has been granted
Humanitarian Protection
Date latest status granted (DDMMYYYY)

Date this status is due to expire - if

applicable (DDMMYYYY)

now go to b4

a14 Have you or your:

No if no go to a15
• husband, wife, civil partner; or
• parent(s), step-parent Yes – I have been granted leave to
been granted leave to remain as a remain as a Stateless Person
Stateless Person? Provide your:
Date latest status granted (DDMMYYYY)

Date this status is due to expire - if

applicable (DDMMYYYY)

now go to b3
Yes – My family member has been granted
leave to remain as a Stateless Person
Date latest status granted (DDMMYYYY)

Date this status is due to expire - if

applicable (DDMMYYYY)

now go to b4

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a15 Have you been granted indefinite

leave to enter or remain in the UK No if no go to a16
as a victim of domestic violence
Yes – I have been granted indefinite leave
or abuse, or are you the child of
to enter or remain in the UK as a
someone who has?
victim of domestic violence or abuse
Provide your:
Date latest status granted
(DDMMYYYY)

now go to b3
Yes – M
 y family member has been granted
indefinite leave to enter or remain in the UK
as a victim of domestic violence or abuse
Date latest status granted
(DDMMYYYY)

now go to b4

a16 Have you been granted leave to No if no go to a17

remain in the UK under section
Yes – p
 rovide your:
67 of the Immigration Act 2016,
Date latest status granted
or have you been granted leave
(DDMMYYYY)
in line as the dependent child of
someone who has?
Date this status is due to expire
(DDMMYYYY)

now go to b3

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a17 Have you been granted ‘Calais leave’

in the UK, or have you been granted
No if no go to a18
leave in line as the dependent child of Yes – p
 rovide your:
someone who has? Date latest status granted (DDMMYYYY)

Date this status is due to expire

(DDMMYYYY)

now go to b3

a18 Have you or your parent or step-

parent been granted indefinite leave No if no go to a19
to enter or remain as a bereaved
partner? Yes – I have been granted indefinite leave
to enter or remain as a person who
has been a bereaved partner
Provide your:
Date latest status granted
(DDMMYYYY)

now go to b3
Yes – M
 y family member has been granted
indefinite leave to enter or remain as a
person who has been a bereaved partner
Date latest status granted
(DDMMYYYY)

now go to b4

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a19 On the first day of the first academic
No if no go to a20
year of your course will you be under
18 and will you have been living in the Yes if yes go to a21
UK for seven years?

a20 On the first day of the first academic

No – you may still be able to get student finance,
year of your course will you be over
see notes for more information.
18 and will you have lived in the UK
for at least 20 years, or at least half if yes go to a21
Yes
of your life?

a21 For the three years before the first

No – you may still be able to get student finance,
day of the first academic year of
see notes for more information.
your course, have you had a form
of limited, discretionary or other
Yes
temporary leave to enter or remain in
the UK? Date this status is due to expire (DDMMYYYY)


What proof of identity do you have?
We will verify your details with the
Home Office to confirm your identity,
nationality, and residency.

Biometric residence card

Biometric residence permit

Passport

National identity card


Give these details exactly as they are
on your proof of identity

Given names

Family names

Document number

Nationality on your proof of identity

now go to c1

If you answered ‘No’ to all the questions in this section you may be
able to apply for tuition fee only funding, for more information go to
www.gov.uk/studentfinance

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b1 Provide details for yourself

What proof of identity do you have?

Biometric residence card
We will verify your details with the
Home Office to confirm your identity, Biometric residence permit
nationality and residency.
Passport

National identity card

Give these details exactly as they are
on your proof of identity
Given names

Family names

Document number

Nationality on your proof of identity

you need to provide your

address history - go to c2

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Provide details for yourself and your
b2 
family member

What proof of identity do you

have? Biometric residence card
We will verify your details with the
Biometric residence permit
Home Office to confirm your identity,
nationality and residency.
Passport

National identity card

Give these details exactly as they
are on your proof of identity

Given names

Family names

Document number

Nationality on your proof of identity

What proof of identity does your

family member have?
If you are providing family members
details you acknowledge that you Biometric residence card
must inform them. We will verify
their details with the Home Office to Biometric residence permit
confirm your identity, nationality and
residency. Passport

National identity card

Give these details exactly as they

are on your family member’s proof
of identity

Given names

Family names

Date of birth (DDMMYYYY)

Document number

Nationality on the proof of identity

you need to provide your

address history - go to c2

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b3 Provide details for yourself

What proof of identity do you have?

Biometric residence card
We will verify your details with the
Home Office to confirm your identity, Biometric residence permit
nationality and residency.
Passport

National identity card

Give these details exactly as they

are on your proof of identity

Given names

Family names

Document number

Nationality on your proof of identity

Have you lived outside the UK

No if ‘No’ go to section 4
and Islands since your latest
status was granted?
Yes if ‘yes’ go to c3

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b4 Provide details for yourself and
your family member

What proof of identity do you have?

