The 16 - 19 Bursary Fund is designed to help support those young people who face the greatest barriers to continuing in education or training post-16.
Key information
The 16 - 19 Bursary Fund has two elements:
- Young people in care, care leavers, young people in receipt of Income Support and disabled young people in receipt of Employment Support Allowance who are also in receipt of Disability Living Allowance will be eligible to receive a bursary of £1,200 a year.
- Providers may then use their discretion to make awards to young people in ways that best fit the needs and circumstances of their students.
Providers have agreed a common set of Cambridgeshire provider principles and priorities.pdf (16Kb) to identify which students should be eligible to receive assistance through the bursary scheme during the academic year 2012 - 2013.
Applications for the 16 - 19 Bursary Fund can be submitted to your post-16 provider at any time during the academic year 2012 - 2013.
Please note that there is a limited amount of funding available. All applications are subject to the availability of funding at the time of application.
Applications will not be considered once all funds have been distributed.
How to apply
The policy and application form below apply to the following post-16 centres:
- Abbey College
- Castle School
- Cromwell Community College
- Ely College
- Ernulf Academy
- Granta School
- Highfield Special School
- Hinchingbrooke School
- Impington Village College
- Longsands Academy
- Meadowgate School
- Neale Wade Community College
- The Netherhall School
- Samuel Pepys School
- Sawtry Community College
- Sir Harry Smith
- Spring Common School
- St Ivo School
- St Peters
- Thomas Clarkson Community College
How do I make an application?
- If you/your child attends one of the settings above, ensure you have read the 16-19 Bursary Fund policy document.pdf (208Kb). If you are unable to download the document, contact your post-16 provider for a paper copy.
- Complete the 16-19 Bursary Fund application form.pdf (163Kb). You can contact your post-16 provider for a paper copy.
- Take the completed application form to the post-16 provider. They will sign and stamp the form, to confirm attendance on an eligible course of study.
- Once the form has been stamped by the post-16 provider, send it to the address at the top of this page for processing.
- We will write to you within 10 working days of receipt of the application with a decision regarding your application. (Please note, this may take longer at the beginning of a new academic year.)
Students who are attending the following must contact their provider direct for more information:
- Cambridge Regional College
- College of West Anglia
- Huntingdon Regional College
- Peterborough Regional College
- Hills Road Sixth Form College
- Long Road Sixth Form College
- Comberton Village College
- Parkside Community College