Dance and Drama Awards guide: 2024 to 2025
Funding rules for the Dance and Drama Awards scheme for 2024 to 2025 academic year, which is income assessed support for tuition fees and living costs.
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The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) closed on 31 March 2025. All activity has moved to the Department for Education (DfE). You should continue to follow these agreements and contracts.
The guide sets out the funding rules for the Dance and Drama Awards (DaDA) scheme for 2024 to 2025 academic year and forms part of institutions鈥� Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) funding agreements. Institutions must comply with the rules and must be able to show they comply at any audit.
ESFA provides the funding for the DaDA scheme. Only institutions that are ESFA approved to administer the scheme can offer DaDA funding to students.