We will verify your details with the
Biometric residence card
Home Office to confirm your identity, Biometric residence permit
nationality and residency.
Passport
National identity card
Give these details exactly as they are
on your proof of identity

Given names

Family names

Document number

Nationality on your proof of identity

What proof of identity does your

family member have? Biometric residence card
If you are providing family members
details you acknowledge that you must
Biometric residence permit
inform them. We will verify their details Passport
with the Home Office to confirm your
identity, nationality and residency. National identity card

Give these details exactly as they

are on your family member’s proof
of identity

Given names

Family names

Date of birth (DDMMYYYY)

Document number

Nationality on the proof of identity

Have you lived outside the UK

No if ‘No’ go to section 4
and Islands since your latest
status was granted?
Yes if ‘yes’ go to c3

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c1 In the three years prior to the start of the
first academic year of your course, did No if no go to c4
you live outside the UK and Islands at
Yes if yes go to c2
any time?
Full address
c2 Give details of your residence for the
three years before the start of the first
academic year of your course. There
should be no gaps in the dates you
give us.
If you need more space for additional From (DDMMYYYY)
addresses, give the details above on the
additional notes at the back of this form. To (DDMMYYYY)
Why were you there?

Full address

From (DDMMYYYY)
To (DDMMYYYY)
Why were you there?

Full address

From (DDMMYYYY)
To (DDMMYYYY)
Why were you there?

now go to c4

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c3 Provide your address history from the Full address
date you got your latest status to the
first day of the first term of your course,
or for the three years before the first
day of the first term of your course,
whichever is less.
If you need more space for additional From (DDMMYYYY)
addresses, give the details above on the To (DDMMYYYY)
additional notes at the back of this form.
Why were you there?

Full address

From (DDMMYYYY)
To (DDMMYYYY)
Why were you there?

Full address

From (DDMMYYYY)
To (DDMMYYYY)
Why were you there?

now go to section 4

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c4 At any time since 1 September 2022 has: No go to section 4
•either of your parents, step-parents,
guardians; or Yes if yes give details below
•your husband, wife, civil partner
lived or worked outside the UK and
Full address
Islands, or in the case of an EEA or Swiss
national, outside of the UK, Gibraltar, EEA
or Switzerland?
If you need more space for additional
addresses, give the details above on the
additional notes at the back of this form.
From (DDMMYYYY)
To (DDMMYYYY)
Why were you there?

Full address

From (DDMMYYYY)
To (DDMMYYYY)
Why were you there?

Full address

From (DDMMYYYY)
To (DDMMYYYY)
Why were you there?

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 Section 4 About your course and university or college
In this section, please give details of your first choice university or college and course.
University or college details
a University or college name and address

Postcode

UCAS personal identification number

UCAS university/college code
UCAS campus code (if applicable)

Course details
b1 Course name
If you are following a combined studies or modular
course, please list all subjects being studied

UCAS course code

Qualification you expect to gain
(for example, BSc Physics)

Course start date (month and year)

Course end date (month and year)

Course length (years)

Year of course
go to b2
Foundation year
First year go to b2

Second year Third year Fourth year

Other (give details)

Is this an accelerated degree course? Yes No

Are you a direct entrant? Yes No

b2 Full tuition fee amount for this academic

year
If the course is franchised to another
university or college, give the address of
the other university or college

Postcode

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college – continued
Course type (tick one box)
c Full-time undergraduate (HNDs,
HNCs etc. in addition to first degrees)
Full-time Initial Teacher Training (ITT)
courses of up to 2 years in length

Full-time foundation degree

Do you have a disability which prevents you
from attending your university or college in
Full-time distance learning person?
Yes No
Full-time involving a placement
(sandwich course)

Full-time pre-registration postgraduate

healthcare course Is this course an approved Higher Technical
Qualification? (If you’re unsure you should
Full-time level 4 or 5 award, certificate, speak to your college or university before
diploma or NVQ continuing with your application)

Yes

No - you should not continue with

this application as your course
is not eligible for support. You
may be eligible for an Advanced
Learner Loan. Go to www.gov.
uk/advanced-learner-loan for
more information.

Term details
Term 1
d Where will you be living during term
time? Living with parent(s)
We need to know about your living Elsewhere or own home
situation for each term as this can
affect how much student finance Term 2
you can get. Living with parent(s)
Elsewhere or own home
Term 3

Living with parent(s)

Elsewhere or own home

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college – continued

e Where will you spend the most Term 1

time during the academic year?
University or college
Study abroad

Work placement
Term 2
University or college
Study abroad
Work placement
Term 3
University or college
Study abroad
Work placement

if you have ticked ‘University or

college’ for all 3 terms go to section 5

f1  ill you be undertaking a placement

W
as part of the Erasmus+ exchange no go to f2
programme? No

if yes or you’ll be studying

Yes
abroad go to section 5

f2  ill you be undertaking a placement as

W
part of the Turing Scheme or Taith? No

if yes or you’ll be studying

Yes
abroad go to section 5

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 Section 4 About your course and university or
college – continued

Placement details
g Where will your placement be?
Abroad UK Don’t know
Placement name and address if known

Postcode

Is the placement paid or unpaid? Paid

Unpaid

If ‘unpaid’ please tick which type a hospital, Public Health Service Laboratory or
with a Clinical Commissioning group in the UK;
a Special Health Authority, the National Health
Service Commissioning Board, the National
Institute for Health and Care Excellence, the
Health and Social Care Information Centre,
Local Health Board, Health Board, Special
Health Board or Health and Social Services
Board in the UK;
a Local Authority carrying out its duties
relating to health, welfare or caring for children
and young people, a voluntary organisation
providing facilities or carrying out similar
activities or a Local Authority acting in the
exercise of public health functions in the UK;
the prison or probation sector or after-care
services in the UK;
unpaid research in a UK or overseas institution;
an unpaid placement in the Houses of
Parliament; or
an unpaid placement that is not listed
above.

