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Guidance

16 to 19 funding: allocation calculation toolkit guides

Helps you understand how we have calculated your 16 to 19 funding allocation.

From:
EducationDepartment andfor Skills Funding AgencyEducation
Published
5 March 2025
Last updated
10 March 2026 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

16 to 19 further education allocation calculation toolkit: 20252026 to 20262027

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16 to 19 special post-16 institution allocation calculation toolkit: 20252026 to 20262027

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16 to 19 school and academy sixth-form allocation calculation toolkit: 20252026 to 20262027

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16 to 19 further education allocation calculation toolkit: 20252026 to 20262027 example file

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16 to 19 SPI allocation calculation toolkit: 20252026 to 20262027 example file

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16 to 19 school and academy sixth-form allocation calculation toolkit: 20252026 to 20262027 example file

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We willhave publishpublished yourthe 16 to 19 allocation calculation toolkit (ACT) guidance on this page.page Theand guidanceit will help you understand your ACT file and how we have used your data. We’ve removed the guidance and examples for academic year 2025 to 2026 and you can still access them in our national archives.

The allocation calculation toolkits are not accessible because there are tables with complex structures. This means it does not meet WCAG success criteria:

  • 1.3.2: meaningful sequence

We are currently working on an accessible version, which should be available by March 2027.

You can find your ACT file in Document exchange in the ‘Documents received from DfE’ section.

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Published 5 March 2025
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  1. Added new guidance and calculation samples for 2026 to 2027.

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2026-03-10 15:23
Added new guidance and calculation samples for 2026 to 2027.

2025-03-05 18:02
First published.