Funding

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== Funding for home education ==
In general, once you make the decision to home educate you also take on the full responsibility of funding the education and all costs for exams should your child choose to sit exams. 
=== England ===
There is no specific allocated funding for Elective Home Education in England. However, a few local authorities offer some funding towards sitting exams. This funding is taken from LA children’s services or education funding. Some of the following funding is limited to year 10 and 11 exams or year 11 exams only.
* Hampshire Local Authority offer some funding towards GCSEs (around £280 in 2023).
* Cambridgeshire is reported to offer funding (around £300?) towards exam fees for exams taken in what would be school Year 11. "Families need to apply for the money for exams prior to sitting them (must be (I)GCSEs)...and the money is paid a few months after all the exams have been taken"
* West Berkshire will pay £200 in total towards exams (confirmed in January 2023)
* Bedford borough run Place programme which is a LA-funded home Ed group. Part of it is a GCSE programme. They have to commit to 5 GCSES. 
=== Wales ===
There has, in recent years, been some specific EHE support funding in Wales (Approx £150 per known EHE child per year in 2023). Several Welsh Local Authorities have used some of this for exam support.
=== Scotland ===
=== Northern Ireland ===
== 14-16 Funding for Home Educated Children to attend College ==
Home-educated teenagers aged 14-16 can sometimes go to college part-time, funded directly by the government, either through specific 14-16 courses or on an infill basis on courses intended for those aged 16+. See the College for 14-16 years olds page. There is also some information about 14-16 college schemes and their funding on the Ed Yourself website. 
== 16-19 Funding for College and Sixth Form ==
The UK has funding for education at 16-18 years old, if you enrol in a college or school sixth form. The government will pay for you to study qualifications up to Level 3. Standard funding is for the equivalent of 3 full A-levels, but students can be funded for 4 full A-levels (or equivalent) if they are expected to get high grades. You are funded under this scheme if you are aged 16-18 when you start a 2-year course, so even if you turn 19 while studying, your funding will continue. Some 2-year level 3 diplomas are funded as two separate qualifications, each lasting a year, so do speak to the college. This means that even if you are 18 years old, you can still start a 2-year A-level course and be fully funded by the government. However, it is entirely up to the sixth form/college whether they want to accept students who are older than average. If they accept you, the government will fund it.
=== English and Maths requirements for 16-19 funding for college and sixth form. ===
See IGCSEs and 16-19 College Funding
== 19+ Funding for College and further education ==
== Funding for University ==
=== Funding for University Study ===
=== Funding for the Open University ===
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