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 Section 5 Previous study and other information
Previous study
Courses of higher education are those of Higher National Certificate (HNC) level or above. Where course
details are requested, you should not include A Level/AS Level examinations or equivalent.

a1 Have you started an undergraduate

or postgraduate course of higher
education in any country since leaving
school? Tick ‘Yes’ even if you did not
complete the course. Yes No if no go to b1

a2 Did you achieve a qualification? Yes No if no go to a4

a3 Please tick the relevant box(es) to

show which qualifications you have Degree with Honours e.g. BA (Hons),
achieved. BSc (Hons);
Degree without Honours e.g. BA, BSc

Foundation Degree/Diploma of Higher

Education/Higher National Diploma (HND);
Higher National Certificate (HNC)/Certificate
of Higher Education (CertHE);

Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE);

Graduate Diploma/Certificate;

Master’s Degree;

Postgraduate diploma/certificate;

Other (including all qualifications achieved

abroad)
Give details:

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 Section 5 Previous study and other information –
continued
a4 Give details of previous courses studied below. Do not mention any course that you studied part-
time where you did not achieve a qualification; or any course that was entirely self-funded at a
private institution where you did not achieve a qualification.
Full-time, Part- Name of Town and country Did you
Title of course and time or Full-time university or of university or Date started Date left achieve a
qualification distance learning college college (MMYYYY) (MMYYYY) qualification

Yes
No
Yes
No

Yes
No
Yes
No

a5 If you did not achieve a qualification for

any course listed in a4, why was this?

Other information

b1 In this academic year, are you eligible to

apply for a bursary (excluding social work
bursary) from any of the following? Yes No
• National Health Service (NHS)
• Department of Health (DoH) for Northern
Ireland
• Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS)

b2 If ‘Yes’, is this bursary or award income

assessed or non-income assessed? Income assessed

Non-income assessed

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 Section 6 Your UK bank or building society
account details

This account must be in your own name (not a joint account) and be able to accept direct
credits.
Please note that missing or incorrect bank or building society details will result in your Maintenance
Loan, Bursary (if applicable) or any grant payments being delayed.
You do not need to provide your bank or building society account details if you are only applying for
a Tuition Fee Loan because this will be paid directly to your university or college and not to you.

Sort code

Account number

Building society roll number (if applicable)

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 Loan request section
If you are applying for a Maintenance Loan, Tuition Fee Loan or Special Support Loan, please complete
this section to tell us how much you want to apply for.

Maintenance Loan
This loan is paid in instalments directly to you and is to help cover your living costs throughout the
academic year.

Amount of Maintenance Loan

you would like to apply for: Maximum available to you

If you wish to apply for less than the maximum

available to you, please state the amount.

Tuition Fee Loan

Your tuition fee is set by the university or college you go to. Any Tuition Fee Loan you borrow will be
paid directly to your university or college.

Amount of Tuition Fee Loan

you would like to apply for: Maximum available to you
If you wish to apply for less than the maximum
available to you, please state the amount.

Special Support Loan

The Special Support Loan is awarded instead of the Maintenance Loan for students who are aged 60 and
over on the first day of the first academic year of their course.

Amount of Special Support Loan

you would like to apply for: Maximum available to you
If you wish to apply for less than the maximum
available to you, please state the amount.

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 Loan request section – continued

Contact details
We need you to give the name and address of two additional contacts. We’ll only contact them if we
can’t get in touch with you, for example if you move address and forget to tell us.
By entering these details, you’re confirming you’ve told your additional contacts about this and they’re
happy for SLC to contact them if necessary.
Contact 1 Contact 2 (contact 2 must live at a different
address from contact 1)
Forename(s) Forename(s)

Surname Surname

Relationship to you Relationship to you

Address Address

Postcode Postcode

Phone number Phone number

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 Section 7 Dependent and independent students
This section determines whether you are a dependent or an independent student. This is
important as it establishes whose income we need to take into account from your household
before we calculate your entitlement.

a1 Will you be aged 25 or over on the first if yes you are an independent
day of the academic year? Yes No
student, go to section 8

a2 Have you been married or in a civil

partnership at any time before the first if yes you are an independent
day of the academic year? Yes No student, go to section 8

a3 Will you have care of a person under

the age of 18 on the first day of the if yes, you may be
academic year? Yes No considered an independent
student, go to section 8

b Please tick the relevant box if any of the Your parents cannot be found or it is not
following apply to you reasonably practicable to get in touch with them
You are irreconcilably estranged (have no
contact with) from your parents and this will not
change.

For any consecutive three month period ending

after your 16th birthday and before the first day
of the first academic year of your course you
have been in the custody of, in legal care of,
or have been given accommodation by a local
authority but you have not been under the legal
care of your parents.

Both your parents are deceased.

You have applied for student finance before, and

the parent who provided their income details is
deceased.
Your parents are living outside the UK, Gibraltar
or EU and the assessment of their financial
circumstances would place them in jeopardy.
Your parents are living outside the UK, Gibraltar
or EU and it would not be reasonably practicable
or possible for them to send you money.
If you have ticked any of the boxes above, you
will be contacted for evidence and, subject to
this, you may be considered independent.

if you have ticked any of the

boxes above, go to section 8

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 Section 7 Dependent and independent students –
continued

c Have you supported yourself financially

for a total of three years or more before
the start of the first academic year of if no you are a dependent
Yes No
your course? student go to section 8

If ‘Yes’, you may be considered an independent student. Please give details below.

