The Higher Education (Registration Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
Source: legislation.gov.uk (2025-06-30)

These Regulations amend the Higher Education (Registration Fees) (England) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/543) (“the 2019 Regulations”).

Statutory Instruments

2025 No. 626

EDUCATION, ENGLAND

The Higher Education (Registration Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

Made

28th May 2025

Laid before Parliament

30th May 2025

Coming into force

1st July 2025

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations with the consent of the Treasury in exercise of the powers conferred by section 70(1) and (2)(a) of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017(1 (\"#f00001\")).

Citation, commencement, extent and application

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Higher Education (Registration Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 and come into force on 1st July 2025.

(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

(3) Regulation 2 applies to the amount of the ongoing fee payable by an institution on or after 1st August 2025(2 (\"#f00002\")).

Amendment of the Higher Education (Registration Fees) (England) Regulations 2019

2. For the table in the Schedule to the Higher Education (Registration Fees) (England) Regulations 2019(3 (\"#f00003\")), substitute—

“Column 1Column 2Column 3Fee bandNumber of full-time equivalent studentsOngoing feeANo more than 25£14,775BMore than 25 but no more than 50£18,283CMore than 50 but no more than 75£22,901DMore than 75 but no more than 100£28,688EMore than 100 but no more than 300£35,890FMore than 300 but no more than 500£45,001GMore than 500 but no more than 1,000£56,451HMore than 1,000 but no more than 1,500£70,857IMore than 1,500 but no more than 2,500£88,955JMore than 2,500 but no more than 5,000£111,794KMore than 5,000 but no more than 10,000£140,605LMore than 10,000 but no more than 20,000£176,987MMore than 20,000£222,850”.

Smith of Malvern

Minister of State

Department for Education

28th May 2025

We consent

Anna Turley

Nicholas Dakin

Two of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury

28th May 2025

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Higher Education (Registration Fees) (England) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/543 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/543\")) (“the 2019 Regulations”).

Regulation 2 increases by 3.9% the ongoing fee set out in the 2019 Regulations which the Office of Students (“OfS”), the regulator for higher education in England, may charge an institution for its registration in the register of English higher education providers. The register is maintained by the OfS under section 3 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c.29) (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2017/29\"). By virtue of regulation 1(3), the increase applies to the amount of the ongoing fee payable by an institution on or after 1st August 2025.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for these Regulations because no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.

(1)

2017 c. 29 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2017/29\"). The consent of the Treasury has been obtained in accordance with section 70(4).

(2)

For the meaning of ongoing fee, see section 70(1)(b) of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017.

(3)

S.I. 2019/543 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/543\"), amended by S.I. 2021/304 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2021/304\") and S.I. 2023/558 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/558\").