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 2025-26

To calculate funding for the academic year 2025-26 (1 August 2025 – 31 July 2026), providers that are registered in the Approved (fee cap) category will be required to submit a data return in 2024-25.

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.