Amount of salary wages

or benefit you have
received (state whether
Name and address of your Did you work it was weekly, monthly
employer or your benefit office full or part-time From (MMYYYY) To (MMYYYY) or yearly)

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 Section 8 Student financial questions
The academic year is determined by when you begin your study. Please see page 24 of the guidance
notes for academic year dates.
If you leave any question in this section blank we will not be able to process your application.
If a question does not apply to you, please enter ‘None’ or ‘N/A’ as the answer.
Unearned income
a Taxable unearned income is any income you receive from the following sources:
• Bank or building society gross interest
• Property, lettings or rent
• Dividends or investments
• Trusts or sponsorships
• Any other payment received for attending the course

Estimate the total taxable unearned

income, before deductions, that
you expect to receive in academic
year 2025/26.
What is the source of this income?

Payments from an employer

b1 Will your employer be releasing you to
attend your course this academic year?
Yes No if no go to c
If ‘Yes’, how much will your employer
pay you for time spent attending your
course during this period?

b2 During this academic year, will you or

your employer pay any money into a
pension fund on your behalf? Yes No
If ‘Yes’, how much during this period?

Dependent children
c Give details of any children who will be wholly or mainly financially dependent on you during this
academic year.
Your child’s income includes their income from all sources after Income Tax and National Insurance
contributions for tax year 2023-24.

Child’s full name Date of birth Relationship Who will they Child’s income
(DDMMYYYY) to you live with?

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 Section 9 Special Support
If one of the categories below applies, you may qualify for additional loan for your living costs.
Tick any of the boxes below that are relevant to you. You must send supporting evidence with your
application. Read the notes to find out what evidence to send.
If none of the boxes apply to you, go straight to section 10.

I’m a lone parent or lone foster parent with a child or young person under 20 who is in
full-time education below higher education level or on an approved training course

I have a partner who is also a student, and one or both of us are responsible for a child
or young person under 20 who is in full-time education below higher education level or on
an approved training course

I have a disability and qualify for the Disability Premium or Severe Disability Premium

I’m deaf and qualify for Disabled Students’ Allowance

I have been treated as incapable of work for a continuous period of at least 28 weeks

I have a disability and qualify for income-related Employment and Support Allowance

I’m waiting to go back to a course having taken agreed time out from that course due to an illness
or caring responsibility that has now ended

I’m entitled to Personal Independence Payment (PIP)

I’m entitled to Disability Living Allowance (DLA)

I’m entitled to Armed Forces Independence Payment (AFIP)

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 Section 10 Parents’ Learning Allowance, Childcare
Grant and Adult Dependants’ Grant
Only complete this section if you want to apply for Parents’ Learning Allowance, Childcare Grant or
Adult Dependants’ Grant. You can find out more about these at www.gov.uk/studentfinance
a Are you under 25, living with a partner
and applying for Childcare Grant or
Parents’ Learning Allowance? Yes No if no go to c1

b Give the total estimated income after You Your partner

Income Tax and National Insurance
deductions in this academic year for:
How much of this will be Child Tax Credit You Your partner
or the child element of Universal Credit
for this academic year?

c1 Do you want to apply for Childcare

Grant? Yes No if no go to d1

c2 During the academic year, will you get

one of the following?: Yes No
• the childcare element of Universal If ‘Yes’, you cannot currently apply for Childcare
Credit; or Grant (CCG) as you’re already getting childcare
• the childcare element of Working related funding from another source.
Tax Credit If you choose to stop claiming the other funding,
you could apply for a Childcare Grant.
• Tax-Free Childcare from HMRC
• Childcare Allowance from the NHS

c3 Give details of the children you Child 1

need Childcare Grant for during this Forename(s)
academic year

Surname

Date of birth
(DDMMYYYY)
Childcare start date
(DDMMYYYY)

Child 2
Forename(s)

Surname

Date of birth
(DDMMYYYY)
Childcare start date
(DDMMYYYY)

If you need more space for additional children, give the details above on the additional notes at the
back of this form.

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 Section 10 Parents’ Learning Allowance, Childcare Grant
and Adult Dependants’ Grant – continued

d1 Are you applying for Adult

Dependants’ Grant? Yes No if no go to section 11

d2 Who is your adult dependant?

husband,
wife,
civil partner,
or partner
go to section 11
(if you are aged 25 or over)

other adult dependant

d3 Will your ‘other adult dependant’s’

income be more than £3,796 in this Yes No
academic year? If ‘Yes’ you won’t be able to receive Adult
Dependants’ Grant.

if yes go to section 11

d4 Give your adult dependant’s income for tax year 2023-24.

Income

All salary/wages and self-employed income

(include income from property)

All pensions (including private, occupational

and state)
If you receive a lump sum pension, only declare the amount you
received that you paid tax on.

All gross taxable income and interest from

savings, investments and dividends

Taxable state benefits

All other taxable income

Deductions
Private pension contributions and Additional
Voluntary Contributions (AVCs)

Allowable expenses on which tax relief is

claimed

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 Section 11 About your family
Tick one of the following options:

I am a dependent student – go to question a

I am an independent student with a partner, please read and sign the terms and conditions on
pages 41 and 42 and then pass this form to your partner to complete section 12.

