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Regulation 4 Prescribed maximum amount for the final academic years of courses and academic years of courses of initial training of teachersF1

England and Wales

(1)

This regulation applies in respect of—

(a)

the final academic year of a course where that academic year is normally required to be completed after less than 15 weeks’ attendance;

(b)

a course of initial training of teachers (including such a course leading to a first degree), an academic year during which any periods of full-time study are in aggregate less than 10 weeks.

(2)

Where this regulation applies, Column 2 of Table 2 specifies the prescribed maximum amount for the purposes of section 5(3) of the 2015 Act in respect of an academic year in the corresponding entry in Column 1.

Table 2

Column 1Column 2
Academic yearPrescribed maximum amount
Beginning before 1 August 2024 £4,500
Beginning on or after 1 August 2024 F2but before 1 August 2025 £4,625
F3Beginning on or after 1 August 2025 F4but before 1 August 2026 £4,765
F5Beginning on or after 1 August 2026 £4,895

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Reg. 4 substituted (8.3.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Fee Limit and Loan Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/144), regs. 1(2), 4

F2

Words in reg. 4(2) Table 2 inserted (17.3.2025) by The Education (Student Finance) (Fee Limit and Loan Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/190), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(a)

F3

Words in reg. 4(2) Table 2 inserted (17.3.2025) by The Education (Student Finance) (Fee Limit and Loan Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/190), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(b)

F4

Words in reg. 4(2) Table 2 inserted (12.2.2026) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/11), regs. 1(2), 5(a)

F5

Words in reg. 4(2) Table 2 inserted (12.2.2026) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/11), regs. 1(2), 5(b)