Data collection

We provide funding to providers registered with the Office for Students in the Approved (fee cap) category. Providers registered in this category need to submit a data return to us to inform our funding calculations.

Data collection to inform funding for 2026-27

To calculate funding for the academic year 2026-27 (1 August 2026 – 31 July 2027), providers that are registered in the Approved (fee cap) category will be required to submit a data return on the number of registered students they have in 2025-26.

This will be the HESES25 – Higher Education Students Early Statistics survey.

Transparency information 2026

Providers are required to publish annual ‘transparency data’ on their websites, which shows the qualifications received by UK-domiciled students, split by sex, ethnicity and socioeconomic background. This requirement is part of the OfS’s F1 condition of registration.

• Transparency 2026 information will be available to providers on the OfS portal from 26 March 2026.
• The information must be published on the provider’s website by 1800 on Friday 8 May 2026.