Students with Dependants

If you’re financially responsible for another adult, you can apply for the Adult Dependants’ Grant. Usually, the dependant needs to be your spouse, partner or civil partner. Other relationships can be considered but you need to provide more evidence to support your claim.

You can read about eligibility and how to apply on the Gov.UK website.

Being a parent can be expensive, from additional food and clothes costs to school trips and toys. This can have an impact on the amount you can spend on study materials and books. You can apply to SFE to receive the Parents’ Learning Allowance to help with these costs.

You can read about the fund on the Gov.uk website.

Help is available if you have childcare costs while studying. SFE assess you based on your household income. You’ll be given an allowance for the year.

You can read about the fund on the Gov.UK website.

If you’re a registered full-time UK undergraduate student you could be eligible to a Student Parent Bursary if you have dependent children under 18 and a household income of £35,000 of less.

Please read our detailed Student Parent Bursary Terms and Conditions to find out more about this funding.

Who can apply?

The scheme can support UK undergraduate students only.

Applications will be assessed on the basis of your household income. There is no appeals process.

You can apply for a UK Undergraduate Student Parent Bursary

• if you’re a registered UK Undergraduate student and;
• you have dependent children under 18 living with you on a full-time basis and;
• you have a household income of £35,000 or less.

What support is available through the Student Parent Bursary Scheme?

Eligible students (see detailed terms and conditions above) can apply for:

• £1,000 bursary if they have a household income of £25,000 or less
• £500 bursary if they have a household income between £25,001 and £35,000
• No bursary is payable if your household income is over £35,000

Grants are non-repayable.

How to apply

If you have commenced your 24/25 academic year you can apply here.

2024/25 application form 

How are payments made?

Payments will be made by BACS credit transfer and will only be made to a bank account held by you. Before submitting your application form you must submit your bank details via the Student Portal: https://s3p.ncl.ac.uk/login/index.aspx

If you don’t hold a UK bank account you’ll not be able to upload your international bank account details to the Student Portal. Please contact the team immediately to advise if this is the case so we can make other arrangements for you.

Contact

If you have any enquiries about this funding email us.

If you're experiencing financial difficulties and are struggling to cover your living costs you may be eligible to for financial support from the:

• Student Financial Support Fund (UK students)
• Financial Assistance Fund (EU and International students)

If you have a three or four year old child, you may be entitled to free early education: some two-year-olds may also be eligible. A number of different types of early education providers offer the free entitlement such as:

• day nurseries
• private nursery schools
• preschools and playgroups
• accredited childminders

Although there's no guarantee of getting a place with a particular provider, your Local Authority should take your preference into account wherever possible. There’s no voucher or grant involved. You'll need to check with your local Family Information Service (FIS) that the provider is registered to offer the entitlement.

Newcastle City Council provides more information about registered and approved childcare in Newcastle.