I am a single independent student, go to the terms and conditions on pages 41 and 42.

a Which parent do you normally live with, or have more contact with?

Mother Father or Both parents N/A

b What is the current relationship status of What you need to do next

this parent? Read and sign the terms and conditions
Single on pages 41 and 42 and then pass this
form to your parent(s).
Living with a partner
Married/civil partnership
Separated What your parent(s) need to do next
The parent(s) you normally live with
Divorced/dissolved civil partnership
should complete section 12.
Widowed/surviving civil partner
If the parent indicated in ‘a’ is married, in
a civil partnership or living with a partner,
their partner must also complete
section 12.

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 Terms and Conditions
These terms and conditions (“terms”) and applicable the terms of any such previous agreement(s).
legislation apply to all of the student finance available If I have reached the age of 18 and refuse to
to students for the academic year 2025/26. “ratify” any previous agreement(s), I understand
I understand that I must read the specific terms about that I will not be eligible to get any further
the student finance products available because they student finance under the regulations.
will affect me if I apply for them at any time in this 8. I agree to give SLC any information they
academic year.
need in support of this application for student
I understand that my application for student finance and to seek repayment.
finance may be delayed unless I sign and date
these terms. 9. I agree to tell SLC immediately if my
circumstances change in any way that might
affect my entitlement to student finance. I
Loan Contract understand that if I do not do this I may not get
1. I confirm I have read and understood these any further payments and I may have to repay
terms and A Guide to Terms and Conditions the student finance I have already received. I
available at www.gov.uk/studentfinance agree that from the date I submit my student
finance application until my loan(s), together
2. I confirm that to the best of my knowledge and with all and any interest, penalties and charges
belief, the information I have provided is true which apply, is fully repaid I must tell SLC
and complete. If it is not, I understand that I about any changes in my personal details
may not receive student finance, any support (including my National Insurance number) and
I have had may be withdrawn and I could be contact details I have provided.
prosecuted. 10. I agree that if I get an overpayment of student
3. I understand that student finance is provided finance, I need to repay this in full and that any
to me by the Secretary of State for Education overpayment may be taken from any future
(the “Lender”) which includes any persons entitlement to student finance.
acting on his/her behalf and any replacement(s) 11. I agree that I will repay the Lender any loan(s),
under section 23(4) of the Teaching and Higher together with all and any interest, penalties
Education Act 1998 as amended or replaced and charges which apply. I understand that
from time to time (the “Act”). this repayment will be due by me to the Lender
4. I understand these terms, the Act and the as a debt. If I breach any of the terms of my
regulations made under section 22 of the Act loan, I agree to pay any charges and penalties
will apply to any student finance provided to which apply under the Act and the regulations.
me by the Lender. I understand that I will repay my loan(s) through
the United Kingdom (“UK”) tax system and/or
5. I understand that “student finance” in these
I may repay SLC directly. If I live abroad, I will
terms means financial support by way of
repay my loan(s) to SLC directly.
grant(s) and/or loan(s) made by the Lender
under the regulations. 12. I agree that any loan(s) made to me in
6. I understand that the Student Loans Company accordance with the regulations once my
application is accepted by the Lender is a/
Limited (“SLC”) carries out certain functions on
are contract(s) between me and the Lender. I
behalf of the Lender.
understand that I am liable for my loan(s) and
My Obligations will be charged interest from the first payment
7. I understand that if I have: of the loan advance by the Lender.
(i) reached the age of 18 years; and 13. I agree to tell SLC if I leave the UK to live
(ii) have entered into agreement(s) for a loan outside the UK or if for any other reason I am
under section 22 of the Act before I reached outside the UK tax system for more than three
the age of 18 years, months.
I am agreeing to “ratify” any and all such
student loans by signing these terms.
This means that I confirm I entered into
agreement(s) with the Lender and agree to

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 Legal Action and Applicable Law terms of my Agreement. I also understand
14. In the event of any legal action, I agree that that my DSA entitlement cannot be used
the laws of England and Wales will apply and towards the replacement of DSA equipment in
that the courts of that part of the UK will hear circumstances where I have lost or misplaced
any legal action. If my address is outside the any DSA equipment that my DSA entitlement
UK the laws of the part of the UK where my funded in full or part.
education provider is situated will apply and 19. I understand SLC reserves the right to pay
the courts of that part of the UK will hear any the suppliers of any approved equipment and
legal action. I agree that the Lender has the support directly. I will be notified if SLC will
right to take legal action against me in any make payments directly to suppliers on my
other court with jurisdiction. behalf.
Sharing Information Childcare Grant (“CCG”)
15. If I am in breach of these terms and/or the This section applies if I apply for CCG this
regulations I agree that the Lender may share academic year.
information held about me and my account 20. I understand and agree that in order to
with third parties, including the government or receive any CCG, SLC may share my personal
a government agency of another country, who details and my children’s details with a
may help to locate me and/or help take action contracted third party who will be handling the
to recover any payments I owe. administration of CCG on behalf of SLC.
16. I confirm where I have provided any personal 21. I understand that if I do not take up my
information about any other person in my childcare, or if I change to a childcare provider
student finance application, I have done so who is not registered or approved, I will have to
with their consent. pay back any overpayment.
17. I understand that SLC will process my personal 22. I confirm that neither I nor my husband, wife,
data in line with the Privacy Notice available civil partner or cohabiting partner have chosen
at www.sfengland.slc.co.uk/privacy-notice to receive support for childcare from:
which may be updated from time to time. (i) the childcare element of Working Tax Credit;
Disabled Students’ Allowance (“DSA”) (ii) the childcare element of Universal Credit;
This section applies if I apply for DSA this (iii) Tax-Free Childcare; and/or
academic year. (iv) the NHS Bursary Childcare Allowance;
18. I understand that any equipment I receive and I agree to tell SLC immediately if I or my
through DSA must be used for my course husband, wife, civil partner or cohabiting
of study. Where my DSA allowance has not partner does receive this support. I understand
been exhausted, I understand that it may be that SLC may share my personal data with
used to contribute toward the cost of repairs HMRC to check whether I get childcare
and/or replacements of equipment received support.
through DSA. I understand that I may need
to make a contribution towards repair costs Alternative Funding
where I have exhausted my DSA entitlement, 23. I confirm that I am not studying on my course
modified the equipment and/or breached the as part of an apprenticeship.

