Post-16 National Insurance contributions (NICs) grant
Guidance for institutions delivering post-16 education on the National Insurance contributions (NICs) grant for financial year 2025 to 2026.
Applies to England
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This is information on the National Insurance contributions (NICs) grants for financial year 2025 to 2026.
This guidance is for:聽
- maintained school and academy sixth forms聽
- 16 to 19 academies聽
- 16 to 19 schools鈥�
- sixth-form colleges鈥�
- general further education colleges聽聽
- designated institutions (including the new designated institutions that form part of higher education provider group structures)聽聽
- local authorities
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We expect to publish the full methodology for the grant later in April 2025.
Conditions of grant聽
We expect to publish the conditions of grant in May 2025.聽
Allocations聽and payment
We expect to publish allocations in May 2025 and pay the grant as a single payment in September 2025.