Access and participation plans
When to submit a plan
Providers that do not currently have a plan approved for the 2026-27 academic year need to submit a new plan in 2025. These plans will take effect from the 2026-27 academic year.
There are two submission deadlines:
- 31 May 2025 for early recruiters
- 31 July 2025 for standard recruiters.
Early recruiters include any providers with at least one 2026-27 course that has an application deadline in October 2025 or earlier. Early recruiters should email [email protected] by 31 January 2025 to confirm that they are an early recruiter.
Standard recruiters include all remaining providers that have no courses with October application deadlines.
- Activate Learning
- Amity Global Education Ltd
- Assemblies of God Incorporated
- Boston College
- Bournemouth and Poole College, The
- Burnley College
- Canterbury Christ Church University
- Central School of Ballet Charitable Trust Limited(the)
- City St George's University of London
- Collective Acting Studio Ltd
- Contemporary Dance Trust Limited
- Cornwall College
- David Game College Ltd
- DCG
- ICON College of Technology and Management Ltd
- LIBF Limited
- London School of Theology
- Metanoia Institute
- Middlesbrough College
- National Centre for Circus Arts
- New City College
- New College Swindon
- New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering
- Northern School of Contemporary Dance
- Metanoia Institute
- Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance
- RNN Group
- Royal College of Art(The)
- S P Jain London School of Management Limited
- Salford City College
- The Sheffield College
- Shrewsbury Colleges Group
- South Essex College of Further and Higher Education
- TEC Partnership
- The College of Health Ltd
- The Engineering and Design Institute London
- The London Interdisciplinary School Ltd
- The Royal Academy of Music
- The Trafford and Stockport College Group
- The University of Bolton
- University Academy 92 Limited
- University Centre Peterborough
- University for the Creative Arts
- Walsall College
- Waltham International College Limited
- Weymouth and Kingston Maurward College
Access and participation plan reforms
We have taken a staggered approach to the submission of new access and participation plans. This is in response to feedback shared with us through our consultation on a new approach to regulating equality of opportunity, and to minimise burden for higher education providers.
In wave 1, a small set of volunteer providers submitted new access and participation plans in 2023 to start in 2024-25. In wave 2, the remaining providers that had an access and participation plan that began in academic year 2020-21 submitted new plans in 2024 to start in 2025-26.
- Academy of Contemporary Music (ACM)
- Arts University Bournemouth
- BCNO Ltd
- Birmingham City University
- Canterbury Christchurch University
- Edge Hill University
- Falmouth University
- Futureworks Training Limited
- ICMP Management Ltd
- Kingston University
- Leeds Trinity University
- London South Bank University
- Myerscough College & University Centre
- Nelson and Colne College
- Newcastle College Group (NCG)
- Northumbria University
- South Gloucestershire and Stroud College
- Staffordshire University
- Teesside University
- The University of Bath
- The University of Cumbria
- The University of Kent
- The University of Law Ltd
- The University of Leeds
- The University of Reading
- The University of Salford
- University College of Estates Management
- University of Chester
- University of Derby
- University of Southampton
- University of the West of England
- University of Winchester
- University of Wolverhampton
- University of Worcester
- Academy of Live Technology Ltd
- Anglia Ruskin University Higher Education Corporation
- Arden University Limited
- Arts University Plymouth
- Askham Bryan College
- Aston University
- Barnsley College
- Bath Spa University
- Bedford College Group
- BIMM University Limited
- Birkbeck College
- Birmingham Metropolitan College
- Birmingham Newman University
- Bishop Auckland College
- Bishop Burton College
- Bishop Grosseteste University
- Blackburn College
- Blackpool and the Fylde College
- Bloomsbury Institute Limited
- Bournemouth University
- Bradford College
- Bridgwater and Taunton College
- British Academy of Jewellery Limited
- Brunel University London
- Buckinghamshire New University
- Bury College
- Calderdale College
- Cambridge Arts & Sciences Limited (CSVPA)
- Canterbury Christ Church
- Caspian School of Academics
- Central Film School London Ltd
- Chesterfield College
- Chichester College Group
- City College Norwich
- City College Plymouth
- City, University of London
- Cliff College
- Colchester Institute
- Court Theatre Training Company Ltd
- Courtauld Institute of Art
- Coventry University
- Craven College
- De Montfort University
- DN Colleges Group
- East Surrey College
- East Sussex College Group
- Escape Studios
- Exeter College
- Farnborough College of Technology
- Furness College
- Gloucestershire College
- Goldsmiths' College
- Grantham College
- Guildhall School of Music & Drama
- Harper Adams University
- Hartpury University
- Heart of Worcestershire College
- Heart of Yorkshire Education Group
- Hereford College of Arts
- Hugh Baird College
- Hull College
- Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
- Institute of Art - London Limited
- Kaplan Open Learning (Essex) Limited
- King's College London
- Kirklees College
- Lamda Limited
- Leeds Arts University
