Regulation 26 Priority additional entitlementI1

England and Wales

(1)

An eligible student (“A”) qualifies for priority additional entitlement if A is undertaking a course from the following list (to be known as “the priority additional entitlement course list”)—

(a)

a designated course leading to a qualification as a medical doctor and professional registration with the General Medical Council;

(b)

a designated course leading to a qualification as a dentist and professional registration with the General Dental Council, excluding postgraduate dental profession courses;

(c)

a designated course which is a pre-registration course or a postgraduate pre-registration course leading to—

(i)

an undergraduate degree in nursing and social work, which leads to a professional registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, Social Work England, Social Care Wales, the Scottish Social Services Council, or the Northern Ireland Social Care Council;

(ii)

an undergraduate degree, postgraduate master’s degree or postgraduate diploma in midwifery or nursing and professional registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council;

(iii)

an undergraduate degree, postgraduate master’s degree or postgraduate diploma in an allied health profession subject and leading to professional registration with the Health and Care Professions Council;

(iv)

an undergraduate degree or diploma in operating department practice and professional registration with the Health and Care Professions Council;

(v)

an undergraduate degree, diploma or foundation degree in a dental profession subject and leading to professional registration with the General Dental Council;

(d)

a designated course in initial teacher training leading to qualified teacher status in England or registration with a relevant regulatory body such as the Education Workforce Council (in Wales), the General Teaching Council for Scotland or the General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland;

(e)

a designated course in initial further education teacher training;

(f)

a designated course leading to a qualification as a social worker and professional registration with Social Work England, Social Care Wales, the Scottish Social Services Council or the Northern Ireland Social Care Council.

(2)

The amount of priority additional entitlement is the lesser of—

(a)

the remaining fees payable by A in respect of the current course;

(b)

the amount of fee loan available for the remaining credits to be undertaken (on which see regulation 35).

(3)

Priority additional entitlement ceases to be available if A ceases to attend the course in relation to which it was made available.

(4)

For the purposes of paragraph (1)(c), “pre-registration course” means an education and training programme leading to a qualification the standard of which is not higher than a first degree course, and which is a condition of inclusion in the register (or, as the case may be, the relevant part or parts of the register) maintained by any of the following—

(a)

the Health and Care Professions Council, for operating department practice and allied health profession subjects, other than dental profession subjects;

(b)

the Nursing and Midwifery Council, for midwifery or nursing;

(c)

the General Dental Council, for dental profession subjects;

(d)

Social Work England and the Nursing and Midwifery Council, for nursing and social work.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 26 in force at 1.9.2026, see reg. 1(1)(b)