Customer Reference Number

Your full name (in BLOCK CAPITALS)

Your signature (in ink) Today’s date (DDMMYYYY)

Day Month Year

The relevant person(s) you indicated in section 11 must complete section 12 as well as the declaration(s)
on page 51. Please pass this form to them now.
If you are a single independent student, please turn to page 55.

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 Section 12 Financial details for tax year 2023-24
for parents and partners
How to complete this section
If you are a single parent of the student
Enter your information as Person 1, leave Person 2 blank.
If there are two parents in the student’s household
Complete this section with information for both Person 1 and Person 2.
If you are an independent student with a partner
Your partner needs to enter their information as Person 1, leave Person 2 blank.

Use the supporting notes to prevent any delays to the application

Where you see this icon it means there’s additional information in the Supporting Notes which
will help you complete your supporting application.
This could be information about how to complete a question or section or an instruction to
send specific supporting documents.
Read the notes – if you don’t answer a question or section correctly or you don’t include the
documents we need this will delay the students application.

What details do I need to provide?

You need to provide:
• your personal details, such as your name and address;
• your National Insurance (NI) number (if you have one);
• details of any income from the UK or overseas for tax year 2023-24 that HM Revenue and Customs
(HMRC) doesn’t know about;
• details of any pension payments you made for the tax year 2023-24; and
• details of any other dependants.

Why do I need to tell you my income from the 2023-24 tax year?
We use figures from this tax year because it is the most up-to-date information that HMRC holds for you.
You must tell us your 2023-24 income details as we cannot accept amounts from any other tax year. This
ensures the student(s) you’re supporting receives everything they’re entitled to.

What happens if my household income has dropped since tax year 2023-24?
If your household income is expected to or has dropped by at least 15% since tax year 2023-24, you can
apply for a current year income assessment. This means we’d assess the student for funding based on
your estimated income for tax year 2025-26.
You must still complete this form but can provide a more up to date income figure later to ensure the
student gets paid the right amount. Read page 23 of the supporting notes for information on how to apply
for a current year income assessment.

Additional information
To find out how we’ll use the information you provide go to www.gov.uk/studentfinance to read our
Privacy Notice before completing this form.
If you have further questions you can:
• check out the supporting notes
• visit www.gov.uk/studentfinance

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 Section 12 Financial details for tax year 2023-24
for parents and partners – continued

Part A – Your personal details

Person 1 Person 2
Your Customer Reference Number Your Customer Reference Number
(If you have one) (If you have one)

Relationship to the student Relationship to the student

Title Title

Forename(s) Forename(s)

Surname Surname

Sex Sex

Male Female Male Female

What is your current marital status? What is your current marital status?

Married/civil partnership Married/civil partnership

Divorced/dissolved civil partnership Divorced/dissolved civil partnership
Living with a partner Living with a partner
Separated Separated
Widowed/surviving civil partner Widowed/surviving civil partner
Single Single

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 Section 12 Financial details for tax year 2023-24
for parents and partners – continued

Person 1 - continued Person 2 - continued

Date of birth Date of birth

(DDMMYYYY) (DDMMYYYY)
Place of birth (name of town or village exactly as Place of birth (name of town or village exactly as
it appears on your birth certificate or passport) it appears on your birth certificate or passport)

Contact address Contact address

Postcode Postcode

Contact telephone number Contact telephone number

Email address Email address

You do not have to disclose your financial information to the student.

If you would like to provide your financial information separately, you can download a form at
www.gov.uk/studentfinance or alternatively, you can have the form sent to you by ticking the box below:

Person 1 Person 2

Send me a separate form Send me a separate form

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 Section 12 Financial details for tax year 2023-24
for parents and partners – continued
Part B – Data sharing and you

If you have a National Insurance (NI) number you must provide it below. We will use your NI
number to check your income for the 2023-24 tax year with HM Revenue & Customs. This allows us
to gain the most accurate financial information.
If you do not have an NI number then we will need full evidence of your financial details for the
2023-24 tax year.

Person 1 Person 2
Q1 Do you have an NI
Yes No - go to Q6 Yes No - go to Q6
number?

Provide your NI number:

go to Q2 go to Q2

Q2 Did you complete a self

assessment tax return in Yes - go to Q3 Yes - go to Q3
the UK for the tax year
2023-24? No - go to Q5 No - go to Q5

Q3 Did you receive any UK

Yes - go to part C Yes - go to part C
income that was under
a tax threshold?
No - go to Q4 No - go to Q4

Q4 Did you receive any

income in tax year Yes - go to part D Yes - go to part D
2023-24 from overseas
that wasn’t declared to No - go to part E No - go to part E
HMRC?