- Leeds Beckett University
- Leeds Conservatoire
- Lincoln College
- Liverpool Hope University
- Liverpool John Moores University
- Liverpool Media Academy Limited
- London Metropolitan University
- London School of Management Education Limited
- Loughborough College
- Loughborough University
- LTE Group
- Luminate Education Group
- Manchester Metropolitan University
- Middlesex University
- Mont Rose College of Management and Sciences Limited
- Moorlands College
- Morley College
- Moulton College
- Nazarene Theological College
- Nelson College London Limited
- New College Durham
- North East Surrey College of Technology (NESCOT)
- Northeastern University - London
Norwich University of the Arts - Nottingham College
- Nottingham Trent University
- Oxford Brookes University
- Petroc
- Plumpton College
- Point Blank Limited
- Queen Mary University of London
- Ravensbourne University London
- Reaseheath College
- Riverside College
- Roehampton University
- Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Royal College of Music
- Royal Holloway and Bedford New College
- Royal Northern College of Music
- RTC Education Ltd
- School of Oriental and African Studies
- Sheffield Hallam University
- Solent University, Southampton
- Solihull College and University Centre
- South & City College Birmingham
- South Devon College
- Sparsholt College
- Spurgeon's College
- St Helens College
- St Mary's University, Twickenham
- St. George's Hospital Medical School
- Strode College
- The City of Liverpool College
- The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
- The London School of Architecture
- The London School of Economics and Political Science
- The Northern School of Art
- The Oldham College
- The Open University
- The Royal Agricultural University
- The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
- The Royal Veterinary College
- The School of Information Risk Management
- The School of Oriental and African Studies
- The SMB Group
- The University of Birmingham
- The University of Bradford
- The University of Chichester
- The University of East Anglia
- The University of Essex
- The University of Huddersfield
- The University of Hull
- The University of Lancaster
- The University of Leicester
- The University of Liverpool
- The University of Manchester
- The University of Sheffield
- The University of Surrey
- The University of Warwick
- The University of West London
- The University of Westminster
- Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
- Truro and Penwith College
- University Campus of Football Business Ltd
- University College Birmingham
- University College London
- University of Bedfordshire
- University of Brighton
- University of Bristol
- University of Cambridge
- University of Central Lancashire
- University of Durham
- University of East London
- University of Exeter
- University of Gloucestershire
- University of Greenwich
- University of Hertfordshire
- University of Keele
- University of Lincoln
- University of Newcastle upon Tyne
- University of Northampton, The
- University of Nottingham, The
- University of Oxford
- University of Plymouth
- University of Portsmouth
- University of St Mark & St John
- University of Suffolk
- University of Sunderland
- University of Sussex
- University of the Arts, London
- University of York
- Warwickshire College
- Waverley Abbey Trust
- West Suffolk College
- Weston College of Further and Higher Education
- Wigan and Leigh College
- Wirral Metropolitan College
- Yeovil College
- York College
- York St John University
Rollover of access and participation plans for the 2025-2026 academic year
For providers with an existing approved access and participation plan with a start year before 2025-26, we have not written individually to confirm rollover of your access and participation plans for the 2025-26 academic year. Unless you have had prior communication with us to confirm otherwise, your existing access and participation plan will be rolled over to cover the 2025-26 academic year.
We will separately confirm the fees contained within plans once parliamentary decisions about fees for 2025-26 onwards have been made.
Last updated 07 February 2025 + show all updates
07 February 2025 - Added Metanoia Institute to list of wave 3 providers and updated information about guidance documents.
08 January 2025 - Removed Writtle University College from list of wave 3 providers.
18 December 2024 - Corrected list of wave 3 providers (removed Liverpool Media Academy Limited)
12 December 2024 - Added information for 2025 submissions.
26 July 2024 - Further information on submitting plans in 2024.
14 May 2024 - Updated with latest information for Wave 2 providers 2025-26.
10 April 2024 - Updated with information about FIT documents
08 February 2024 - Updated to reflect changes for 2024-25 academic year,
07 December 2023 - Updated to reflect the new access and participation plans.
29 March 2023 - Page refreshed in line with our new approach to equality of opportunity
08 March 2023 - Details of our staggered approach to the submission of access and participation plans in 2023
15 March 2022 - Page updated with submission dates for 2023-24 to 2027-28 plans, and a notice about submitting a new plan in summer 2023
05 March 2021 - Updated to include 2021 deadlines
20 April 2020 - Information updated to include 2021-22 to 2025-26 access and participation plans
10 December 2019 - Minor text amendment
03 December 2019 - Submission deadline updated
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