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You may be asked for information about your household income if your child or partner has applied for student finance in England.

Your information will be used to work out if your child or partner can get extra money on top of the Tuition Fee Loan and the basic Maintenance Loan.

If you do not share information about your household income, your child or partner will only get the minimum amount of student finance.

Create an account or sign in

After your child or partner applies, you鈥檒l get an email from Student Finance England (SFE) within 24 hours.

You鈥檒l need to wait for the email before you . You cannot use the same account as your child or partner.

What information you鈥檒l need

You鈥檒l be asked for your National Insurance number once you鈥檝e signed in.

SFE will use this to get information about your income from the previous tax year from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

You鈥檒l also need to say if you have:

• paid into private pensions聽
• made additional voluntary contributions
• children (other than the student) who depend on you financially

If you do not have a National Insurance number, you鈥檒l need to complete a form and provide evidence to show how much you earned.

What happens next

SFE will email your child or partner when all your information has been confirmed. They cannot share details of the loan with you without your child or partner鈥檚 consent.

If your information is still being processed when your child or partner starts their course, they鈥檒l still get the Tuition Fee Loan and the basic Maintenance Loan (if they鈥檙e eligible).

Supporting a continuing student

Your child or partner needs to apply for student finance each year.

When they apply, you鈥檒l get an email within 24 hours. The email will have a link to sign in to your account, where you must give:

• your marital status
• any changes to the information you provided the previous year
• details of any private pensions, additional voluntary contributions and other child dependants

If you gave income details for the current tax year

You can use the same income details that you provided last year.

If your income has dropped by at least 15% again, you can send in a new current tax year income assessment form.

If your income has gone down since the year you gave details for, you may be able to provide details for the current tax year instead. This is called a current year income assessment.

Check you鈥檙e eligible for a current year income assessment

You will qualify for a current year income assessment for the 2024 to 2025 academic year if your expected household income is both:

• at least 15% lower for the full current tax year compared to the year you gave details for

• 拢58,307 or less for the full current tax year

The current tax year is 6 April 2024 to 5 April 2025.

You will have given details for 6 April 2022 to 5 April 2023.

The student must be on a course where their student finance is based on your household income.

If your household income is 拢58,307 or more a year but less than 拢70,098 a year, you may still qualify depending on the student鈥檚 circumstances. Check how you鈥檙e assessed and paid.

If your income was 拢25,000 or less

If your income was 拢25,000 or less for the year you gave details for, the student may be receiving the full amount they鈥檙e entitled to. You might still be able to apply for an assessment if the student needs it to get:

• a bursary or scholarship from a university or college

• extra student finance for children or dependent adults

How to apply for the 2024 to 2025 academic year

To apply, you must have already .

You then need to complete these 3 steps.

1. Fill in a current year income assessment form and send it to Student Finance England.

2. Keep your income details up to date during the year.

3. Confirm your actual income at the end of the tax year.

Fill in a current year income assessment form

Fill in the current tax year income assessment form for 2024 to 2025 and send it to Student Finance England. You can send it through your online account, or print out the form and send it by post.

If you鈥檙e the parent of the student and your partner also lives in the household, you鈥檒l both need to complete the form, even if only one income has changed.

This is because you鈥檙e assessed on household income from the same tax year.

When you鈥檙e estimating your income, include:

• working overtime or extra hours
• any maternity or paternity pay
• any casual work, shift work or contract work
• any pay rises, bonuses or redundancy pay
• income changes from changing jobs or returning to work
• income from self-employment

Keep your income details up to date

If your income changes during the year, fill in a new current tax year income assessment form for 2024 to 2025. Then send it to Student Finance England as soon as possible.

You鈥檒l be reassessed and the amount of money your student is entitled to might go up or down. Student Finance England will contact the student directly to let them know.

Confirm your income at the end of the tax year

After the tax year finishes you must send evidence of what your actual income was for the year. You鈥檒l usually be sent a form to fill in at the start of May.

If you鈥檙e self-employed

If you have not completed your tax return yet, fill in the form to ask to delay providing evidence until after the Self Assessment deadline (January the following year).

You still need to return evidence for any other employment, for example if you had a salaried job earlier in the year.

If your household income is different from what you estimated

How much your student is entitled to will change. If your actual income was:

• lower - your student might be entitled to more money
• higher - your student will have to repay any extra money they received

Fill in a PFF2 form if:

• you made a mistake
• your circumstances change, such as your marital status or you have another child

You can use the form for the:

• 2025 to 2026 academic year
• 2024 to 2025 academic year

Use your online account to send the form to Student Finance England, or send it by post.