Q5 HMRC will tell us any

income you received in Yes - go to part C Yes - go to part C
the UK from employment,
benefits and/or pensions. No - go to part E No - go to part E
Did you receive any other
income?

Q6 Did you have any income

during the 2023-24 tax Yes - go to part C Yes - go to part C
year?
No - go to part E No - go to part E

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 Section 12 Financial details for tax year 2023-24
for parents and partners – continued

Part C - Other income in the UK

Instructions
• Please give your financial details for the tax year from 6 April 2023 to 5 April 2024.
• Answer ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to question Q1, if you answer ‘Yes’ please provide the income amount.
• If you answer ‘No’ to question Q1, this means you are telling us that you did not receive any
income from that particular income type in tax year 2023-24.

Although you may not have declared income to HMRC as it was below the taxable threshold,
this needs to be declared and will be used when calculating the student’s entitlement.

Financial details Person 1 Person 2

Q1 Did you receive any income in the UK that HMRC
doesn’t know about? Yes No - Yes No -
go to Q2 go to Q2
a Total income from savings and investments
Only tell us about the amount of interest/income you gained
from savings and investments during the 2023-24 tax year,
not the actual amount of savings or invested sums you had.

b Total income from property lettings, land or rent

This includes the Rent a Room Scheme.

c Total income from casual/freelance earning(s)

This includes any supplementary sources of income.

Q2 Did you receive any income from overseas that Yes - go to Yes - go to
you haven’t already told HMRC about? part D part D
No - go to No - go to
part E part E

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 Section 12 Financial details for tax year 2023-24
for parents and partners – continued
Part D - Overseas income for tax year 2023-24

Instructions
• Please give your financial details for the tax year from 6 April 2023 to 5 April 2024.
• Please enter your income in the currency you were paid in, you don’t need to convert it.

You will need to send us evidence of any income declared in this section as HMRC are
unaware of it.

Financial details Person 1 Person 2

Q1 Did you receive any income from overseas from the No - go to No - go to

following sources: part E part E

Yes Yes

a Income from employment or self-employment

If you have already informed HMRC of this income,
you should not state it here.
b Income from taxable state benefits

c Income from occupational, private pension(s)

If you received a lump sum pension, only declare the
amount that you paid tax on.

d Any other income

Examples of this includes income from:
• savings and investments;
• property lettings, land or rent; or
• casual freelance earnings.
This is not an exhaustive list, you may have other income.

e Total overseas income that HMRC doesn’t know about?

Please total the amounts declared in questions a to d to provide an
overall amount.

Q2 If your income in Q1 was not paid in pounds sterling, what

currency was this paid in?

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for parents and partners – continued
Part E – Income deductions

Instructions
• Please give your financial details for the tax year from 6 April 2023 to 5 April 2024.
• Answer ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to questions Q1 and Q2, if you answer ‘Yes’ please provide the income
amount.

Any deductions declared in section 5 will reduce your household income figure when
calculating the student(s) entitlement (as long as evidence is provided).

Person 1 Person 2

Q1 Did you pay any private pension contributions? Yes No - Yes No -

go to Q2 go to Q2
Total amount you paid

Q2 Did you pay any Additional Voluntary Contributions Yes No - go to Yes No - go

(AVCs)? part F to part F

Total amount you paid

Part F – Your dependants - not in further or higher education

Identify any children who will be wholly or mainly financially dependent on you.
Q1 Child dependants not in further or higher education in academic year 2025/26
Do not include any dependants in further or higher education in Q1. Their details should be put into Q2.
Include unearned income for all dependants.
If you have more than 2 children and need more space use the additional notes section from page 52.
Full name Full name

Date of birth (DDMMYYYY) Date of birth (DDMMYYYY)

Income for the year Income for the year

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for parents and partners – continued
Q2 Child dependants in further or higher education in academic year 2025/26
Do not include the student when completing this question.
If the student is your partner, please include any children they named in their application for student
finance if the children have applied for student finance.

If you have more than 2 children and need more space use the additional notes section from page 52.

Full name Full name

Date of birth (DDMMYYYY) Date of birth (DDMMYYYY)

School, college or university School, college or university

Course Course

Are they receiving financial support? If so, from Are they receiving financial support? If so, from
which authority or organisation? which authority or organisation?

Do you want to support this student’s Do you want to support this student’s
application for student finance? application for student finance?

Yes No Yes No

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 Declaration for parents and partners
This application for financial support may be delayed unless you sign and date this declaration.
• I confirm that to the best of my knowledge and belief, the information I have provided is true and
complete. If it is not I understand the student(s) I am supporting may have their support withdrawn and I
could be prosecuted.
• I agree to supply any further information in relation to the applicant’s application for financial support
that SLC may ask for and agree to tell them immediately if my circumstances change in any way that
might affect this application for financial support.

Person 1 Person 2
Your full name (in BLOCK CAPITALS) Your full name (in BLOCK CAPITALS)

Your signature (in ink) Your signature (in ink)

Today’s date Today’s date

(DDMMYYYY) (DDMMYYYY)

Deadline
To make sure the student receives their first payment at the start of term, this form must be returned with
all of the evidence we need by 16 May 2025.
We will do our best to process the application as soon as possible, however if the deadline date has
passed, the first payment may not be ready for the start of term.

