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.
On 13 November 2023 we announced extensions to the HESES submission and sign-off deadlines for certain providers.
Following these decisions:
- The deadlines for further education and sixth form colleges and academies remain unchanged.
- The submission and sign-off deadlines for all other providers have been extended. The new deadlines are available on the HESES page and the Deadlines page.
See the announcement letter.
Data collection to inform funding for 2024-25
To calculate funding for the academic year 2024-25 (1 August 2024 – 31 July 2025), providers that are registered in the Approved (fee cap) category will be required to submit a data return in 2023-24.
Providers will be asked to complete one of these data returns:
Data for condition F1 (transparency) return
We require providers to publish data as part of the ongoing condition of registration with the OfS. The Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (HERA) requires the OfS to ensure that the ongoing conditions of registration for certain providers includes a transparency condition. This mandatory condition applies to all registered higher education providers in either the Approved or Approved (fee cap) part of the OfS Register.
For details of the Transparency return, see our publication guidance and methodology.