Now pass this form back to the student.

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 Additional notes
If you are providing extra information please clearly mark what section and question the information is
about.

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 Additional notes
If you are providing extra information please clearly mark what section and question the information is
about.

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 Voluntary questions
The following questions are voluntary - you do not have to answer them. Whether or not you answer will not
affect our assessment of your entitlement to financial support. If you answer both questions a and b, the
information will be used to help the Department for Education develop their policies in the future. Student
Finance England will also use your answer to question b to improve their ability to deliver suitable and
accessible educational services that meet the varied needs of their communities in the future.

a Your parents’ education (this includes your natural parents, your adoptive parents, your step-
parents, partners of your parents, and your guardians).

Do any of your parents (as defined

above) have any higher education
qualifications, for example degrees
and diplomas or certificates of higher
education?
Yes No Don’t know

b How would you describe your ethnic

origin?
White British
Irish
Any other white background

Black or Black British African

Caribbean
Any other black background

Mixed White and black Caribbean

White and black African
White and Asian
Any other mixed background

Chinese or other ethnic group Chinese

Any other

Asian or Asian British Indian

Pakistani
Bangladeshi
Any other Asian background

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 Checklist
Before you return this form please make sure that:

You have answered all the questions that apply to you

The terms and conditions are signed and dated

You have included all the evidence we need with this form

If you don’t send all the evidence we need, your application may be delayed and you may
end up getting less student finance than you are entitled to.

Remember, you don’t need to send your UK passport as proof of your identity. You only
need to complete your UK passport details in section 2. If you send your passport it may
take several weeks before we can return it to you.
Don’t include a self-addressed envelope. We’ll return any original evidence to you.

What happens next

It can take at least 6 weeks to assess your application and all the relevant evidence. We’ll then send you a
letter showing the amount of financial support you’ll receive.

You must return your completed form to the address shown below.

Student Finance England

PO Box 210
Darlington
DL1 9HJ

Deadline
To make sure you receive your first payment at the start of term, you must return this form and all of the
evidence we need by 16 May 2025. We will do our best to process your application as soon as possible,
however if the deadline date has passed, your first payment may not be ready for the start of term.
If your application form is returned more than 9 months from the start of your academic year it won’t be
processed, and you may lose your full entitlement to student finance.

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 Give permission for someone to contact
us on your behalf
If you’d like to give permission for a nominated person to talk to us about your account, you can use this
form to set up Consent to Share (CTS) for them.
A nominated person could be:
• an individual person such as your parent, foster parent, sibling or partner; or
• a university/college advisor or a third party advisor. A third party advisor could be a social worker,
personal advisor or charity advisor (from organisations such as WeBelong, Become or StandAlone).

What your nominated person needs to know

When they call us, they’ll need to pass our security authentication using the details you provide on this
form. They’ll be able to discuss and ask for:
• any information about your account, except for your bank details
• the status of your application and any evidence that we need
• correspondence you’ve been sent or request forms for you

What do I need to do?

Section A - Complete this if you want to give permission to an individual person.
Section B - Complete this if you want to give permission to a university/college advisor or a third
party advisor.
You can set up CTS for both an individual person and an advisor using the same access code.
If any of the details on this form are left out, we can’t set up CTS.
Once you complete this form, please return it with your application form.

Is there a way to allow a third party to make

updates to my account?
You can give Power of Attorney (PoA) to a third party. A PoA is an official document where you can appoint
an attorney allowing them to release or update information relating to your account. A PoA must contain the
specific period for which the third party can act as an attorney, and the specific tasks they can perform. You
can still complete the sections of the form below and send us a copy of the PoA document. As above, the
person holding PoA must pass our security authentication.

I’ve changed my mind and no longer wish to give

permission. What should I do?
You can remove your permission at any time. To do this, call us on 0300 100 0607 or write to us at:
Student Loans Company
10 Clyde Place
Glasgow
G5 8DF
Once you tell us that you want to remove your permission, your nominated person won’t be able to access
your account information.

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 Section A - Permission for an individual person
Provide the details of the individual person. When they call, they’ll need to confirm your full name, customer
reference number and these details that you’re providing before accessing your account.

Forename

Surname

Date of birth (DDMMYYYY)

Relationship to you

Access code/Password
(this should be different from the password you
use to sign into your account)

Contact address

Postcode

Date you want permission to be active from

(DDMMYYYY)
Date you want permission to end (DDMMYYYY)
(this can be updated/extended at any time).

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 Section B - P
 ermission for university or third party
advisor
Provide the details of the university or third party advisor. When they call, they’ll need to confirm your full
name, customer reference number and these details that you’re providing before accessing your account.

Advisor details

Advisor forename

Advisor surname

Organisation name

Department

Job title

Access details

Access code/Password
(this should be different from the password you
use to sign into your account)

Date you want permission to be active from

(DDMMYYYY)
Date you want permission to end (DDMMYYYY)
(this can be updated/extended at any time).

Student Declaration
I agree that the Student Loans Company can exchange information about my student finance account with
the person named.
I confirm where I have provided any personal information in relation to a third party, I have informed them of
this.

Your customer reference number

Your full name (in BLOCK CAPITALS)

Your signature (in ink) Today’s date (DDMMYYYY)

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